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Gerald Collins Gleeson BIOGRAPHY
1915 Porvidence, Rhode Island - 1986 Berkeley, California. Known for: Modernist townscape and marine scene painting.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island on August 8, 1915, Gleeson studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. After serving in WWII, he spent a year at Mexico City College. He then settled in Berkeley,... Read full biography
Born in Providence, Rhode Island on August 8, 1915, Gleeson studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. After serving in WWII, he spent a year at Mexico City College. He then settled in Berkeley, California, and further studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts. During the 1940s and... Read full biography
Born in Providence, Rhode Island on August 8, 1915, Gleeson studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. After serving in WWII, he spent a year at Mexico City College. He then settled in Berkeley, California, and further studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts. During the 1940s and 1950s he painted scenes of the Oakland area (including a 4 x 8 foot mural at the Boys and Girls Club of Oakland), and taught locally. He died in Berkeley on July 22, 1986. Member: Allied Artists of... Read full biography
Born in Providence, Rhode Island on August 8, 1915, Gleeson studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. After serving in WWII, he spent a year at Mexico City College. He then settled in Berkeley, California, and further studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts. During the 1940s and 1950s he painted scenes of the Oakland area (including a 4 x 8 foot mural at the Boys and Girls Club of Oakland), and taught locally. He died in Berkeley on July 22, 1986. Member: Allied Artists of America. Work: (information courtesy of the artist's niece, Virginia King Culp):. Boys and Girls Club of Oakland (mural). Oakland Museum of California (1 watercolor). San Diego Museum of Fine Arts (3 watercolors). Rhode Island School of Design (1... Read full biography
Born in Providence, Rhode Island on August 8, 1915, Gleeson studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. After serving in WWII, he spent a year at Mexico City College. He then settled in Berkeley, California, and further studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts. During the 1940s and 1950s he painted scenes of the Oakland area (including a 4 x 8 foot mural at the Boys and Girls Club of Oakland), and taught locally. He died in Berkeley on July 22, 1986. Member: Allied Artists of America. Work: (information courtesy of the artist's niece, Virginia King Culp):. Boys and Girls Club of Oakland (mural). Oakland Museum of California (1 watercolor). San Diego Museum of Fine Arts (3 watercolors). Rhode Island School of Design (1 watercolor). Salmagundi Club (1 watercolor). Attleboro Museum of Fine Arts (1 watercolor). Ta. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". The... Read full biography
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Born in Providence, Rhode Island on August 8, 1915, Gleeson studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. After serving in WWII, he spent a year at Mexico City College. He then settled in Berkeley, California, and further studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts. During the 1940s and 1950s he painted scenes of the Oakland area (including a 4 x 8 foot mural at the Boys and Girls Club of Oakland), and taught locally. He died in Berkeley on July 22, 1986.
Member: Allied Artists of America.
Work: (information courtesy of the artist's niece, Virginia King Culp):
Boys and Girls Club of Oakland (mural)
Oakland Museum of California (1 watercolor)
San Diego Museum of Fine Arts (3 watercolors)
Rhode Island School of Design (1 watercolor)
Salmagundi Club (1 watercolor)
Attleboro Museum of Fine Arts (1 watercolor)
Tampa Museum of Fine Arts (1 watercolor)Biography from California Watercolor
Gerald Gleeson (1915-1986) Born: Providence, RI; Studied: Rhode Island School of Design, Mexico City College, California College of Arts and Crafts (Oakland); Member: Allied Artists of America.
Gerald Gleeson grew up in Rhode Island and attended art school there in the late 1930s. After serving in World War II, he studied art with Jerry Farnsworth in Massachusetts and spent a year in Mexico before settling in Berkley, California.
His watercolors from the 1940s and 1950s depict city street scenes, wharfs and bridges in the Oakland area. In addition to painting and exhibiting on a regular basis, Gleeson taught painting and drawing in the Bay Area.
Biographical information:
Interview with Gerald Gleeson, 1983.
Biography courtesy of California Watercolors 1850-1970,
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