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George Cress

George Ayers Cress (1921 - 2008) was active/lived in Tennessee.  George Cress is known for Abstract expression-views.

George Ayers Cress was born in Anniston, Alabama in 1921.  He earned a B.F.A. from Emory University.  He also studied at American University and the University of Georgia, where he studied under fellow Southern contemporary artist Lamar Dodd. 

He was a central figure in Chattanooga's arts community and served as President of the Tennessee Arts Council and sat on the board of the Hunter Museum of Art.  From 1951-1984 he was painter in residence at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga; the Cress Gallery of Art at UTC is named in his honor.

George Ayers Cress died on January 1, 2008 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Landscape and Genre Painting in Tennessee 1810-1985: Tennessee Historical Quarterly Vo. XLIV No. 2

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10 Book References for George Cress
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1983 Virginia Museum, Richmond Painting in the South: 1564-1980
(Exhibition catalog)
362 Yes
1975 Chambers, Bruce W American Paintings in the High Museum of Art/Bicentenial Catalogue 127 Yes
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