George Barker (9 May 1882 – 1965) was a portrait and

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from the United States. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, much of his work was done in Southern California. While teaching at Long Beach Polytechnic High School in the late 1920s, he mentored several art students that later went on to being accomplished artist themselves. Among them were John Williams, Sueyo Serisawa and Alan Woods.

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* http://www.askart.com/artist/B/george_barker.asp * https://web.archive.org/web/20040605165011/http://www.fineartstrader.com/barker.htm 1882 births 1965 deaths 20th-century American painters American male painters Painters from Nebraska 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-1880s-stub