George Post (1906-1997) Born: Oakland, CA; Studied: California School of Fine Arts (San Francisco), Academie Frochot (Paris); Member: American Watercolor Society, California Water Color Society. George Post was born and raised in Oakland, spent several years in Gold Hill, Nevada, then returned to California to live in San Francisco. In 1921, he received a scholarship to study at the California School of Fine Arts. His teachers were Gottardo Piazzoni, Otis Oldfield, Ray Boynton, Spencer Macky and Constance Macky.