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Dear Jehanne18,
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The previous writers are, in my opinion, correct.
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�She was from an artistic family�
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In the �Oxford Dictionary of English, 2005�, the word
�from�, (preposition), is described in 11 different categories.
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In very general terms, (among other descriptions), it
describes �from� as a starting point, a beginning, an origin.
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3. Indicating the source or provenance of someone or something: �I�m
from Hackney�.
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My own examples. �She was from France�.� �She was from a very talented group of
students�. She was from an Arab background�. �She was from a working-class
family, and was extremely intelligent�.�
�She was from a very good-looking people/race/tribe and was beautiful, just like
her mother�. �She was from a family of doctors�.
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The word �of�, (preposition), is described in 9 different
categories.
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In very general terms, (among other descriptions), �of�
describes the relationship between one thing and another.
The nearest to the sentence given that I can see are:
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3. Indicating an association between two entities, typically one of
belonging, in which the first is the head of the phrase and the second is
something associated with it: �The son of a friend�. �The government of India�.
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8. Indicating the material or substance constituting something: �The
house was built of bricks�. �A house of stone�.
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In my opinion, �of� WAS used quite often in the past in sentences such as this, especially
in poetic or literary situations.
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My examples: �She came of a good family�. �He was of
farming stock�. �The horse was of a good pedigree�.
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In my youth, I heard and read examples such as these, and
they can still be seen in Victorian writing. However, in my opinion, such
expressions are old-fashioned and not used very often nowadays. They are not colloquial. They
sound out-of-date, snobbish, and pompous. But some people still use them!
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I agree with the previous excellent contributions.
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�She was from an artistic family�
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Les Douglas
