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1917 Angola, Indiana - 1983 Santa Barbara, California. Known for: Collage-landscape abstraction.
A painter in abstract style and teacher, William Dole was born in Angola, Indiana, and moved to California where he taught in Indiana, Washington state, Mills College, and the Universities of... Read full biography
A painter in abstract style and teacher, William Dole was born in Angola, Indiana, and moved to California where he taught in Indiana, Washington state, Mills College, and the Universities of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara, where from 1962 he was Chairman of the Art Department. He studied... Read full biography
A painter in abstract style and teacher, William Dole was born in Angola, Indiana, and moved to California where he taught in Indiana, Washington state, Mills College, and the Universities of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara, where from 1962 he was Chairman of the Art Department. He studied at Olivet College in Michigan and the University of California at Berkeley. He was a member of the California Water Color Society and exhibited with them from the late 1940s and also had solo shows... Read full biography
A painter in abstract style and teacher, William Dole was born in Angola, Indiana, and moved to California where he taught in Indiana, Washington state, Mills College, and the Universities of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara, where from 1962 he was Chairman of the Art Department. He studied at Olivet College in Michigan and the University of California at Berkeley. He was a member of the California Water Color Society and exhibited with them from the late 1940s and also had solo shows at the De Young Memorial Museum, the La Jolla Museum, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Working primarily in watercolor abstraction, he added collage to his work later in his career. Source:. Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in... Read full biography
A painter in abstract style and teacher, William Dole was born in Angola, Indiana, and moved to California where he taught in Indiana, Washington state, Mills College, and the Universities of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara, where from 1962 he was Chairman of the Art Department. He studied at Olivet College in Michigan and the University of California at Berkeley. He was a member of the California Water Color Society and exhibited with them from the late 1940s and also had solo shows at the De Young Memorial Museum, the La Jolla Museum, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Working primarily in watercolor abstraction, he added collage to his work later in his career. Source:. Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art. Gordon McClelland and Jay Last, California Watercolors, 1850-1970... Read full biography
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A painter in abstract style and teacher, William Dole was born in Angola, Indiana, and moved to California where he taught in Indiana, Washington state, Mills College, and the Universities of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara, where from 1962 he was Chairman of the Art Department.
He studied at Olivet College in Michigan and the University of California at Berkeley. He was a member of the California Water Color Society and exhibited with them from the late 1940s and also had solo shows at the De Young Memorial Museum, the La Jolla Museum, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art.
Working primarily in watercolor abstraction, he added collage to his work later in his career.
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