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1907 Kendall, Montana - 1980 Santa Barbara, California. Known for: California style landscape painting, woodblocks.
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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Keywords (43)
Art Method
- •Art Design
- •Drybrush Painting
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Art Pottery
- •Ceramic Art, Porcelain, Design and/or Decoration
- •Ceramics
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Oil Paint
- •Stained Glass Design, Restoration, Crafting
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wood Block Print
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
- •Woodblock, Woodcut, Wood Engraving
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •England, London Great Britain After 1900
- •Europe
- •France After 1900
- •Italy
Art Association
- •California Watercolor Society
Art Teacher
- •Frank Morley Fletcher
Art School
- •Santa Barbara Art Center School, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Genre Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
- •Watercolor Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, 1940
Exhibition of Art Association
- •California Watercolor Society-