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George Booth Root Post

George Booth Root Post (1906 - 1997) was active/lived in California.  George Post is known for Modernist town-landscape, machines and marine painting.

Submitted by Nancy Moure, Independent Art Researcher.
Post, George Booth Root (1906-1997) (Lived in Bay Area, CA)
“Watercolorist, painter, and educator. George Booth Root, III, was born at his grandfather's ranch in Oakland, California. In 1915 his mother, Ruth Godfrey Root, and step-father, Walter Post, and George moved to Nevada. There his mother changed his surname to Post. As an adult he used George Booth Root Post. He showed an interest in drawing at age five. He started formal art classes in high school. His art instructor saw that he had considerable natural talent and George received a scholarship. He began his two and one half year education at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco in 1924. There he was introduced to painting en plein air.

In 1927 George left the school and sought other employment. Mainly because he needed money. After working numerous menial labor jobs which gav   ...  [Displaying 929 of 7887 characters.]  Artist bio

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