Landscape painter. Born in Lamberton, MN on April 5, 1895. Hosmer moved to California with his family in 1903. In 1917 he enrolled at the CSFA where he learned to paint from teachers Van Sloun,... Read full biography
Landscape painter. Born in Lamberton, MN on April 5, 1895. Hosmer moved to California with his family in 1903. In 1917 he enrolled at the CSFA where he learned to paint from teachers Van Sloun, Randolph, and Martinez. In 1930 he settled in Lodi, CA and lived there for his remaining years. Combining... Read full biography
Landscape painter. Born in Lamberton, MN on April 5, 1895. Hosmer moved to California with his family in 1903. In 1917 he enrolled at the CSFA where he learned to paint from teachers Van Sloun, Randolph, and Martinez. In 1930 he settled in Lodi, CA and lived there for his remaining years. Combining a career as both artist and vinyardist, from 1950 until 1977 he was the fine arts director of the Lodi Grape Festival and National Wine Show. After restoring a 112-year-old building in Volcano (CA),... Read full biography
Landscape painter. Born in Lamberton, MN on April 5, 1895. Hosmer moved to California with his family in 1903. In 1917 he enrolled at the CSFA where he learned to paint from teachers Van Sloun, Randolph, and Martinez. In 1930 he settled in Lodi, CA and lived there for his remaining years. Combining a career as both artist and vinyardist, from 1950 until 1977 he was the fine arts director of the Lodi Grape Festival and National Wine Show. After restoring a 112-year-old building in Volcano (CA), he operated the Cobblestone Gallery there for many years. Hosmer died in Lodi on July 25, 1984. His paintings were inspired by the Mother Lode area, Monument Valley, Owens Valley, and the Sierra Nevada. His early landscapes are more somber; during... Read full biography
Landscape painter. Born in Lamberton, MN on April 5, 1895. Hosmer moved to California with his family in 1903. In 1917 he enrolled at the CSFA where he learned to paint from teachers Van Sloun, Randolph, and Martinez. In 1930 he settled in Lodi, CA and lived there for his remaining years. Combining a career as both artist and vinyardist, from 1950 until 1977 he was the fine arts director of the Lodi Grape Festival and National Wine Show. After restoring a 112-year-old building in Volcano (CA), he operated the Cobblestone Gallery there for many years. Hosmer died in Lodi on July 25, 1984. His paintings were inspired by the Mother Lode area, Monument Valley, Owens Valley, and the Sierra Nevada. His early landscapes are more somber; during his later years he used a brighter palette. Member: Hayward AA; Northern Calif. Arts; SWA; Oakland AA. Exh: Oakland Art Gallery, 1932; GGIE, 1939;... Read full biography
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Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Art Exhibition Index, First through Twenty-Seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12)
2015
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
547 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
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