Artist Keywords

Beckford Young

Beckford Young (1905 - 1979) was active/lived in California.  Beckford Young is known for Painter, mural painter.

Born in Petaluma, CA on Oct. 23, 1905.  Young was a star athlete at Petaluma High School.  He attended UC Berkeley on a sport scholarship, and, while recuperating from an ankle injury, began
majoring in art.  He then studied in Munich with Hans Hofmann and in Italy with Vaclav Vytlacil.  After four years in Europe, he returned to the San Francisco Bay area.  He was married briefly in the 1930s to artist Janet Todd Young.  He painted murals for the Federal Art Project in the 1930s and later served as their art director for northern California.  Young was a resident of El Cerrito until his death
in Berkeley on Sept. 17, 1979.  His early representational works later evolved into abstracts.

Exh: San Francisco Art Association, 1930s;  GGIE, 1939.  

Murals:  Fort Ord Privates Club; Government Island (Alameda). 

Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
SF Chronicle, 3-17-1940, p. 8; Oakland Museum.

Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 0 auction lots for Beckford Young (of which 0 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 1 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Beckford Young as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Beckford Young in 0 of its research Essays. Beckford Young has 0 artist signature examples available in our database.