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| | Born in San Francisco, CA on Jan. 14, 1912. By the 1920s Gantner was painting scenes of his native city and studying at Stanford University. He was a color photography expert in Hollywood before going to London in 1938. A mental breakdown in the 1950s curtailed his art career. He died in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 1996. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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