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1910 Detroit, Michigan - 1989 Santa Barbara, California. Known for: Landscape, marine genre and mural painting.
Born in Detroit, Michigan to a wealthy family, Standish Backus studied watercolor while he was an architecture student at Princeton and at the University of Munich. His formal art training was... Read full biography
Born in Detroit, Michigan to a wealthy family, Standish Backus studied watercolor while he was an architecture student at Princeton and at the University of Munich. His formal art training was limited to a brief period of study with Eliot O'Hara. In 1935, he moved to Santa Barbara,California and... Read full biography
Born in Detroit, Michigan to a wealthy family, Standish Backus studied watercolor while he was an architecture student at Princeton and at the University of Munich. His formal art training was limited to a brief period of study with Eliot O'Hara. In 1935, he moved to Santa Barbara,California and became active with the California Water Color Society. During World War II, he was a combat artist* for the Navy in the Pacific, and in 1955 participated in Admiral Byrd's expedition to the South Pole.... Read full biography
Born in Detroit, Michigan to a wealthy family, Standish Backus studied watercolor while he was an architecture student at Princeton and at the University of Munich. His formal art training was limited to a brief period of study with Eliot O'Hara. In 1935, he moved to Santa Barbara,California and became active with the California Water Color Society. During World War II, he was a combat artist* for the Navy in the Pacific, and in 1955 participated in Admiral Byrd's expedition to the South Pole. In 1967, he designed the Pacific War Memorial mosaic mural for Corregidor Island in Manila Bay. He was a California scene painter and member of the American Watercolor Society*. He died in Santa Barbara. Sources:. Edan Hughes, Artists in California,... Read full biography
Born in Detroit, Michigan to a wealthy family, Standish Backus studied watercolor while he was an architecture student at Princeton and at the University of Munich. His formal art training was limited to a brief period of study with Eliot O'Hara. In 1935, he moved to Santa Barbara,California and became active with the California Water Color Society. During World War II, he was a combat artist* for the Navy in the Pacific, and in 1955 participated in Admiral Byrd's expedition to the South Pole. In 1967, he designed the Pacific War Memorial mosaic mural for Corregidor Island in Manila Bay. He was a California scene painter and member of the American Watercolor Society*. He died in Santa Barbara. Sources:. Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940. Gordon McClelland and Jay Last, California Watercolors 1850-1970. * For mo... Read full biography
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Keywords (33)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Mosaics, Intarsia
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •California Watercolor Society
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
- •Expedition Artist of Drawings, Paintings, and/or Photographs
- •Genre Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •California Watercolor Society-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art