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Alan Post BIOGRAPHY
1914 Alhambra, California - 2011 Sacramento, California. Known for: Watercolor painting.
Alan Post was born in Alhambra, CA on September 17, 1914. Post earned a degree in economics and art at Occidental College and then studied at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He further... Read full biography
Alan Post was born in Alhambra, CA on September 17, 1914. Post earned a degree in economics and art at Occidental College and then studied at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He further studied at Princeton University and then taught briefly at Occidental College before joining the Navy in... Read full biography
Alan Post was born in Alhambra, CA on September 17, 1914. Post earned a degree in economics and art at Occidental College and then studied at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He further studied at Princeton University and then taught briefly at Occidental College before joining the Navy in 1943. He settled in Sacramento in 1946 and became the state's legislative analyst who watched over the budget until his retirement in 1977. He then devoted his leisure to painting, teaching and... Read full biography
Alan Post was born in Alhambra, CA on September 17, 1914. Post earned a degree in economics and art at Occidental College and then studied at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He further studied at Princeton University and then taught briefly at Occidental College before joining the Navy in 1943. He settled in Sacramento in 1946 and became the state's legislative analyst who watched over the budget until his retirement in 1977. He then devoted his leisure to painting, teaching and traveling until his death in Sacramento on March 26, 2011. Exh: Calif. WC Society, 1945-53. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940". LA Times, 4-1-2011 (obit). Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in
Alan Post was born in Alhambra, CA on September 17, 1914. Post earned a degree in economics and art at Occidental College and then studied at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He further studied at Princeton University and then taught briefly at Occidental College before joining the Navy in 1943. He settled in Sacramento in 1946 and became the state's legislative analyst who watched over the budget until his retirement in 1977. He then devoted his leisure to painting, teaching and traveling until his death in Sacramento on March 26, 2011. Exh: Calif. WC Society, 1945-53. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940". LA Times, 4-1-2011 (obit). 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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Alan Post was born in Alhambra, CA on September 17, 1914. Post earned a degree in economics and art at Occidental College and then studied at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. He further studied at Princeton University and then taught briefly at Occidental College before joining the Navy in 1943. He settled in Sacramento in 1946 and became the state's legislative analyst who watched over the budget until his retirement in 1977. He then devoted his leisure to painting, teaching and traveling until his death in Sacramento on March 26, 2011.
Exh: Calif. WC Society, 1945-53.