Manuel Valencia (painter)

Valencia was born circa 1856 in San Rafael, California.^[1] He was trained by Julius Tararnier.^[1]

Valencia became a painter in San Francisco, California,^[1] where Valencia Street was named in his honor.^[2] His painting of Sutter's Fort was hung in the California room of the California State Library.^[3] Another painting was acquired by Ida Saxton McKinley, the First Lady of the United States from 1897 to 1901.^[1]

Valencia had six sons and three daughters.^[1] He died on July 6, 1935, in Sacramento, California.^[1][2][3]