William Swift Daniell


William Swift Daniell was an American painter, and the founder of The Painters' Club of Los Angeles. He built the second studio in the art colony of Laguna Beach, California.

Life

Daniell was born in 1865 in San Francisco, California. He was educated in Boston and Paris.
Daniell opened a studio in Los Angeles, where he painted watercolors. He also founded The Painters' Club of Los Angeles. He later moved to the new art colony of Laguna Beach, California, where opened the second studio after George Gardner Symons built the first one.
Daniell married Annie Laurie Lantz. He died on June 28, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, at age 68.