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1928 - 2019. Known for: Abstract city scene, buildings, marine, landscape, still life and figure painting.
As a child of the Great Depression, George Grammer (1928- ) was constrained to be creative with the scant materials on hand. No paper? Shirt-cardboards, thoughtfully saved by his grandmother, would... Read full biography
As a child of the Great Depression, George Grammer (1928- ) was constrained to be creative with the scant materials on hand. No paper? Shirt-cardboards, thoughtfully saved by his grandmother, would do the trick. No canvas? Window-shade material could work. Always this resourceful and precocious,... Read full biography
As a child of the Great Depression, George Grammer (1928- ) was constrained to be creative with the scant materials on hand. No paper? Shirt-cardboards, thoughtfully saved by his grandmother, would do the trick. No canvas? Window-shade material could work. Always this resourceful and precocious, Grammer blew through school, graduating from Fort Worth’s Paschal High at just 16. He attended Texas Wesleyan University on scholarship. After only two years’ tutelage there under the influential Kelly... Read full biography
As a child of the Great Depression, George Grammer (1928- ) was constrained to be creative with the scant materials on hand. No paper? Shirt-cardboards, thoughtfully saved by his grandmother, would do the trick. No canvas? Window-shade material could work. Always this resourceful and precocious, Grammer blew through school, graduating from Fort Worth’s Paschal High at just 16. He attended Texas Wesleyan University on scholarship. After only two years’ tutelage there under the influential Kelly Fearing, Grammer was off to Mexico on another scholarship. His work at the San Miguel de Allende school won him one more scholarship, this time to the prestigious Art Students League of New York. Still of modest means, Grammer’s New York study was... Read full biography
As a child of the Great Depression, George Grammer (1928- ) was constrained to be creative with the scant materials on hand. No paper? Shirt-cardboards, thoughtfully saved by his grandmother, would do the trick. No canvas? Window-shade material could work. Always this resourceful and precocious, Grammer blew through school, graduating from Fort Worth’s Paschal High at just 16. He attended Texas Wesleyan University on scholarship. After only two years’ tutelage there under the influential Kelly Fearing, Grammer was off to Mexico on another scholarship. His work at the San Miguel de Allende school won him one more scholarship, this time to the prestigious Art Students League of New York. Still of modest means, Grammer’s New York study was underwritten by a Dallas patron who provided living expenses in exchange for paintings. While in New York, Grammer fell in love -... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Still Life
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Central Park, New York City
- •Mexico and/or Central America
Art Association
- •Fort Worth Circle
Art Teacher
- •Kelly Fearing
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Institute de Allende, San Miguel, Mexico, Student
Added Description
- •Married to an Artist
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Fort Worth Art Association