Biography from AskART:
| | Born in Chicago, IL on Dec. 7, 1905. Justema appears to have moved to San Francisco at an early age. After spending several years as a monk in a monastery in Oregon, he studied art under Xavier Martinez and Stanton MacDonald-Wright. For 40 years he designed wallpapers and fabrics for the home furnishing industry. A modernist, his painting style evolved into what he called "magic realism." He died in San Francisco on Jan. 7, 1987. Exh: Courvoisier Gallery (SF), 1930; Oakland Art Gallery, 1932. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
SF Chronicle, 1-9-1987 (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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