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Birth
1890 (Rabou, France)
Death
1948 (Carmel, California)
Lived/Active
California
Self portrait - Artist self-portrait
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Often Known For
modernist landscape, waterfront, mural
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Categories of Interest
Fauves/Fauvism
Impressionists Pre 1940
Society of Six
California Painters
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Known as "Gus" Gay, he was part of the Society of Six, a group in the
Bay Area of California in the 1920s led by Selden Gile that espoused a
new style of painting focused on bright colors and impressionist
techniques. It was a rebellion against the prevalent sombre
tonalism and decorative aesthetics of William Keith and Arthur Mathews.
Much of his painting was Cubist inspired and geometric, and he
did not receive much national recognition until the 1950s. In
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