| Born in Bathgate, ND on July 31, 1898. At age two Gaethke moved with his family to Butte, MT where he spent his early years. He attended the University of Montana and University of Washington in Seattle before settling in San Francisco in 1924. Upon choosing an art career, he studied at the AIC, continued his art studies with Rudolph Schaeffer in color and design, and at the CSFA. He assisted Maxine Albro on her Coit Tower mural (1934) and did lithographic work for the WPA. Gaethke worked a (showing 500 of 1707 characters). |
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