Ouida George (1916 – 2014)

Curriculum Vitae of An American Artist’s Life

EDUCATION:

School of the Art Institute of Chicago,  Chicago, Illinois, 1939 Independent studies in advanced art and life drawing from 1940 to 1946 Studied with Ann Norton,  Norton School of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1947 Studied with Jose de Croft, Norton School of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida 1948 Escuela Nacional de Pintura y Escultura, y Grabado “La Esmeralda” (The National School of Painting, Sculpture & Engraving, “La Esmeralda”), Mexico City, 1949

MEDIUM CONCENTRATION:

Oil on linen and board, pastel, pen and ink Landscape, still life, flowers, exotica, women’s heads and hats, fantasy scenes, people and pet portraits, illustration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Partial List of Long Term Galleries:

Worth Avenue Galleries 1950 – 1959 Obelisque Gallery, Washington, DC, 1958-1960 Savage Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1959 – 1968 Palm Beach Galleries 1960 – 1972 Hammer Gallery, New York, NY, 1961 – 1985 James Hunt Barker Galleries, Palm Beach, Nantucket, New York, 1973 – 1994 Galerie Juarez, Los Angeles, CA Savage-Dallas North Galleries,  Dallas, TX 1968 – 1980 G Stanton Gallery, Dallas, TX 1987-2013

Partial List of Select Exhibitions & Gallery Representation:

Petits Gallery, New York, NY , 1958 Chevy Chase Gallery, Washington, DC 1966 Devon Gallery, East Orange, NJ 1964-68 Lobster Pot Gallery, Nantucket, MA 1964 – 1971 Exhibition, Tuxedo Park, NY 1968 Gallery at Centerville, Wilmington, DE  1970 Left Bank Gallery, Sea Island, Georgia 1970-72 Savage Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1973-74 Galleries International, Winter Park, FL  1974 The Society of the Four Arts, King Library, Palm Beach, FL 2009

Illustrations:

“All Fun – No Fat with Chinese Cookery” Complied by Clara S. Ecclestone, Loretta-Anne D’Arcy and Gladys C. Sunderland, illustrations by Ouida George, ©1972, Palm Beach Heart Ball ‘The Compleat Child” by Joan Javits and Lois Wyse, illustrated by Ouida George, ©1966, The World Publishing Co. “The Publicity Hound”    Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Christmas Ball 1990, 1992 The Heart Association of Palm Beach County, Heart Ball Covers 1965, 1972, Heart Auction 1976 – 1981

Documentary DVD:

“Ouida George – An Artist’s Retrospective”  2009

Partial List of Collectors:

Mrs. Harry Addinsoll Mrs. Frances Appleton Mrs. Philip Armour Mrs. J. C. Autry Mr. James Hunt Barker Mrs. Valentine Bartlett Mrs. Alex Bethume Mrs. Albert Beveridge Mrs. George Blabon Mrs. Wolcott Blair Mrs. Albert Bradley Mrs. Pearl Braswell Mrs. Melbourne Brindle Mr. John Brogan Mrs. Warren N. Burding Mr. Orville Bulman Mr. Alex Campbell Ms. Louisa Carpenter Mrs. J. B. Carr Dr. A. K. Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Dan Chisholm Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Clarke Mrs. Victor Clareholm Mrs. Rose Converse Mrs. John S. Cox Mr. & Mrs. George Cramer Mrs. Kenneth Crowell Mrs. Mary Lou Curtis Ms. Alice DeLamar Mr. & Mrs. Beverly Dolan Mrs. J. R. Dorman Mrs. Kenneth Douglas, Sr. Mr. Kenneth Douglas, Jr. Mr. Norman Dresser Mr. John Drexel, III Mrs. Dow Drukker Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Dubois Mr. & Mrs. Llwyd Ecclestone, Sr. Mrs. Llwyd Ecclestone, Jr. Mrs. Joyce Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Harkness Edwards Mrs. Leon Enken Mr. Thomas Evans Mr. & Mrs. Charles Fernsell Dr. Leo Figel Mrs. Edwin Fish Mrs. Peggy Florer Ms. Joanna Fortune Mrs. Caroline Foulke Mrs. Arthur Gardner Mrs. John Garret Mr. & Mrs. George Gettemuller Mr. Clarence Gifford Mrs. Virginia Gilligan Mrs. & Mrs. Allen Gordon Mrs. J. Peter Grace Mrs. Robert Grace Mrs. Bowman Gray Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Gray Mr. Joseph Gregory Mrs. & Mrs. Stanley Griffin Mr. John Grubman Mr. & Mrs. Walter Gubelmann Mr. William Gurney Mr. Morris Haft Mrs. Naomi Haggin Mr. & Mrs. Victor Hammer Mr. & Mrs. Kurtz Hansen Mr. Channing Hare Mr. & Mrs. William  Haselmire Mr. & Mrs. George Headley Mrs. Philip R. Hirsh Mrs. J. Harold Hoffman Mrs. Ralph Hornblower Mrs. Stephanie Houston Mrs. E. F. Hutton Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Javits Mr. Seward Johnson Mrs. Judy Grubb Jokisch Mr. & Mrs. Barry Jonas Mrs. Thirza Joyce Mr. Gregg Juarez
Mrs. Russell Kelly Ms. Frances Lee Kennedy Mrs. Robert Kennedy Mrs. Joanne Kettles Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Kunkel Mrs. Joanne Labrecque Mrs. Gerard Lambert Mrs. W.H. Lang Mr. & Mrs. P. I. B. Lavan Mrs. Maude Lederman Mr. & Mrs. James J. Ling Mrs. Gordon McCormick Mr. & Mrs. Frank McMahon Mr. Houston B. Marshall Mr. & Mrs. Homer Marshman Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Marston Mr. Curtis Mathes Mr. & Mrs. Paul Matthews Mr. & Mrs. Algur H. Meadows Mrs. Houghton Metcalf Mrs. D. J. Miano Mr. & Mrs. Robert Miller Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI Mr. Jack Monroe Mrs. Daniel Moran Mrs. A. C. Morris Mrs. David Muss Mrs. S. S. Neuman Mrs. James Norris Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL Mr. & Mrs. Joseph O’Neill Mrs. John Ordway Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson Mrs. John Phillips Museum of Phoenix, AZ Mrs. Max Pray Mrs. John Radley Mr. & Mrs. Ed. Reynolds Mrs. Helen Rich Mrs. William Richards Mr. & Mrs. Barney Rickenbacker Mrs. Elizabeth Ricoy Mrs. Tulla Rosenhirsch Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Rowe Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Rosow Mrs. William Rudd Mr. & Mrs. James B. Russell Mrs. Linus Russell Mrs. Lester Ruwe Mrs. Rose Sachs Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Sanford Mr. & Mrs. Norman Savage Mrs. Charles Sawyer Mrs. Arnold Schwartz Mrs. Frances Silvian Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Skyer Mrs. Homer Smith Mrs. Bayard Sharp Mrs. Alexander Crail Speyer Mr. & Mrs. Theo. Starr Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Terry Mrs. Larry Thibault Mrs. John Trumpy, Jr. Mrs. John G. Turner Mr. & Mrs. Percy Uris Mr. Malcolm Vallance Mr. & Mrs. George Vigouroux, Jr. Mrs. Gerhardt Wagner Mrs. Irene Walker Mrs. J. A. Walstrom Mrs. Corinne Warren Mrs. Jean Van Waveren Mrs. Carl Wegener Ms. Jane Wendel Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Mr. Charles Wieland Mrs. Jill Williams Mrs. Anthiny Wilson Duke & Duchess of Windsor Mr. & Mrs. Harry Yeaw

Partial List of Commissioned Portraits:

William, Talllah III, & Eugenia; grandnieces and nephew of Tallulah Bankhead Dr. & Mrs. Roger Bellows’ daughter & twin granddaughters Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Biggs’ two daughters, Grosse Point Farms, MI Mrs. Philip Bonticue,  Palm Beach, FL Mrs. Fredi Borbe,  Palm Beach, FL Mr. & Mrs. Henry Breyer, III’s Children, New York, NY Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Buhl’s four sons, Grosse Point Farms, MI Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Carr’s grandchildren, Palm Beach, FL Mr. & Mrs. Roy Chapin, III’s daughters, Johns Island, FL Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Dechert’s children, Virginia Beach, VA Mr. & Mrs. Llywd Ecclestone, Jr.’s children, Lost Tree Village, FL Mr. & Mrs. George Endicott, Sr.’s granddaughters, Ocean Ridge, FL Mr. & Mrs. Will Farish’s children, Delray Beach, FL and Houston, TX Col. & Mrs. Klas Fenell’s Children,  Alexandria, VA Mr. & Mrs. Fred Fetterly’s children, Little Ranches, FL Mr. Edwin A. Fish, Locust Valley, NY Mr. & Mrs. James Gallagher’s two daughters, North Palm Beach, FL Mrs. Robert M Grace and Son Jack, Palm Beach, FL Mrs. Betty Haselmire and son Karl, Singer Island, FL Mrs. & Mrs. George Hodges and grandchildren, Palm Beach, FL Mrs. Jan Hoover, Dallas, TX Mrs. Walter Hoover and son Walter, Jr., Palm Beach, FL Mr. & Mrs. William Hoover’s children, Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Walter Hoover and son Walter, Jr., Palm Beach, FL Ms. Eleanor Carlisle Hosler V, Grosse Point, MI William Elijah Hosler III, Grosse Point, MI Mrs. John Hudson’s daughter, Grosse Point, MI Mrs. Ethel Kennedy and the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s Four Children Mrs. George Levin’s granddaughters, East Orange, NJ Dr. & Mrs. Thomas McCartney’ children, Lantana, FL Ms. Heather McCay, daughter of Mrs. Irwin Strauss of Palm Beach, FL
Mr. Robert McCay, son of Mrs. Irwin Strauss of Palm Beach, FL Mr. & Mrs. James Mumford’s daughter, Duxbury, MA Mrs. A. C. Wurster Morris’ two daughters Dr. & Mrs. Augustus Napier’s three children Mrs. S. S. Neuman, Philadelphia, PA Mrs. John Perry, Jr., Palm Beach, FL Mrs. John Pillsbury’s granddaughter, Minneapolis, MN Mr. & Mrs. Dimick Reese, son Charles and grandson, Palm Beach, FL Mr. & Mrs. Wm. C. Robinson’s grandchildren, Sewickley, PA Mr. & Mrs. Reginald P. Rose’s granddaughter, Long Island, NY Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Rosenberg’s children, West Palm Beach, FL Mr. Thomas Ryan and children, Bethesda, MD Stephen Sanford’s Trophy Room with their five dogs, Palm Beach, FL Mr. & Mrs. Robert Scherer’s children, Grosse Point Shores, MI Mrs. Eleanor Schneider’s daughter, Grosse Point, MI Mr. & Mrs. Bayard Sharp’s grandchildren, Boca Grande, FL Dr. & Mrs. Reeves Smith’s two daughters Mrs. Alexander Crail Speyer, Jr., Pittsburgh, PA Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Crail Speyer, III’s two children, Pittsburgh, PA Mrs. John Stearns, Jr., Newport, RI Mrs. Irvin Strauss, Palm Beach, FL Mrs. Robert Swope,  Dalas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Thornhill’s four children, Dallas, TX Mr. & Mrs. Dan Topping’s daughter, owned by Mrs. Carl Leigh, LaGorse Island, FL Mrs. Lawrence Warren,  Philadelphia, PA Mr. & Mrs. Welborn’s two daughters, Miami, FL Dr. & Mrs. Buck J. Wynne, Jr.’s daughter Nancy, Dallas, TX