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From Getty ULAN: Wood left home at 18 to study drama in Italy and Paris. In the early 20th century she was associated with the Dada movement . . . She opened her first art studio in 1937 in Los Angeles. Full biography at Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts website: Excerpt: Beatrice Wood was an important contemporary artist, craftperson and writer. Her life ran the course of the 20th century and included many of the figures that shaped it. Ultimately, her genius was in the marriage of wide-ranging influences in her work. The spirit of Dadaism, impact of Modernism, embrace of Eastern philosophy, influence of folk art and even the ornament of ethnic jewelry were all combined in her ceramics. Her work reveals a mastery of form, combined with a preference for the naïveté of folk art. Ultimately, it is impossible to separate her life experiences from the work she created, as she truly mastered the art of a life.