biography of George Booth POST (1906-1997)

Birth place: Oakland, CA

Addresses: San Francisco, CA

Profession: Painter, muralist, educator, graphic artist

Studied: Calif. School Fine Arts.

Exhibited: SFMA, 1935-36 (prize), 1941(solo); Calif.-Pac. Int. Expo, San Diego, 1935; Oakland A. Gal.,1936 (prize), 1947 (prize); San Francisco AA, 1936 (prize); LACMA, 1936, 1945 (prize); AIC, 1936; CPLH, 1936, 1940 (solo), 1945 (solo), 1960 (solo), 1965 (solo, retrospective); Calif. WC Soc., 1947 (prize), 1953 (prize); MMA; DeYoung Mem. Mus.; SAM; San Diego Fine Arts Gal.; Challis Gal., Laguna Beach, 1980s (solo); Mother Lode Exhib., 1955 (prize), 1958 (prize),1960 (prize); Watercolor USA, Springfield (MO) Mus. Art, 1966 (purchase award); Jack London Square Art Festival, 1968 (purchase award); Zellerbach Show, San Francisco, 1975 (first prize); Soc. Western Artists, 1979 (best of show)

Member: AWCS; SFAA; Calif. WCS; Int. Inst. Arts & Letters; West Coast WC Soc.

Work: SFMA; SAM; CPLH; San Diego FA Soc.; MMA; Sonora (CA) H.S.

Comments: Publications: contributor of illustrations, Fortune, Calif. Arts & Architecture, Art Digest, Am. Artist, Ford Times. Teaching: instr., Stanford Univ., 1940; prof. fine arts, Calif. Col. A. & Cr., 1947-; instr., San Jose Col., 1951-52.

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