American Painter (watercolor and oil), Printmaker (colored woodblocks), Sculptor, Illustrator, Muralist, Designer (stained glass, china, ceramics), and Art Educator. by Holly Gruendyke. Joseph Edward... Read full biography
American Painter (watercolor and oil), Printmaker (colored woodblocks), Sculptor, Illustrator, Muralist, Designer (stained glass, china, ceramics), and Art Educator. by Holly Gruendyke. Joseph Edward Knowles was born in Kendall, Montana, on June 15, 1907. He grew up in San Diego, California. At age... Read full biography
American Painter (watercolor and oil), Printmaker (colored woodblocks), Sculptor, Illustrator, Muralist, Designer (stained glass, china, ceramics), and Art Educator. by Holly Gruendyke. Joseph Edward Knowles was born in Kendall, Montana, on June 15, 1907. He grew up in San Diego, California. At age twenty, two years before the beginning of the Great Depression, he moved north to another town on the coast of California---Santa Barbara. There he began studying fine art at the Santa Barbara School... Read full biography
American Painter (watercolor and oil), Printmaker (colored woodblocks), Sculptor, Illustrator, Muralist, Designer (stained glass, china, ceramics), and Art Educator. by Holly Gruendyke. Joseph Edward Knowles was born in Kendall, Montana, on June 15, 1907. He grew up in San Diego, California. At age twenty, two years before the beginning of the Great Depression, he moved north to another town on the coast of California---Santa Barbara. There he began studying fine art at the Santa Barbara School of the Arts* (1927-1930), under the supervision of Frank Morley Fletcher, previously director of the Edinburgh College of Art. Fletcher, who was trained in portraiture, landscape painting, and woodblock* printing, was a great influence on young... Read full biography
American Painter (watercolor and oil), Printmaker (colored woodblocks), Sculptor, Illustrator, Muralist, Designer (stained glass, china, ceramics), and Art Educator. by Holly Gruendyke. Joseph Edward Knowles was born in Kendall, Montana, on June 15, 1907. He grew up in San Diego, California. At age twenty, two years before the beginning of the Great Depression, he moved north to another town on the coast of California---Santa Barbara. There he began studying fine art at the Santa Barbara School of the Arts* (1927-1930), under the supervision of Frank Morley Fletcher, previously director of the Edinburgh College of Art. Fletcher, who was trained in portraiture, landscape painting, and woodblock* printing, was a great influence on young Knowles. It was there that Knowles learned the art of color woodblock printmaking, a medium in... Read full biography
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
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