George S. Dibble (1904 – June 2, 1992) was an American painter, academic and art critic. He was a professor of Art at the University of Utah and an art critic for The Salt Lake Tribune.
George Smith Dibble | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1904 Oahu, Hawaii |
| Died | June 2, 1992 Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Education | University of Utah Art Students League of New York, B.A. and M. A. from Columbia University |
| Occupation(s) | Painter, academic, art critic, Professor of Art at University of Utah for 49 years, Emeritus professor of Art University of Utah |
Life
editDibble was born in 1904 in Oahu, Hawaii.[1] He was trained at the University of Utah and the Art Students League of New York.[1][2]
Dibble first taught Art at the Murray High School in Murray, Utah, and Washington Elementary School in Salt Lake City.[3] He later became a professor of Art at his alma mater, the University of Utah.[4][5] He authored a textbook, and he was an art critic for The Salt Lake Tribune for four nearly forty years. Dibble was also a painter in his own right, and he won a prize at the Utah State Fair as early as 1935.[6] He became known as a Cubist watercolorist.[4][5]
Dibble died of cancer on June 2, 1992, in Salt Lake City, at age 88.[4][5]
Selected works
editFurther reading
edit- Olpin, Robert S. (1988). George Dibble: Painter, Teacher, Critic: Paintings 1928-1988. Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Museum of Fine Arts. OCLC 30937267.
References
edit- ^ a b "Utah Artists Project: George S. Dibble". J. Willard Marriott Library. The University of Utah. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ Baird, Bill; Rosen, Steven W.; South, Will (1999). Depression-era Printmakers of Utah. Logan, Utah: Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. pp. 29–32. ISBN 9781882710027. OCLC 43668825.
- ^ "School Art Marches On". Murray Eagle. Murray, Utah. December 14, 1939. p. 19. Retrieved November 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "George Smith Dibble". The Daily Herald. Provo, Utah. June 2, 1992. p. 8. Retrieved November 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Painter, art critic dies of cancer". The Daily Spectrum. St. George, Utah. June 2, 1992. p. 4. Retrieved November 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "George S. Dibble Canvas Wins Prize". Murray Eagle. Murray, Utah. October 31, 1935. p. 5. Retrieved November 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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