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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Books & Publications (17)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary
2002
McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last
231 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art
1986
Chetham, Charles; David Grose
312 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
The California Style Watercolor Artists 1925-1955
1985
McClelland, Gordon T; Jay Last
259 pages (color)
American Watercolors, Pastels, Collages The Brooklyn Museum
1984
Faunce, Sarah; Linda S. Ferber (Curators)
88 pages (color)
Art of the States Works from a Santa Barbara Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1984
McDonald, Robert; Richard Vincent West
80 pages (color)
American Works on Paper 100 Years of American Art History (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Smith Kramer Art Connections
113 pages (color)
The Americans/The Collage (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Contemporary Arts Museum
143 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
William Dole Retrospective 1960-1975 (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Nordland, Gerald
48 pages (color)
Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era
1976
San Francisco Mus Modern Art
272 pages (color)
Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)