| George Smith Dibble | |
| Birth Date: | 1904 |
| Birth Place: | Oahu, Hawaii |
| Death Date: | June 2, 1992 |
| Death Place: | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Education: | University of Utah Art Students League of New York, B.A. and M. A. from Columbia University |
| Occupation: | Painter, academic, art critic, Professor of Art at University of Utah for 49 years, Emeritus professor of Art University of Utah |
George S. Dibble (1904 – June 2, 1992) was an American painter, academic and art critic. He was a professor of Art at the University of Utah and an art critic for The Salt Lake Tribune.
Dibble was born in 1904 in Oahu, Hawaii.[1] He was trained at the University of Utah and the Art Students League of New York.[1] [2]
Dibble first taught Art at the Murray High School in Murray, Utah, and Washington Elementary School in Salt Lake City.[3] He later became a professor of Art at his alma mater, the University of Utah.[4] [5] He authored a textbook, and he was an art critic for The Salt Lake Tribune for four nearly forty years. Dibble was also a painter in his own right, and he won a prize at the Utah State Fair as early as 1935.[6] He became known as a Cubist watercolorist.[4] [5]
Dibble died of cancer on June 2, 1992, in Salt Lake City, at age 88.[4] [5]
. Olpin . Robert S. . Robert S. Olpin . George Dibble: Painter, Teacher, Critic: Paintings 1928-1988 . 1988 . Utah Museum of Fine Arts . Salt Lake City, Utah. 30937267.