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David James Gilhooly III

David James Gilhooly, III (1943 - 2013) was active/lived in Oregon, California.  David Gilhooly III is known for Whimsical sculpture-frogs, foodstuff, funk art, teaching.

Following is the obituary of the artist, The San Francisco Bee, October 21, 2013, submitted by Matthew Weseley.

David Gilhooly was a leader in Bay Area funk art
By Robert D. Dávila

David Gilhooly, a prominent Northern California sculptor of fanciful frogs who was a founder of the Bay Area funk art movement at UC Davis in the early 1960s, died Aug. 21. He was 70.

He died after collapsing suddenly at his home in Newport, Ore., said his wife, Camille Chang. He had been diagnosed with cancer while being treated for a recent case of food poisoning, she said.

Whimsical and irreverent, Mr. Gilhooly was internationally acclaimed for his imaginative ceramic works of animals, food and other subjects. He started his career in 1962 as an assistant to sculptor Robert Arneson, who ran the freewheeling TB-9 ceramics studio at UC Davis

Arneson and his students were iconoclasts who created works that poked fun at high culture and made them leaders in the Bay   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4486 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about David James Gilhooly III

   David James Gilhooly, III  Born:  1943 - Auburn, California
Died:   2013 - Newport, Oregon
Known for:  Whimsical sculpture-frogs, foodstuff, funk art, teaching
Name variants:  David James Gillhouly

Following is the obituary of the artist, The San Francisco Bee, October 21, 2013, submitted by Matthew Weseley.

David Gilhooly was a leader in Bay Area funk art
By Robert D. Dávila

David Gilhooly, a prominent Northern California sculptor of fanciful frogs who was a founder of the Bay Area funk art movement at UC Davis in the early 1960s, died Aug. 21. He was 70.

He died after collapsing suddenly at his home in Newport, Ore., said his wife, Camille Chang. He had been diagnosed with cancer while being treated for a recent case of food poisoning, she said.

Whimsical and irreverent, Mr. Gilhooly was internationally acclaimed for his imaginative ceramic works of animals, food and other subjects. He started h  ...  Displaying 750 of 4486 characters.

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