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1899 Oakland, California - 1989 Oakland, California. Known for: Modernist landscape, illustrator.
A commercial artist and fine-art painter whose styles ranged from Impressionism, Fauvism to Mixed-Media Abstraction, Louis Siegriest had a long, distinguished career including association in the... Read full biography
A commercial artist and fine-art painter whose styles ranged from Impressionism, Fauvism to Mixed-Media Abstraction, Louis Siegriest had a long, distinguished career including association in the 1920s with a California Bay Area group called the Society of Six. Members rebelled against the prevalent... Read full biography
A commercial artist and fine-art painter whose styles ranged from Impressionism, Fauvism to Mixed-Media Abstraction, Louis Siegriest had a long, distinguished career including association in the 1920s with a California Bay Area group called the Society of Six. Members rebelled against the prevalent sombre Tonalism of William Keith and the genteel Classicism of Arthur Mathews. He was born to a father who drove the first horse-drawn streetcars in Oakland and then made a fortune in the heating oil... Read full biography
A commercial artist and fine-art painter whose styles ranged from Impressionism, Fauvism to Mixed-Media Abstraction, Louis Siegriest had a long, distinguished career including association in the 1920s with a California Bay Area group called the Society of Six. Members rebelled against the prevalent sombre Tonalism of William Keith and the genteel Classicism of Arthur Mathews. He was born to a father who drove the first horse-drawn streetcars in Oakland and then made a fortune in the heating oil business with acetylene gas machines for gaslights. Louis lived his entire life in the family mansion where he was born in north Oakland and later raised his own family including a son, Lundy, who became a well-known artist. His parents encouraged... Read full biography
A commercial artist and fine-art painter whose styles ranged from Impressionism, Fauvism to Mixed-Media Abstraction, Louis Siegriest had a long, distinguished career including association in the 1920s with a California Bay Area group called the Society of Six. Members rebelled against the prevalent sombre Tonalism of William Keith and the genteel Classicism of Arthur Mathews. He was born to a father who drove the first horse-drawn streetcars in Oakland and then made a fortune in the heating oil business with acetylene gas machines for gaslights. Louis lived his entire life in the family mansion where he was born in north Oakland and later raised his own family including a son, Lundy, who became a well-known artist. His parents encouraged his talents, and at age fifteen, he enrolled at night in the California School of Arts and Crafts while attending... Read full biography
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Keywords (44)
Art Method
- •Advertising Art
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Fauve, Fauvism, Strong, Vivid Coloration
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Catalina Island
- •New Mexico Before 1940
- •Pacific Northwest Before 1900
- •Taos, New Mexico Before 1940
- •Texas Before 1940
Art Association
- •Bohemian Club
- •Society of Six-California
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •California College of Arts and Crafts, Student
- •California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •U.S. Embassy, Art in Embassies Program, Foundation
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Artist Colony
- •Monterey and Carmel-By-The-Sea
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts