Background
Porter, Bruce was born on February 23, 1865 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Charles Bruce and Annie (Williamson) Porter.
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Bruce Porter
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Educated in California, England, and France.
Career
He later received education in San Francisco, Paris, London, and Venice. Artist His tonalist paintings, which are rare, include Manitoba and Nature (1903) and Presidio Cliffs which was exhibited at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915). His many murals include those at the Pacific Union Club on Nob Hill and the First Unitarian Church of San Francisco.
Porter"s sculptures include the Robert Louis Stevenson monument at Portsmouth Square in San Francisco, and the Memorial Architecture (1919) on Saratoga-Los Gatos Road in Saratoga, California.
Designer Other stained-glass windows he designed are at churches in Monterey, Stockton, San Mateo and Coronado. As a landscape designer, Porter created the gardens at the Filoli estate (1917) in Woodside, California, designed the landscape of the Memorial Stadium at the University of California at Berkeley (1923), and was the garden designer for several private residences.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Painters and Sculptors.
Connections
Married Margaret Mary, daughter Children: Robert Bruce, Annie Mary (deceased), Catherine James.
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United States