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1877 Stow, Maine - 1947 Belvedere, California. Known for: Modernist landscape, marine and figure painting.
The major force behind the Society of Six in the 1920s in the Bay Area of California, Selden Gile set aesthetic standards that espoused color and guided the group with the strength of his... Read full biography
The major force behind the Society of Six in the 1920s in the Bay Area of California, Selden Gile set aesthetic standards that espoused color and guided the group with the strength of his personality, physical energy, and warm hospitality. Departing from dominant decorative and Tonalist influences... Read full biography
The major force behind the Society of Six in the 1920s in the Bay Area of California, Selden Gile set aesthetic standards that espoused color and guided the group with the strength of his personality, physical energy, and warm hospitality. Departing from dominant decorative and Tonalist influences of Arthur Mathews and William Keith, the Society of Six created a new landscape art of sunny reality; it was Impressionism-Fauvism applied to the California Scene. The other painters associated with... Read full biography
The major force behind the Society of Six in the 1920s in the Bay Area of California, Selden Gile set aesthetic standards that espoused color and guided the group with the strength of his personality, physical energy, and warm hospitality. Departing from dominant decorative and Tonalist influences of Arthur Mathews and William Keith, the Society of Six created a new landscape art of sunny reality; it was Impressionism-Fauvism applied to the California Scene. The other painters associated with Gile in this rebellion were Maurice Logan, William Clapp, Bernard von Eichman, August Gay, and Louis Siegriest. Gile was born in Stow, Maine, to parents from Salem, England, and was named for Seldon Connor, Governor of Maine. The family lived on a... Read full biography
The major force behind the Society of Six in the 1920s in the Bay Area of California, Selden Gile set aesthetic standards that espoused color and guided the group with the strength of his personality, physical energy, and warm hospitality. Departing from dominant decorative and Tonalist influences of Arthur Mathews and William Keith, the Society of Six created a new landscape art of sunny reality; it was Impressionism-Fauvism applied to the California Scene. The other painters associated with Gile in this rebellion were Maurice Logan, William Clapp, Bernard von Eichman, August Gay, and Louis Siegriest. Gile was born in Stow, Maine, to parents from Salem, England, and was named for Seldon Connor, Governor of Maine. The family lived on a farm, but from childhood, he was regarded as different from his boisterous, carousing brothers because of his artistic talents a... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (5)
All MuseumsBelvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society Archives
1550 Tiburon Boulevard, Suite M
P. O. Box 134
Tiburon, CA 94920Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, FAMSF
50 Hagiwara
Tea Garden Drive-Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118Monterey Museum of Art- Pacific
559 Pacific Street
Monterey, CA 93940Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah
Marcia & John Price Museum Building
410 Campus Center Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84112