Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| | Painter. Born in Terre Haute, IN on Feb. 5, 1905. Bear grew up in Denver and at age 13 studied there with John Thompson. He later was director of the Denver Art Museum (1930-35). During the 1930s he was regional advisor for the Federal Art Project and contributed greatly to the art research for Encyclopedia Britannica. In 1940 he settled in Santa Barbara where he was an art critic for the News Press, an art teacher at UC, and first director of the Santa Barbara Museum. Bear died in Pacific Palisades, CA on March 16, 1952. WWAA 1947; Santa Barbara News Press, 3-17-1952 and NY Times, 3-18-1952 (obits). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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