Gerald Collins Gleeson Biography
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Gerald Collins Gleeson (1915-1986) Born: Providence, RI; Studied: Rhode Island School of Design, Mexico City College, California College of Arts and Crafts (Oakland); Member: Allied Artists of America. Gerald Gleeson grew up in Rhode Island and attended art school there in the late 1930s. After serving in World War II, he studied art with Jerry Farnsworth in Massachusetts and spent a year in Mexico before settling in Berkley, California.
His watercolors from the 1940s and 1950s depict city street scenes, wharfs and bridges in the Oakland area. In addition to painting and exhibiting on a regular basis, Gleeson taught painting and drawing in the Bay Area.
Biographical information:
Interview with Gerald Gleeson, 1983.
Biography courtesy of California Watercolors 1850-1970,
©2002 Hillcrest Press, Inc.
California Watercolor
ART EDUCATION:
GRADUATED RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ATRS AND CRAFTS, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
STUDIED WITH - JERRY FARNSWORTH AT FARNSWORTH SCHOOL OF PAINTING IN TRURO. MASSACHUSETTS
ATTENDED - ART CLASSES IN MEXICO CITY COLLEGE, MEXICO
EXHIBITED - ONE MAN SHOWS: GALLERY 12 ADLER PLACE, SAN FRANCISCO LUCIEN LABAULDT GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO CONTEMPORARY ARTS, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA ALTA BATES HOSPITAL, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA HUMANIST HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MEDICAL CENTER,SF,CA HUSCICON SOC. HUMANITIES, SCI., CONSERV, EL CERITO, CA. HARBOR ART GALLERY, WICKFORD, RHODE ISLAND BROWN THOMAS GALLERY, DUBLIN, IRELAND SCRIBNER”S BOOK STORE, FIFTH AVENUE, N.Y.C., NY PACIFIC TELEPHONE, CALIFORNIA PARAMOUNT STUDIOS, LOS ANGELOS, CA 2000 NORTH ATTLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY ,NO. ATTLEBORO, MA.
GROUP SHOWS:
DE YOUNG MUSEUM, SAN FRANCISCO
CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR
DENVER ART MUSEUM
KNICKERBOCKER BOCKER ARTISTS ANNUAL, NYC, NY
PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS SOCIETY OF NJ.
WESTERN PAINTERS EXHIBIT, OAKLAND,CA
MAXWELL’S GALLERY,SF,CA
WASHINGTON WATERCOLOR CLUB, WASH., DC.
JACK LONDON SQUARE ANNUALS, OAKLAND, CA.
BERKELEY ART FESTIVALS, BERKELEY, CA.
SAN FRANCISCO ART FESTIVALS, SF.,CA.
CARUS GALLERY, 82ND ST. NYC, NY
PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOC. SHOW, P TOWN, MA
HENRY GALLERY, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
BUTLER INSTITUTE OF ARTS, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
SALMAGUNDI CLUB,MEMBERS SHOW, N Y C., NY
GALERIE RAYMOND DUNCAN, PARIS, FRANCE
OAKLAND WATERCOLOR ANNUAL, OAKLAND, CA
ART ASSOC OF NEWPORT, 42ND ANNUAL ,NEWPORT,RI.
AWARDS:
KNICKERBOCKER ARTISTS ANNUAL NYC, NY
ALLIED ARTISTS OF AMERICA,NYC,NY (DIGBY CHANDLER AWARD)
JACK LONDON SQUARE ART FESTIVAL,OAKLAND CA. (THEIL AWARD)
BAY FAIR ANNUAL (SECOND AWARD
OAKLAND ART ASSOCIATION KAISER EXHIBIT (HONORABLE MENTION)
ART SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOC. , P TOWN,MA
KNICKERBOCKER ARTISTS, NYC, NY.
ALLIED ARTISTS OF AMERICA, NYC,NY
OAKLAND ART ASSOC., OAKLAND,CA.
HAYWARD ART ASSOC. HAYWARD,CA.
MARIN SOCIETY OF ARTISTS, ROSS,CA.
SALMAGUNDI CLUB, FIFTH AVE. NYC. NY.
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
OAKLAND MUSEUM, OAKLAND, CA. (ONE WATERCOLORA0
SAN DIEGO MUSEUM, SAN DIEGO, CA (THREE WATERCOLORS)
ATTLEBORO MUSEUM, ATTLEBORO, MA.(ONE WATERCOLOR)
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN MUSEUM (ONE WATERCOLOR)
SALMAGUNDY CLUB NYC, NY(ONE WATERCOLOR)
TAMPA MUSEUM, TAMPA,FLORIDA (ONE WATERCOLOR )
California Watercolor