About Harold Gaze

  • Biography

    Born in Christchurch, New Zealand on Aug. 30, 1884, Gaze studied art in England and appears to have settled in southern California in the early 1920s. While a resident of Pasadena, he was the author-illustrator of several children's books and worked for Disney Studios for many years. About 1959 he left Pasadena for England where he remained until his demise in October 1963.

    Exh:
    Paul Elder Gallery (SF), 1930; Calif.-Pacific Int'l Expo (San Diego), 1935.

    In: Orange Co. (CA) Museum. CA&A; MaS; SCA.

    Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"


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