Nationality Austrian-American | Died 24 December 2004 | |
Born 17 July1909 Vienna, Austria Education California College of Arts and Crafts Alma mater Claremont Graduate University Known for painting, printmaking, photography Notable work Music on the Grass (1945-1989), photo etching, 76.2 x 57 cm, Worcester Art Museum Awards Council of American Artist Societies Award, San Francisco Women Artists, 1971 ; Purchase Award, Annual San Francisco Arts Festival, 1971 ; Diplome d'Honneior, Prix de Gravure, Biennale de Clermont-Ferrand, France, 1972; Home Savings & Loan Purchase Award, Annual San Francisco Arts Festival, 1975 | ||
Auguste L. "Gustl" French (1909–2004) was an Austrian-American painter, printmaker and photographer. She was born and educated in Vienna, Austria receiving a doctorate in modern philology from the University of Vienna. While in Europe, she studied with Oskar Kokoschka. She came to the United States in 1944, fleeing the Bombing of Vienna. She taught at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and moved to California in the mid-1950s with her family. There she studied in the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland and the Claremont Graduate University's M.F.A. Program.
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