California. 1886 - 1974
Genre, figure and landscape painting
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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
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Modernist landscape, waterfront, mural
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Landscape and coastal view painting
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California. 1899 - 1989
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California / United Kingdom. 1924 - 1999
Abstract still life and landscape painting
California, Illinois. 1894 - 1970
Landscape, genre, and coastal view painting
California / Germany. 1868 - 1945
Coastal view, figure, illustration
California. 1880 - 1960
Landscape, still life and portrait painting
California. 1878 - 1954
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California, Massachusetts. 1846 - 1931
Monterey area, coastal view and figure painting
California, Quebec / Canada. 1879 - 1954
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Modernist-leaning landscape, coastal view painting
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Still life and sea-landscape painting, puppets
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Landscape, marine paintings, illustrations
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Modernist marine, landscape, seascape, floral and fruit still life painting
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Landscape and coastal painting, graphics
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Landscape, interior, figure and mural painting
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