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Museums page for August Gay ((1890 - 1948)), known for Modernist landscape, waterfront, mural. Showing 4 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1890 Rabou, France - 1948 Carmel, California. Known for: Modernist landscape, waterfront, mural.
Known as "Gus" Gay, he was part of the Society of Six, a group in the Bay Area of California in the 1920s led by Selden Gile that espoused a new style of painting focused on bright colors and... Read full biography
Known as "Gus" Gay, he was part of the Society of Six, a group in the Bay Area of California in the 1920s led by Selden Gile that espoused a new style of painting focused on bright colors and impressionist techniques. It was a rebellion against the prevalent sombre tonalism and decorative... Read full biography
Known as "Gus" Gay, he was part of the Society of Six, a group in the Bay Area of California in the 1920s led by Selden Gile that espoused a new style of painting focused on bright colors and impressionist techniques. It was a rebellion against the prevalent sombre tonalism and decorative aesthetics of William Keith and Arthur Mathews. Much of his painting was Cubist inspired and geometric, and he did not receive much national recognition until the 1950s. In addition to painting landscapes and... Read full biography
Known as "Gus" Gay, he was part of the Society of Six, a group in the Bay Area of California in the 1920s led by Selden Gile that espoused a new style of painting focused on bright colors and impressionist techniques. It was a rebellion against the prevalent sombre tonalism and decorative aesthetics of William Keith and Arthur Mathews. Much of his painting was Cubist inspired and geometric, and he did not receive much national recognition until the 1950s. In addition to painting landscapes and coastal scenes, many of them on cigar box tops, he was also a muralist, etcher, and furniture builder. Gay was born in Rabou, near Gap, France between Marseilles and Turin and from this background, brought a strong appreciation of French... Read full biography
Known as "Gus" Gay, he was part of the Society of Six, a group in the Bay Area of California in the 1920s led by Selden Gile that espoused a new style of painting focused on bright colors and impressionist techniques. It was a rebellion against the prevalent sombre tonalism and decorative aesthetics of William Keith and Arthur Mathews. Much of his painting was Cubist inspired and geometric, and he did not receive much national recognition until the 1950s. In addition to painting landscapes and coastal scenes, many of them on cigar box tops, he was also a muralist, etcher, and furniture builder. Gay was born in Rabou, near Gap, France between Marseilles and Turin and from this background, brought a strong appreciation of French Impressionism to the Society of Six although he was not a part of the Paris art scene. He is credited with having an... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (4)
All MuseumsMonterey Museum of Art- Pacific
559 Pacific Street
Monterey, CA 93940Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607