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Thomas (Tom) Theodore Craig

Thomas (Tom) Theodore Craig (1909 - 1969) was active/lived in California.  Thomas Craig is known for Landscape, portrait-figure, and genre painting.

Born in Upland, California, Tom Craig became a landscape, portrait and figure painter whose early career was in illustration but whose later focus was fine-art painting.  He became a major figure in The California Style* of watercolor painting.

As a young student, Craig studied botany at the University of California at Berkeley, and living in Los Angeles, continued botanical studies at Pomona College.  With a persistent interest in art, he studied briefly at Chouinard Art Institute* with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Millard Sheets and Barse Miller.

In 1928, when he was 21, he got tuberculosis, and for his health, moved for several years to Palm Springs, California for the dry desert climate.  During this period, he became a serious fine-art painter, and returning to Los Angeles, studied with Frank Tolles Chamberlain and Clarence Hinkle. 

Watercolor became his favorite medium, and many of his paintings were worked in a very   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4859 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Thomas (Tom) Theodore Craig

   Thomas (Tom) Theodore Craig  Born:  1909 - Upland, California
Died:   1969 - Upland, California
Known for:  Landscape, portrait-figure, and genre painting

Born in Upland, California, Tom Craig became a landscape, portrait and figure painter whose early career was in illustration but whose later focus was fine-art painting.  He became a major figure in The California Style* of watercolor painting.

As a young student, Craig studied botany at the University of California at Berkeley, and living in Los Angeles, continued botanical studies at Pomona College.  With a persistent interest in art, he studied briefly at Chouinard Art Institute* with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Millard Sheets and Barse Miller.

In 1928, when he was 21, he got tuberculosis, and for his health, moved for several years to Palm Springs, California for the dry desert climate.  Duri  ...  Displaying 750 of 4859 characters.

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