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| | Born in Chulumani, Bolivia on May 13, 1902. Sotomayor began his art studies in La Paz under Belgian master Adolf Lambert and by age 15 was contributing illustrations to Bolivian periodicals. After settling in San Francisco in 1923, he continued his art training at the CSFA. He was soon busy illustrating newspapers, magazines, and books. His caricatures appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Life, and others. He taught art at Mills College in Oakland (1942-43) and at the CSFA (1946-50). Sotomayor contributed greatly to California art for over 60 years until his death in San Francisco on Feb. 10, 1985. Member: SFAA; Bohemian Club. Exh: over 80 solo shows in U.S. and abroad; SFMA, 1935. Awards: SF Art Festival prize, 1959; Award of Honor, SF Art Commission, 1978. In: SFMA; Mills College; Pasadena Museum; IBM; San Diego Museum; Newark Museum; Museo de La Plata (Argentina); Hillside Methodist Church, San Mateo (glass-mosaic facade); St Augustine's Church, Pleasanton, CA (reredos); Grace Cathedral, SF (murals); Sheraton Palace Hotel, SF (murals); Peruvian Embassy in Washington, DC (murals done for the Peruvian Bldg at the GGIE); Treasure Island, SF (36'x48' terra cotta Fountain of the Pacific). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Interview with the artist or his/her family; Who's Who in American Art 1938-41; Who's Who in California 1942; Art of Treasure Island; Artists and People; SF Chronicle, 2-12-1985 (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. |
This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| Antonio Sotomayor was born in Chulumani, Bolivia May 13, 1902. He studied at the
School of Fine Arts, La Paz, Bolivia and continued his studies at the Hopkins Institute
which eventually become the San Francisco Art Institute.
Sotomayor was an artist in residence at Mills College Oakland, California 1942-43. He was an instructor at the California School of Fine Arts,(SFAI) San Francisco 1946-50. Antonio Sotomayor was chief caricaturist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1935 to 1965. He worked as the artist in residence at The Palace Hotel from 1925 to 1935 and he had a number of public commissions for murals in public buildings and churches throughout California. His last commission was for a series of murals for Grace Cathedral in San Francisco 1982-83.
Antonio Sotomayor is in the collections of the Newark Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the San Diego Museum of Art and the Museo de la Plata, La
Plata, Argentina.
Source: Ansel Wettersten, estate representative, March 2005 |
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