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George Booth Post Watercolor Painting

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
George Booth Post Watercolor Painting
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15" by 22". Born in Oakland, CA on Sept. 29, 1906. Post settled in San Francisco in 1919 and, after graduating from Polytechnic High School, studied at the CSFA (1924-26). He began exhibiting in the early 1930s and received favorable criticisms for his watercolors of the San Francisco Bay area and the Mother Lode country. He taught at Stanford University (1940), San Jose State College (1951-52), and the CCAC (1947-72). Having traveled and painted around the world, Post lived in San Francisco until his demise on March 26, 1997. Exh: Beaux Arts Gallery (SF), 1931 (solo); SF Art Center, 1932-34; SFMA, 1936, 1941 (solos); Calif.-Pacific Int'l Expo (San Diego), 1935; AIC, 1936; Calif. WC Society, 1936-53 (prizes); CPLH, 1939, 1945, 1960, 1965 (solos); Oakland Art Gallery, 1936, 1937 (solo), 1947 (prize); LACMA, 1936, 1945 (prize); Laguna Beach Museum, 1942 (solo); Springfield (MO) Museum, 1966; Zellerbach Show (SF), 1975 (1st prize); Challis Gallery (Laguna Beach), 1979 (solo); SWA, 1979 (1st prize). In: CHS; MM; SFMA; CPLH; Oakland Museum; Seattle Museum; San Diego Museum; Santa Barbara Museum; Mills College (Oakland); Sonora High School (mural). Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" Interview with the artist or his/her family; Who's Who in American Art 1938-70; Who's Who in California 1942; California Art Research, 20 volumes; Artists and People; SF Chronicle, 4-2-1997 (obituary).