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George Booth Root Post

George Booth Root Post (1906 - 1997) was active/lived in California.  George Post is known for Modernist town-landscape, machines and marine painting.

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Post, George Booth Root (1906-1997) (Lived in Bay Area, CA)
“Watercolorist, painter, and educator. George Booth Root, III, was born at his grandfather's ranch in Oakland, California. In 1915 his mother, Ruth Godfrey Root, and step-father, Walter Post, and George moved to Nevada. There his mother changed his surname to Post. As an adult he used George Booth Root Post. He showed an interest in drawing at age five. He started formal art classes in high school. His art instructor saw that he had considerable natural talent and George received a scholarship. He began his two and one half year education at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco in 1924. There he was introduced to painting en plein air.

In 1927 George left the school and sought other employment. Mainly because he needed money. After working numerous menial labor jobs which gav   ...  [Displaying 929 of 7887 characters.]  Artist bio

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art for sale: George Booth Root Post 4   
Green Hulls
George Booth Root Post
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Hauk Fine Arts is offering an artwork for sale by George Booth Root Post.
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Title:  Green Hulls
Type:  Painting
Medium:  Watercolor
Ground:  Paper
Style:  Other
Subject:  American Scene/Regionalism
Signature:  Lower Right
Year Created:  1941
Size:  16.00" x 23.00"

Description:  This painting belonged to John Steinbeck's first wife, Carol (Henning Brown). She assisted Steinbeck in his early work, including Grapes of Wrath. She had several paintings by Post, including a piece of Bath, Maine that we will post soon. Green Hulls exhibited Denver Museum of Art, 1945.

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