Maurice Logan Explained

Maurice George Logan
Birth Date:February 21, 1886
Birth Place:San Francisco, California, U.S.
Death Date:March 19, 1977
Death Place:Orinda, California, U.S.
Education:San Francisco Art Institute
California College of the Arts
Chicago Art Institute
Occupation:Painter
Spouse:Bertha Kipke
Children:1 son, 1 daughter

Maurice Logan (March 21, 1886 — March 19, 1977) was an American watercolorist, commercial artist and arts educator. He was a member of the Society of Six, and a professor at the California College of the Arts in Oakland, California.

Life

Logan was born on March 21, 1886, in San Francisco to an English mother, who died when he was six months old, and an American father, who remarried shortly after.[1] [2] He grew up in Oakland, California, and he was trained at the San Francisco Art Institute,[1] the California College of the Arts, and the Chicago Art Institute.[2]

Logan established a studio as a watercolorist and commercial artist in Oakland in 1915.[1] He was a member of the Society of Six alongside Selden Connor Gile, August Gay, Louis Bassi Siegriest, Bernard von Eichman, and William H. Clapp.[3] He was also a professor at his alma mater, the California College of the Arts.[2] He was a member of the American Watercolor Society, the Society of Western Artists, the National Academy of Design, and the Society of Illustrators.[2]

Logan married Bertha Kipke.[1] They had a son, Richard, and a daughter, Jean Rees.[2] Logan died on March 19, 1977, in Orinda, California.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Boas . Nancy . The Society of Six: California Colorists . 1998 . University of California Press . Berkeley, California . 9780520210554 . 35762633 . 34–37.
  2. News: Deaths. Maurice Logan . April 21, 2019 . The San Francisco Examiner . March 22, 1977. Newspapers.com.
  3. Book: Jewell . James E. . The Visual Arts in Bohemia: 125 Years of Artistic Creativity in the Bohemian Club . 1997 . Bohemian Club . San Francisco, California . 118 . 37731700 .