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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 ...
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Book References: 35
Magazine References: 5
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5 Miscellaneous Magazine References for George Booth Root Post
Magazine
Article
Date
Author
Color
American Art Review
California Holiday: E. Gene Crain
June 2002
Anderson, Susan M
Yes
Southwest Art
California: Best of the West
June 2002
Gangelhoff, Bonnie
Yes
American Art Review
Scene in Oakland
June 2002
Jones, Harvey L
Yes
American Art Review
California Paintings 1910-1940
October 2000
Harlow, Ann
Yes
American Art Review
California Style-1930s and 40s
February 1998
Stary-Sheets, David
Yes
35 Book References for George Booth Root Post
Year
Author
Title
Pages
Color
2010
Nancy Dustin Wall Moure, Jeffery Morseburg, Tressa Miller, Nat Read, Richard Reitzell
Art at the Jonathan Club
184
Yes
2005
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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
California Heritage Museum
Everyday Life in California, Regional Watercolors, 1930-1960
(Exhibition catalog)
56
Yes
2003
Larson, Erik
The Devil in the White City
447
No
2002
Anderson, Susan; Janet Blake
California Holiday: The E Gene Crain Collection (Laguna Art Museum)
(Exhibition catalog)
96
Yes
2002
Hughes, Edan Milton
Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale
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1249
No
2002
McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last
California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary
231
Yes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
3724
No
1998
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media
560
Yes
1996
O'Leary, Elizabeth L
At Beck and Call: Domestic Servants In 19th Century Painting
305
Yes
1993
Bowker R R
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1473
No
1991
McClelland, Gordon
George Post
81
Yes
1991
Moure, Nancy D.W.
Scenes of California Light, 1930-1950 (Todd Madigan Gallery)
(Exhibition catalog)
70
Yes
1991
Todd Madigan Gallery
Scenes of California Life 1930-1950
(Exhibition catalog)
69
Yes
1991
Westphal, Ruth; Janet B Dominik
American Scene Painting, California 1930s and 1940s
240
Yes
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117
No
1989
Coran, James/W A Nelson-Rees
If Pictures Could Talk Stories About California Paintings
382
Yes
1989
Hughes, Edan Milton
Artists in California, 1786-1940
637
No
1988
Anderson, Susan
Regionalism: The California View Watercolors 1929-1945
88
Yes
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1292
No
1985
Albright, Thomas
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History
349
Yes
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
707
No
1985
McClelland, Gordon T; Jay Last
The California Style Watercolor Artists 1925-1955
259
Yes
1984
Orr-Cahill, Christina
The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
199
Yes
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
756
No
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
0
No
1973
Naylor, Maria
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)
1075
No
1967
Howe, Thomas C
Painters Behind Painters An Exhibition of Central California Artists
(Exhibition catalog)
72
Yes
1966
Fabri, Ralph
History of American Watercolor Society: The First Hundred Years/History
(Exhibition catalog)
90
Yes
1959
Thiel, Yvonne Greer
Artists and People
327
No
1958
Art Bank of the SFAA
San Francisco Art Association Painting and Sculpture (in)
87
No
1939
Parker, Thomas (De Young Mus)
Frontiers of American Art: Works Progress Administration
(Exhibition catalog)
111
No
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1130
No
1925
National Academy of Design
Commemorative Exhibition 1825-1925
(Exhibition catalog)
160
No
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