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Post, George

Born and raised in the Bay Area, George Post attended the California School of Fine Arts. In 1927, he went into advertising, printing and watercolor painting. In 1933, he lived in the Mother Lode mining area and also did a mining theme mural for Sonora High School. From 1937 to 1938, he traveled in Europe and Mexico, and in the 1940s was an art instructor at Stanford.

In 1947, Post became fine arts professor at the California College of Arts and Crafts, where he taught until his 1973. From 1945 through 1955, he was associated with the Brandt-Dike Summer School. He is known for transparent watercolors of equipment and engines.

Source: Gordan McClelland, "The California Style"

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