"Bacchanal"

"Magay"

Born in the bay area in 1901, Lucile was the only child of Charles and Martha Wilson. Employing his education, her father worked as a mining engineer accumulating great wealth. At an early age Lucile showed great creative and artistic aptitude, and deciding that mining camps did not provide a conducive environment for the development of her artistic talents, she was sent to a finishing school in up state New York, pursuing her fathers desire to further her refinement.

At the tender age of 19 she gained professional dancing status as a prima ballerina in New York City. With her exposure in the performing arts, her original calenture for art blossomed with a renewed passion. Not being one to ignore her passions and emotions she soon dropped her professional dancing career and immersed herself in costume and set design.

Not realizing her true abilities as an artist, her designs conveyed a unique quality that integrated her inner visions with the material world. Being highly acclaimed for her intrinsic works, the art community came to embrace her. Cultivating her raw talents and energy, this Bohemian atmosphere afforded her the freedom and influence to truly explore her inner visions.

In the years to come Lucile became a prolific muralist. Her magnetic charm and hedonistic life style gave her a ticket to interact with the social elite. At the premiere of John Barrymore's "Don Juan", it is recalled that he was so taken with the murals and designs that Lucile had painted in the lobby of the theatre, he requested an introduction with the artist, which led to a whirlwind adventure that eventually brought her back to the west coast. Some murals are still standing in Hyde Park San Francisco, New York City and Boca Ratan Florida.

The works presented today are from Lucile's personal collection that until recently have been viewed only by family members. What is now available represents only a small portion of her limited work that we are now reproducing using state of the art technology.