Joseph Edward Knowles
1907 - 1980
In the 1930s, he returned to Santa Barbara, established himself as a fine art painter and designer, and began exhibiting his watercolor paintings. For many years, he taught art at the University of California, Santa Barbara and served as a president and co-director of the fine arts department at the Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara. He was also an accomplished oil painter, printmaker, designer and muralist, and did several large stained glass windows for public and private buildings.
Biographical information:
Studio 2 Gallery, Santa Barbara, 1985.
Biography courtesy of California Watercolors 1850-1970,
©2002 Hillcrest Press, Inc.
Courtesy of CaliforniaWatercolor.com
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