peoplepill id: louis-siegriest
LS
United States of America
1 views today
1 views this week
Louis Siegriest
American artist

Louis Siegriest

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
American artist
Work field
Gender
Male
Birth
Place of birth
Oakland, USA
Age
90 years
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Louis Bassi Siegriest (1899 - November 7, 1989) was an American painter. He was a member of the Society of Six.

Life

Siegriest was born in 1899. He was trained by Frank Van Sloun.

Siegriest established a studio in Oakland, California, where he was a member of the Society of Six alongside Selden Connor Gile, August Gay, Maurice Logan, Bernard von Eichman, and William H. Clapp. He began his career as an Impressionist, and he later became an Abstract Expressionist. He painted Western landscapes, including Nevada ghost towns and cityscapes. He often exhibited his work with his son, Lundy Siegriest, who predeceased him.

Siegriest died on November 7, 1989 in Berkeley, California. According to art historian Nancy Boas, Siegriest was "the grand old man of California art." His artwork can be seen at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Louis Siegriest is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
From our partners
Sponsored
Credits
References and sources
Louis Siegriest
arrow-left arrow-right instagram whatsapp myspace quora soundcloud spotify tumblr vk website youtube pandora tunein iheart itunes