biography of Gail (Shepardson) COLE (1914)

Birth place: San Diego, CA

Addresses: Los Angeles, CA, 1947; San Francisco, CA , 1959

Profession: Painter, teacher

Studied: Stanford Univ., with George Post, Victor Arnautoff; Cal. Sch. FA, with Maurice Sterne, Otis Oldfield, Spencer Macky, William Gaw.

Exhibited: Biltmore A. Gal., Los A., 1942 (solo); Cal. WC Soc., 1943, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956; Riverside Mus., 1944, 1946; Los Angeles Mus. A., 1945; Los A. AA, 1945, 1946; AWCS, 1946, 1948; British Colonial Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas, 1946 (solo); Moseley Gal., Nassau, 1947 (solo); Assoc. Am. A. Gal., N.Y., 1947; San Francisco A. Festival, 1951 (prize); Cal. State Fair, 1951-1954 (prize, 1952); San F. Women Artists, 1952 (prize); Denver A. Mus., 1952-1954; SFMA, 1952-1956, 1958; Hallmark Awards, 1953 (prize), 1954; deYoung Mem. Mus., 1953; San F. AA, 1953, 1956, 1957; Western Assn. Mus. Dirs., traveling exh., 1954-55; Studio 44, San F., 1955; Richmond A. Center, 1954, 1956, 1958; San F. A. Festival, 1956, 1958 (prize); Cal. PLH, 1957 (solo); IBM, San Jose, Cal., 1958 (solo).

Member: Cal. WC Soc.; AEA; San F. AA; San F. Women Artists.

Comments: Position: private classes, 1952-58; Discussion leader, Univ. Cal., Ext. Div., 1958.

Sources: WW59; WW47