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Ralph Ward Stackpole BIOGRAPHY
1885 Williams, Oregon - 1973 Chauriat, France. Known for: Modernist figure and landscape painting, sculpture, teaching.
A painter, muralist, sculptor, etcher and art educator, Ralph Stackpole was concerned about social realist causes, especially during the Depression era of the 1930s when he was part of the Federal... Read full biography
A painter, muralist, sculptor, etcher and art educator, Ralph Stackpole was concerned about social realist causes, especially during the Depression era of the 1930s when he was part of the Federal Art Project for the Works Progress Administration (WPA). That focus on economic problems combined with... Read full biography
A painter, muralist, sculptor, etcher and art educator, Ralph Stackpole was concerned about social realist causes, especially during the Depression era of the 1930s when he was part of the Federal Art Project for the Works Progress Administration (WPA). That focus on economic problems combined with his interest in mural painting led to him being responsible for bringing the great Mexican muralist Diego Rivera to San Francisco in 1930. Rivera lived in Stackpole's studio during his stay in the... Read full biography
A painter, muralist, sculptor, etcher and art educator, Ralph Stackpole was concerned about social realist causes, especially during the Depression era of the 1930s when he was part of the Federal Art Project for the Works Progress Administration (WPA). That focus on economic problems combined with his interest in mural painting led to him being responsible for bringing the great Mexican muralist Diego Rivera to San Francisco in 1930. Rivera lived in Stackpole's studio during his stay in the city. Ralph Stackpole was born in Williams, Oregon on May 1, 1885, and he arrived in San Francisco at age 16. He enrolled at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art where he studied with Arthur Mathews and was apprenticed in the studio of Arthur Putnam.... Read full biography
A painter, muralist, sculptor, etcher and art educator, Ralph Stackpole was concerned about social realist causes, especially during the Depression era of the 1930s when he was part of the Federal Art Project for the Works Progress Administration (WPA). That focus on economic problems combined with his interest in mural painting led to him being responsible for bringing the great Mexican muralist Diego Rivera to San Francisco in 1930. Rivera lived in Stackpole's studio during his stay in the city. Ralph Stackpole was born in Williams, Oregon on May 1, 1885, and he arrived in San Francisco at age 16. He enrolled at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art where he studied with Arthur Mathews and was apprenticed in the studio of Arthur Putnam. After the earthquake of 1906 destroyed most of San Francisco, he joined . Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by... Read full biography
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A painter, muralist, sculptor, etcher and art educator, Ralph Stackpole was concerned about social realist causes, especially during the Depression era of the 1930s when he was part of the Federal Art Project for the Works Progress Administration (WPA). That focus on economic problems combined with his interest in mural painting led to him being responsible for bringing the great Mexican muralist Diego Rivera to San Francisco in 1930. Rivera lived in Stackpole's studio during his stay in the city.
Ralph Stackpole was born in Williams, Oregon on May 1, 1885, and he arrived in San Francisco at age 16. He enrolled at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art where he studied
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