biography of George SPANGENBERG (1907-1964)

Birth place: Buffalo, NY

Addresses: Buffalo, NY; Southern California, 1930s

Profession: Landscape painter

Studied: Charles Burchfield; John Carlson; Buffalo Sch. FA

Member: Niagara Art Guild

Comments: Specialty: portraits and still lifes, landscape around San Diego. It is said that he often traded his works for food and art supplies. In 1964 a fire destroyed his studio and most of his work perished, except for that done in Calif.

Sources: Hughes, Artists in California, 527.