Pop (George Overbury) Hart - Artist Info

About Pop (George Overbury) Hart

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George Overbury "Pop" Hart, George Overbury
  • Biography

    Born in Cairo, IL in 1868, "Pop" Hart was a self-taught artist except for brief periods at the Art Institute of Chicago and Academie Julian in Paris. After traveling extensively in Europe, South America, and the West Indies, he settled in Los Angeles in the early 1920s.

    He died there on Sept. 9, 1935.

    Exhibitions:
    Cannell & Chaffin (LA), 1923
    California Print Makers Society, 1927
    California Watercolor Society, 1927
    Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1927
    Nicholson Gallery (Pasadena), 1927
    Biltmore Salon (LA), 1929
    Braxton Gallery (LA), 1931
    Pasadena Art Inst., 1932
    Zeitlin Gallery (LA), 1937

    Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
    Los Angeles Times, 9-2-1923 & 9-18-1927.

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