Biografie von William Spencer BAGDATOPOULOS (1888-1965)
Birth place: Zante, Greece
Addresses: Santa Barbara, CA, since 1932
Profession: Painter, illustrator, etcher, lithographer, block printer, teacher
Studied: Académie van Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Weetenschappen, Rotterdam.
Exhibited: South Kensington, London, 1913 (medals).
Member: Chicago SE; Calif. WCS; London Sketch Cl.; F., Royal Soc. A., London.
Work: NGA; Srinagar, Kashmir; Nat. Pinakotec, Athens; Municipal Gal. A., Amsterdam; Boyman's Mus., Rotterdam; British Mus., London.
Comments: He spent his childhood in Holland, and was an established artist in London at age twenty. After world travel to Egypt, Palestine and India, he settled in California. Contrib., Times of India" Ann., 1911 and after(design, stage sets, etc., pertaining to India).
Sources: WW40; Hughes, Artists of California, 29."