biography of John W. WINKLER (1890-1979)

Birth place: Vienna, Austria

Death place: El Cerrito, CA

Addresses: San Francisco, CA; Berkeley, CA

Profession: Etcher, painter

Studied: Calif. School FA, with Stanton and Van Sloun, 1910

Exhibited: Chicago SE, 1918 (prize); Calif. SE, 1919 (prize); SAE, 1937 (prize); Concord AA, 1920 (prize); LACMA, 1920 (solo); Minneapolis, MI, 1921 (solo); NYC, 1923 (solo); Galeria Guiot, Paris, 1924 (solo); Keppels Gal., NYC, (solo); NYPL, (solo); BMFA (solo); AIC (solo); Fine Arts Soc., London (solo); Calif. State Lib., 1940 (solo), 1952 (solo); de Young Mus., 1951 (solo); San Francisco Pub. Lib., 1955 (solo); Korea, 1966 (solo); Triton Mus., Santa Clara, 1971 (solo); Van Straaten Gal., Chicago, 1972, (solo); CPLH, 1973, (solo), 1974 (solo); Richmond AC, 1973-74, (solos); Walton Gal., San Francisco, 1974 (solo); June 1 Gal., Wash., CT, 1975, (solo); Bank of Am. Gal., San Francisco, 1975, (solo); Brooklyn Mus, 1979 (solo)

Member: ANA, 1936; NA; Chicago SE; Am. Soc. Etchers; Société des Graveurs in Noir, Paris; Calif. Soc. PM; San Francisco AA; SAGA (life member)

Work: AIC; NYPL; MMA; LOC; Luxembourg Mus., Paris; Calif. State Lib.; Soc. Calif. Pioneers; CPLH; SFMA: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Boston Pub. Lib.; Smithsonian Inst.; MM; Oakland Mus.; Bancroft Lib., Univ. Calif., Berkeley; Victoria & Albert Mus., London; Brooklyn Mus.; Cleveland Mus.; Nat. Mus. Isreal; Oakland Mus.; San Francisco Pub. Lib.

Comments: Immigrated to the U.S. in 1907, at first as a ranch hand and gold miner. After studying in San Francisco, around 1912 he concentrated on etchings of the city, producing many views of Telegraph Hill, Chinatown, the wharfs, the East San Francisco Bay area, and the Sierra Nevada mountains. His edition sizes were usually about 50, and he produced his etchings into the 1970s.

Sources: WW47; Hughes, Artists in California, 611; Journal of the Print World Newsletter (vol. 1, no.4 (n.d., c.1988)