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George Olson

George Wallace Olson (1876 - 1938) was active/lived in California, Illinois.  George Olson is known for Landscape painting.

George Wallace Olson was born in Moline, Illinois on May 4, 1876. Olson was a sign painter in Kankakee, Illinois in 1900.  He continued in that capacity after moving to Los Angeles in 1923.  In his leisure he became a competent painter of the southern California landscape.  He was active there until his death in Hollywood on March 7, 1938. 

Exhibited:  Chamber of Commerce (Hollywood), 1926; SouthernCalifornia Artists, San Diego Fine Art Gallery, 1926-27; Fitzgerald Salon (Glendale), 1927; Artists Fiesta (Los Angeles), 1931; Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles, 1938; Beverly Hills Hotel, 1938 (memorial).

Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
California Arts & Architecture list, 1932; Ferdinand Perret Files; Death Record.

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