This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born in the Ukraine of Russia, Victor Arnautoff became one of the most
influential muralists in San Francisco in the 1930s and worked for the
Federal Arts Project, WPA, in the expressive, social protest-style of
Diego Rivera. He was also a painter, lithographer, sculptor, and
respected teacher, and the subjects of his art work ranged from
portraits, still lifes, and landscapes early in his career to more
socially conscious themes later.
He arrived in San Francisco in
1925, having travelled through China and Mexico. He enrolled in
the California School of Fine Arts where he studied sculpture with
Ralph Stackpole and painting with Edgar Walters. He returned to
China for his wife and children, and returned to California via Mexico
City where he studied with Rivera from 1929 to 1931.
The family
then settled in San Francisco, and he taught at the California School
of Fine Arts and from 1939 to 1963, was professor of art at Stanford
University. Following the death of his wife, he returned to
Russia where he continued his career as a painter and also as a mosaic
muralist.
His murals can be seen at Coit Tower, George
Washington High School, and the Presidio in San Francisco and in post
offices in Richmond, South San Francisco, and Pacific Grove.
Source:
Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Born in the Ukraine, Russia on Nov. 11, 1896. After arriving in San Francisco in 1925 via China and Mexico, Arnautoff enrolled at the CSFA where he studied sculpture with Ralph Stackpole and painting with Edgar Walters. He returned to China andthen went to Mexico where he learned fresco techniques while working with Diego Rivera. In 1931 the family settled in San Francisco where he taught at the CSFA and, from 1939 until his retirement in 1963, was an art professor at Stanford University. His work turned from the portraits, still lifes, and rural landscapes to more socially conscious themes later in life. After the death of his wife in the 1960s, he returned to the USSR and died in Leningrad in 1979. Exh: SFAA, 1929-39 (awards); CPLH, 1931 (solo); Calif. State Fair, 1934, 1935; Foundation of Western Art (LA), 1934-38; Calif.-Pacific Int'l Expo (San Diego), 1935; GGIE, 1939; NY World's Fair, 1939. In: SFMA. Murals: Linden and College Station (TX) Post Offices; Richmond (CA) Post Office; Pacific Grove (CA) Post Office; George Washington High School (SF); Coit Tower (SF); Palo Alto Medical Clinic; Presidio Chapel (SF); SF Art Inst. Library.
| Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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