Theodore Criley (1880 - October 5, 1930) was an American hotel manager and artist. He joined the art colony in Carmel-by-the-Sea, where he was a watercolorist, portrait painter, and wood engraver.

Life

Criley grew up in

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, and he attended the Chicago Fine Arts Institute. He began his career as the manager of the Coates House Hotel in

and the

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in Chicago. Criley moved to California in 1919, where he joined the art colony in Carmel-by-the-Sea. He became a watercolorist, portrait painter, and wood engraver. Criley married Myrtle Brotherton. They had two sons, including architect Theodore Criley Jr., and a daughter. They resided in Carmel Highlands, California. Criley died of a heart attack on October 5, 1930, in Palo Alto, California. His work can be seen at the

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in Oakland.

References

1880 births 1930 deaths Artists from Kansas City, Missouri School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni Painters from California American male painters American portrait painters American watercolorists American wood engravers 20th-century American painters 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-1880s-stub