Bowers Museum
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Santa Ana, CA 92706
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1879 Medoc, Missouri - 1939 Glendale, California. Known for: Landscape, figure, genre.
Born in Medoc, MO on Jan. 9, 1879. Sayre worked in the lead and zinc mines and manufactured leather goods before settling on an art career. He remained a self-taught artist except for two months with... Read full biography
Born in Medoc, MO on Jan. 9, 1879. Sayre worked in the lead and zinc mines and manufactured leather goods before settling on an art career. He remained a self-taught artist except for two months with J. Laurie Wallace in Omaha. His first creative job as an artist was as an employee of an engraving... Read full biography
Born in Medoc, MO on Jan. 9, 1879. Sayre worked in the lead and zinc mines and manufactured leather goods before settling on an art career. He remained a self-taught artist except for two months with J. Laurie Wallace in Omaha. His first creative job as an artist was as an employee of an engraving company in Houston, TX. Sick with diptheria, he moved to California in 1917. Traveling by train, he was enchanted with the Southwest desert and vowed to return, which he did in 1919. For three years... Read full biography
Born in Medoc, MO on Jan. 9, 1879. Sayre worked in the lead and zinc mines and manufactured leather goods before settling on an art career. He remained a self-taught artist except for two months with J. Laurie Wallace in Omaha. His first creative job as an artist was as an employee of an engraving company in Houston, TX. Sick with diptheria, he moved to California in 1917. Traveling by train, he was enchanted with the Southwest desert and vowed to return, which he did in 1919. For three years he worked in Arizona as a bookkeeper for a mining company while painting in his leisure. Upon returning to California in 1922, he soon built a home and studio in Glendale where he remained until his death on Jan. 1, 1939 (the same day that Frank... Read full biography
Born in Medoc, MO on Jan. 9, 1879. Sayre worked in the lead and zinc mines and manufactured leather goods before settling on an art career. He remained a self-taught artist except for two months with J. Laurie Wallace in Omaha. His first creative job as an artist was as an employee of an engraving company in Houston, TX. Sick with diptheria, he moved to California in 1917. Traveling by train, he was enchanted with the Southwest desert and vowed to return, which he did in 1919. For three years he worked in Arizona as a bookkeeper for a mining company while painting in his leisure. Upon returning to California in 1922, he soon built a home and studio in Glendale where he remained until his death on Jan. 1, 1939 (the same day that Frank Tenney Johnson died in Pasadena). Sayre is one of California's best-known painters of the desert. Exhibitions: . Los Ang. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in... Read full biography
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About Fred Grayson Sayre: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (4)
All MuseumsCrocker Art Museum
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814Palm Springs Art Museum
101 Museum Drive
Po Box 2310
Palm Springs, CA 92263-2310UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art
3333 Avenue of the Arts
Costa Mesa, CA 92626