biography of Franz GERITZ (1895-1945)

Birth place: Budapest, Hungary

Death place: Los Angeles

Addresses: Los Angeles, 1921

Profession: Block printer, drawing specialist, etcher, illustrator, lithographer, painter, teacher, writer

Studied: Calif. College Arts & Crafts; Nahl; Van Sloun, Martinez.

Exhibited: San Francisco AA, 1923, 1925; Hotel Oakland, 1924; LACMA, 1922, 1923, 1926; Santa Barbara AL, 1926; San Diego FA Gal., 1928 (prize); Pacific Southwest Expo, Long Beach (medal); Smithonian Inst., 1935; Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, 1936 (prizes); GGE, 1939

Member: Calif. SE; Calif. PM; Oakland AA

Work: Calif. State Lib., Los Angeles; Berkeley Pub. Lib.; Oakland Pub. Lib.; San Diego FA Gal.; BM; Los Angeles County Lib.; Contra Costa County Lib.; Palos Verdes Pub. Lib.; Alameda County and City Libraries; Los Angeles AA; LOC; Fifty Prints of the Year, 1927.

Comments: Came to U. S. in 1909. Illustrator: woodcuts, four vols. of Calif. for nine-vol. set for Powell Pub. Co., Hills of God, other books. Specialty: color woodblock prints. Position: teacher, Univ. Calif. Extension Div.

Sources: WW40; Hughes, Artists of California, 205.