Mills College Art Museum
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94613
5000 MacArthur Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94613
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Museums page for William Alexander Gaw ((1891 - 1973)), known for Modernist-leaning landscape-coastal and still life painting. Showing 6 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1891 San Francisco, California - 1973 Berkely, California. Known for: Modernist-leaning landscape-coastal and still life painting.
Landscape painter William Alexander Gaw was born in San Francisco, California in 1891. His father, Hugh Gaw, was also an artist, a watercolorist. With an early interest in art, Gaw enrolled in the... Read full biography
Landscape painter William Alexander Gaw was born in San Francisco, California in 1891. His father, Hugh Gaw, was also an artist, a watercolorist. With an early interest in art, Gaw enrolled in the San Francisco Art Institute as a youth. There he studied under James Martin Griffin, a landscape... Read full biography
Landscape painter William Alexander Gaw was born in San Francisco, California in 1891. His father, Hugh Gaw, was also an artist, a watercolorist. With an early interest in art, Gaw enrolled in the San Francisco Art Institute as a youth. There he studied under James Martin Griffin, a landscape painter. Gaw exhibited his work in the San Francisco area in 1912 before moving to Berkeley by 1923. He spent the rest of his life there and painted many landscapes inspired by his local surroundings.... Read full biography
Landscape painter William Alexander Gaw was born in San Francisco, California in 1891. His father, Hugh Gaw, was also an artist, a watercolorist. With an early interest in art, Gaw enrolled in the San Francisco Art Institute as a youth. There he studied under James Martin Griffin, a landscape painter. Gaw exhibited his work in the San Francisco area in 1912 before moving to Berkeley by 1923. He spent the rest of his life there and painted many landscapes inspired by his local surroundings. Later in his career Gaw lectured on the science of color and technique. He was known to have painted using bright colors and experimented in both Cubist and Post-Impressionist art forms. Gaw was also a teacher in the 1930's at the California School of... Read full biography
Landscape painter William Alexander Gaw was born in San Francisco, California in 1891. His father, Hugh Gaw, was also an artist, a watercolorist. With an early interest in art, Gaw enrolled in the San Francisco Art Institute as a youth. There he studied under James Martin Griffin, a landscape painter. Gaw exhibited his work in the San Francisco area in 1912 before moving to Berkeley by 1923. He spent the rest of his life there and painted many landscapes inspired by his local surroundings. Later in his career Gaw lectured on the science of color and technique. He was known to have painted using bright colors and experimented in both Cubist and Post-Impressionist art forms. Gaw was also a teacher in the 1930's at the California School of Fine Art. Later he served as Chairman of the Art department at Mills College in Oakland, California between 1942 and 1957. Through... Read full biography
William Alexander Gaw - Artist Info
About William Alexander Gaw: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (6)
All MuseumsMuseum of Contemporary Art San Diego, MCASD
1001 Kettner Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103