Becker, Frederick W.

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Becker, Frederick W.

Becker, Frederick W. (1888-1974)

Midway Point - Carmel, California by Frederick W. Becker (1888-1974)

30" x 36", Oil/Canvas, Inscribed and Signed

Est.: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold by John Moran Auctioneers for $9,775 on 02/20/2007
ARTIST WORLD RECORD

Born in Vermillion, SD on March 24, 1888.

Becker studied with Hugh Breckenridge and Daniel Garber at the PAFA, at the School of Art & Design and ASL in Los Angeles, and at the Macky School in San Francisco. He lived in NYC, Oklahoma City, Taos, and southern California in Palm Springs and Cathedral City.

An itinerant artist, Becker traveled widely and was active in Californa from the 1920s until his death in Cathedral City on April 12, 1974.

Member: Laguna Beach AA; Society of Texas Artists; Oklahoma Art League; Southern States Art League; Desert Art Center. Exh: SFAA, 1914; Kansas City Art Inst., 1917 (bronze medal), 1932 (gold medal); Univ. of Oklahoma, 1918 (medal); Art Studio Shop (Hollywood), 1934; Tuesday Afternoon Club (Glendale), 1953; Desert Art Center (Palm Springs), 1965; Laguna Beach Museum, 1980 (solo). In: Univ. of Oklahoma.

Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
City Directory; Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers (Fielding, Mantle); Who's Who in American Art 1936-53.

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