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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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Facts about George Booth Root Post

   Publications  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 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 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.
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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