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Otis William Oldfield
Born (1890-07-03 ) July 3, 1890
Sacramento, California, U.S.
Died May 18, 1969(1969-05-18) (aged 78 )
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Education Best’s Art School, Académie Julian Occupation(s ) painter, muralist, printmaker, educator Spouse Helen Clark (m. 1926–1969; death)
"Man with Dog", 1923 self-portrait by Otis Oldfield
Otis William Oldfield (July 3, 1890 – May 18, 1969)[1] [2] was a San Francisco painter, printmaker and art educator.
Early life and education [ edit ]
Otis William Oldfield was born on July 3, 1890, in Sacramento , California.[1] [3] He attended Sutter High School but at age 16 he dropped out of school in order to work.[4]
In 1908, he attended Best’s Art School in San Francisco,[5] [4] [6] operated by Alice Leveque Best and Arthur William Best. In 1911, he moved to Paris to attend Académie Julian .[5] He remained in France until 1924, then moved back to San Francisco.[5] [6]
Bay Area Map (1934), one of Oldfield's frescos at Coit Tower
In 1925, Oldfield had a successful solo show at San Francisco’s Galerie Beaux Arts, an exhibit of work made while he was living in France.[5] In 1929, Oldfield had two exhibitions of San Francisco water scenes at Montross Gallery in New York City.[5] [7]
The following year in 1930, Oldfield worked with architect Timothy Pflueger to create painted windows for the bar at the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange .[5] In 1934, he was one of 26 artists selected to paint murals in the newly erected Coit Tower .[8] One of his frescos there is titled Shipping Activities Inside the Golden Gate .[2]
Teaching [ edit ]
Starting in 1925, he taught at California School of Fine Art (now San Francisco Art Institute ) painting and drawing courses.[5] From 1946 until 1952 he taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts (now called California College of the Arts, or CCA).[9]
Oldfield's students included Yun Gee ,[10] Richard Diebenkorn ,[5] and Nathan Oliveira .[5] In addition to teaching Yun Gee, Otis Oldfield and Yun Gee were also good friends.[11] [12]
Death and legacy [ edit ]
Oldfield died on May 18, 1969, in San Francisco , California.[2] He was survived by his wife Helen Clark Oldfield [Wikidata ] , who continued to paint until her death in 1981.
His work is in public museum collections include at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ,[5] Los Angeles County Museum of Art ,[13] Crocker Art Museum ,[14] National Gallery of Art ,[15] Smithsonian American Art Museum ,[16] Metropolitan Museum of Art ,[17]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c Hughes, Edan. "Otis Oldfield" . CalArt California and American Art . Retrieved October 28, 2014 .
^ Wolpert, Martin; Winter, Jeffrey (2006). Figurative Paintings: Paris and the Modern Spirit . Schiffer Pub. pp. 212–213. ISBN 978-0-7643-2462-8 .
^ a b "White Dress (White Nightie), 1936" . Crocker Art Museum . Retrieved 2021-09-13 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j "Otis Oldfield" . FAMSF Search the Collections . 2020-06-02. Retrieved 2021-09-13 .
^ a b Burg, William (2014-09-02). Midtown Sacramento: Creative Soul of the City . Arcadia Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-62585-208-3 .
^ The Arts, Volume 16 . Hamilton Easter Field, Forbes Watson. Arts Publishing Corporation. 1929. p. 269.{{cite book }}
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^ Smith, Harvey L. (2014-10-13). Berkeley and the New Deal . Arcadia Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-4396-4767-7 .
^ "Otis Oldfield (1890-1969)" . George Stern Fine Arts . Retrieved October 28, 2014 .
^ Kim, Elaine H.; Machida, Margo; Mizota, Sharon (2003). Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Conversations on Asian American Art . Univ of California Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-520-23535-9 .
^ "Yun Gee: Modern Artist, Inventor, Poet, Villager - Village Preservation" . www.villagepreservation.org . 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2023-11-07 .
^ "Yun Gee-Yun Gee: Midjourney" . July 29, 2023.
^ "Otis William Oldfield" . LACMA Collections . Retrieved 2021-09-13 .
^ "American Art before 1945" . Crocker Art Museum . Retrieved 2021-09-13 .
^ "Otis William Oldfield, American, 1890 - 1969" . National Gallery of Art . Retrieved 2021-09-13 .
^ "Otis Oldfield" . Smithsonian American Art Museum . Retrieved 2021-09-13 .
^ "Bay Bridge Series, Aloft, 1935–43" . The Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved 2021-09-13 .
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