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| Born in San Francisco, George Townsend Cole earned a reputation for his
skill painting southwestern landscapes, although he was not a full-time
painter. His primary interest in capturing the images was
motivated much more by his interest in geology than aesthetics.
His favorite area was the rock formations on the Navajo Reservation in
Arizona. To transport his "on-the-spot paintings without their
cracking, Cole used a technique learned from his Norwegian teacher
Fritz Thaulow. The canvas was prepared to accept gouache or
watercolor paint, and then to the pigments he added a medium containing
egg white and a little glycerine." (Dawdy 91).
George Cole was the son of Cornelius Cole, California pioneer and United States Senator. He
studied at Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Vienna with Eisenmenger, and
in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts under Leon Bonnat. He settled in Los
Angeles and became an art director for motion picture studios.
He also did miniatures and portraits. He was a member
of the California Watercolor Society.
Sources:
Doris Dawdy, Artists of the American West
Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Born in San Francisco, CA in 1874, the son of Senator Cornelius
Cole. The younger Cole studied at Akademie der Bildenden Künste
in Vienna under Eisenmenger and in Paris at Ecole des Beaux Arts under
Bonnat in the late 1890s.
He then settled in Hollywood and was an art director for various motion picture studios.
Cole is known for his landscapes of the Southwest; he also painted
miniatures and portraits. He died in Los Angeles on Oct. 4, 1937.
Exhibitions:
California Society of Miniature Painters, 1913 (gold medal)
Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1915
Woman’s Club (Hollywood), 1915, 1920
Kingore Gallery (NYC), 1922
California Water Color Society, 1922
Leonard Gallery (Hollywood), 1923
Los Angeles County Fair, 1923
Painters of the West (LA), 1924
Collection:
California Historical Society
| Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
American Art Annual 1915-25; Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers (Fielding, Mantle); Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); International Studio, Aug. 1922; City Directory; New York Times, 10-5-1937 (obituary). | | 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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