Biografie von Leon GILMOUR (1907-1989)

Birth place: Riga, Latvia

Addresses: Boston; Los Angeles; San Francisco Bay area; Burlingame, CA

Profession: Printmaker, illustrator, teacher

Studied: School Practical Art, Boston; Otis Art Inst., late 1920s; with Paul Landacre (wood engraving)

Exhibited: LACMA; Laguna Art Mus.; galleries in Southern Calif.

Member: Am. Artist's Congress

Work: MMA; Boston Pub. Lib.; San Jose Mus. Art; Achenbach Foundation, CPLH; San Mateo County Hist. Mus.; San Fernando Valley Hist. Mus.

Comments: Immigrated to the U.S. in 1916 and grew up in Boston. Position: teacher, Univ. Southern Calif.; art director, H. S. Crocker Lithography Co.

Sources: Hughes, Artists of California, 209.