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Kenneth George Potter BIOGRAPHY
1926 Bakersfield, California - 2011 Carmichael, California. Known for: Modernist-leaning landscape-structures, mural.
Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. Kenneth Potter (1926-present). Born: Bakersfield, CA. Studied: San Francisco Academy of Art,... Read full biography
Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. Kenneth Potter (1926-present). Born: Bakersfield, CA. Studied: San Francisco Academy of Art, Academie Frochot (Paris), Institute Statale dei Belle Arte (Florence). Member: Society of Western... Read full biography
Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. Kenneth Potter (1926-present). Born: Bakersfield, CA. Studied: San Francisco Academy of Art, Academie Frochot (Paris), Institute Statale dei Belle Arte (Florence). Member: Society of Western Artists. Ken Potter is a third generation Californian. He grew up in Northern California during the Depression and began drawing regularly at an early age. While living in Sacramento, he received art... Read full biography
Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. Kenneth Potter (1926-present). Born: Bakersfield, CA. Studied: San Francisco Academy of Art, Academie Frochot (Paris), Institute Statale dei Belle Arte (Florence). Member: Society of Western Artists. Ken Potter is a third generation Californian. He grew up in Northern California during the Depression and began drawing regularly at an early age. While living in Sacramento, he received art instruction through a WPA. sponsored program. As a teenager, he visited the 1939 World's Fair art exhibit in San Francisco where he viewed works by many of the world's greatest artists. He was particularly excited about modern works, especially the... Read full biography
Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. Kenneth Potter (1926-present). Born: Bakersfield, CA. Studied: San Francisco Academy of Art, Academie Frochot (Paris), Institute Statale dei Belle Arte (Florence). Member: Society of Western Artists. Ken Potter is a third generation Californian. He grew up in Northern California during the Depression and began drawing regularly at an early age. While living in Sacramento, he received art instruction through a WPA. sponsored program. As a teenager, he visited the 1939 World's Fair art exhibit in San Francisco where he viewed works by many of the world's greatest artists. He was particularly excited about modern works, especially the French modernists. When America entered World War II, Potter was well prepared. He had been in a... Read full biography
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Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last.
Kenneth Potter (1926-present)... Born: Bakersfield, CA
Studied: San Francisco Academy of Art, Academie Frochot (Paris), Institute Statale dei Belle Arte (Florence)
Member: Society of Western Artists.
Ken Potter is a third generation Californian. He grew up in Northern California during the Depression and began drawing regularly at an early age. While living in Sacramento, he received art instruction through a WPA. sponsored program. As a teenager, he visited the 1939 World's Fair art exhibit in San Francisco where he viewed works by many of the world's greatest artists. He was particularly ...But wait, there's more...
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