Lundy Siegriest | |
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Born | 1925 Oakland, California, U.S. |
Died | November 13, 1985 Berkeley, California, U.S. |
Education | California College of the Arts |
Occupation | Painter |
Parent | Louis Siegriest |
Relatives | Edna Stoddart (stepmother) |
Lundy Siegriest (1925 - November 13, 1985) was an American painter.
Siegriest was born in 1925 in Oakland, California. [1] His father, Louis Siegriest, was a painter, [2] as was his stepmother, Edna Stoddart. Siegriest graduated from the California College of the Arts in Oakland. [1]
Siegriest became a painter in his own right. He was initially a realist and later became an abstract expressionist. He returned to realism after being injured in a fall. [1] [3] He painted Western landscapes en plein air , and he often exhibited his work with his father. [1]
Siegriest died of cancer on November 13, 1985, in Berkeley, California, at age 60. [2] [3] [4] His work can be seen at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, [5] the Oakland Museum of California, [6] and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. [7]
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