Carl and Grace Moon
Carl Everton Moon (1879-1948)
Painter, photographer, illustrator. Born in Wilmington, Ohio on Oct. 5, 1879, the son of a doctor. After graduation from Wilmington High School Moon moved to Albuquerque, NM where he operated a photography studio. He worked there until 1907 when he moved to the Grand Canyon headquarters of Fred Harvey to manage and operate his art business. Moon studied painting with visiting artists Thomas Moran, Frank Sauerwein, and Louis Akin. While in the Southwest he captured many pictures of the Pueblo Indians both on film and canvas. Married in 1911, he and his wife settled in Pasadena in 1914. In California He concentrated on landscapes and illustrated several children's books about Indians which co-authored with his wife Grace. He died in San Francisco on June 24, 1948.
Member: Pasadena Art Association.
Works held: Huntington Library, San Marino, CA; Library of Congress; Museum of Natural History, NY; Smithsonian Institute; Southwest Museum, LA; Montclair (NJ) Art Museum.
Grace Purdie Moon (1884-1947)
Painter, illustrator, author. Born in Sioux Falls, SD on Feb. 5, 1884. Grace Purdie was educated by private tutors, and studied art at the University of Wisconsin and the Art Institute of Chicago. After marrying Carl Moon in St Joseph, MO in 1911, the Moons settled in Pasadena in 1914. She is known for her paintings of Indian children and several books on the Indians of the Southwest which she wrote and illustrated in collaboration with her husband. She died in Pasadena on Sept. 6, 1947.
Source: Artists in California, 1786-1940, by Edan Milton Hughes; Hughes Publishing Company, Copyright 1986.