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1904 Edinburgh, Scotland - 2001. Known for: Watercolor regional scene landscape painting, motion picture industry artist.
Submitted by Nancy Moure, Independent Art Researcher. Gibson, George (1904-2001) (Lived in Los Angeles / Los Osos, California). Russ Leadabrand, “Profile / Artist George Gibson: Finding his way home... Read full biography
Submitted by Nancy Moure, Independent Art Researcher. Gibson, George (1904-2001) (Lived in Los Angeles / Los Osos, California). Russ Leadabrand, “Profile / Artist George Gibson: Finding his way home to Los Osos… [film artist names the] film that was his favorite… ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ The 1938 color... Read full biography
Submitted by Nancy Moure, Independent Art Researcher. Gibson, George (1904-2001) (Lived in Los Angeles / Los Osos, California). Russ Leadabrand, “Profile / Artist George Gibson: Finding his way home to Los Osos… [film artist names the] film that was his favorite… ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ The 1938 color film, now considered one of the best of Hollywood’s cinema-making magic …Scottish-born Gibson, with stage scenic design credits from Scotland and England and considerable U.S. credits for studio... Read full biography
Submitted by Nancy Moure, Independent Art Researcher. Gibson, George (1904-2001) (Lived in Los Angeles / Los Osos, California). Russ Leadabrand, “Profile / Artist George Gibson: Finding his way home to Los Osos… [film artist names the] film that was his favorite… ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ The 1938 color film, now considered one of the best of Hollywood’s cinema-making magic …Scottish-born Gibson, with stage scenic design credits from Scotland and England and considerable U.S. credits for studio scenic design in addition to and including MGM, actually drew from all those years of experience, a free-wheeling imagination… And it was thus that Gibson created the background for sets against which the film of Dorothy and her band of friends’ quest for... Read full biography
Submitted by Nancy Moure, Independent Art Researcher. Gibson, George (1904-2001) (Lived in Los Angeles / Los Osos, California). Russ Leadabrand, “Profile / Artist George Gibson: Finding his way home to Los Osos… [film artist names the] film that was his favorite… ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ The 1938 color film, now considered one of the best of Hollywood’s cinema-making magic …Scottish-born Gibson, with stage scenic design credits from Scotland and England and considerable U.S. credits for studio scenic design in addition to and including MGM, actually drew from all those years of experience, a free-wheeling imagination… And it was thus that Gibson created the background for sets against which the film of Dorothy and her band of friends’ quest for the city of Oz… Before ‘Oz’ was finished, MGM would build a special building, a gigantic indoor arena, especially for Gibson and in... Read full biography
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Keywords (37)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Beach Scenes, Bathers, Swimming Genre
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •California Watercolor Society
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Watercolor Society
Art Teacher
- •Frank Tolles Chamberlin
- •Jules-Joseph Lefebvre
Art School
- •Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts, Student
- •Glasgow School/College of Art, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Director, Motion Picture Industry
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Scottish
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •Boston Art Club-
- •California Watercolor Society-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •National Watercolor Society-
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts