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1898 Almeria, Spain - 1993. Known for: Modernist figure, landscape, still-life easel and mural painting.
An easel painter of landscapes and figures, muralist, sculptor and teacher, Xavier Gonzalez was born in Almeria, Spain and was active in Provincetown, Massachusetts from 1947. He also lived in... Read full biography
An easel painter of landscapes and figures, muralist, sculptor and teacher, Xavier Gonzalez was born in Almeria, Spain and was active in Provincetown, Massachusetts from 1947. He also lived in Argentina and Mexico, where he was planning on becoming a mining engineer, but in 1925, he immigrated to... Read full biography
An easel painter of landscapes and figures, muralist, sculptor and teacher, Xavier Gonzalez was born in Almeria, Spain and was active in Provincetown, Massachusetts from 1947. He also lived in Argentina and Mexico, where he was planning on becoming a mining engineer, but in 1925, he immigrated to the United States, and in 1931, he became a U.S. citizen. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1921 to 1923 and with his uncle, Jose Arpa. He also studied at the San Carlos Academy in Mexico... Read full biography
An easel painter of landscapes and figures, muralist, sculptor and teacher, Xavier Gonzalez was born in Almeria, Spain and was active in Provincetown, Massachusetts from 1947. He also lived in Argentina and Mexico, where he was planning on becoming a mining engineer, but in 1925, he immigrated to the United States, and in 1931, he became a U.S. citizen. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1921 to 1923 and with his uncle, Jose Arpa. He also studied at the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City, and in Paris and in the Far East. He was a teacher at Tulane University, Brooklyn Museum, Sul Ross State Teachers College, Case Western Reserve University and in New Orleans at Newcomb Memorial School of Art. There he often worked with fellow... Read full biography
An easel painter of landscapes and figures, muralist, sculptor and teacher, Xavier Gonzalez was born in Almeria, Spain and was active in Provincetown, Massachusetts from 1947. He also lived in Argentina and Mexico, where he was planning on becoming a mining engineer, but in 1925, he immigrated to the United States, and in 1931, he became a U.S. citizen. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1921 to 1923 and with his uncle, Jose Arpa. He also studied at the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City, and in Paris and in the Far East. He was a teacher at Tulane University, Brooklyn Museum, Sul Ross State Teachers College, Case Western Reserve University and in New Orleans at Newcomb Memorial School of Art. There he often worked with fellow artist Julius Woeltz and commandeered the canteen wall for exhibition use of his art students, including Ethel Edwards, seventeen years, whom... Read full biography
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Keywords (54)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Chalk
- •Charcoal
- •Fiberglass
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Mystic, Connecticut
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
- •Texas Before 1940
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Married to an Artist
- •Mural Specialty
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Edgar B Davis Competition, Texas
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts