Lorenzo Palmer Latimer

Lorenzo Palmer Latimer (1857 – January 14, 1941) was an American painter and educator. He painted and taught art in San Francisco, California and Reno, Nevada.

Life Latimer was born in 1857 in Gold Hill, California (formerly, Granite Hill). His father, also named Lorenzo Latimer, was a judge.

Latimer taught art at the San Francisco Mechanics' Institute from 1893 to 1905, and later in Ukiah. He took annual trips to Nevada to paint from 1916 onward, and he taught in Reno. He was the second vice president of the San Francisco Art Association from 1900 to 1912, and he founded the Latimer Art Club in Reno in 1921.