Louis Bassi Siegriest (1899 - November 7, 1989) was an American painter. He was a member of the Society of Six.

Life

Siegriest was born in 1899. He was trained by

Frank Van Sloun Frank Van Sloun (1879-1938) was an American painter, muralist and etcher. He painted murals in California. His paintings and etchings are in museums in California, Missouri and Washington, D.C.. Life Van Sloun was born in 1879 in Saint Paul, Minn ...

. Siegriest established a studio in Oakland, California, where he was a member of the Society of Six alongside

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Maurice Logan Maurice Logan (March 21, 1886 — March 19, 1977) was an American watercolorist, commercial artist and arts educator. He was a member of the Society of Six, and a professor at the California College of the Arts in Oakland, California. Life L ...

Bernard von Eichman Bernard ('' Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "bra ...

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William H. Clapp William H. Clapp (October 29, 1879 - April 21, 1954) was a Canadian-American painter and art curator. He was a member of the Society of Six in Oakland, California, and an Impressionist landscape painter. He was also the curator of the Oakland ...

. He began his career as an Impressionist, and he later became an Abstract Expressionist. He painted Western landscapes, including Nevada ghost towns and cityscapes. He often exhibited his work with his son, Lundy Siegriest, who predeceased him. Siegriest died on November 7, 1989, in Berkeley, California. According to art historian Nancy Boas, Siegriest was "the grand old man of California art." His artwork can be seen at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Siegriest, Louis Bassi 1899 births 1989 deaths Artists from Oakland, California American male painters 20th-century American painters Abstract expressionist artists American landscape painters Artists of the American West 20th-century American male artists