biografía de Herman VOLZ (1904-1990)

Lugar de nacimiento: Zurich, Switzerland

Lugar de defunción: Santa Clara, CA

Direcciones: Came to San Francisco, CA, in 1933; Los Angeles, CA, c.1944 to 1960s; San Jose, from the 1960s

Profesión: Painter, lithographer, craftsperson

Estudios: Commercial Art School, Zurich; Acad. FA, Vienna.

Exposiciones: Paris Salon, 1937; LOC, 1945; SFMA, 1937-41; GGE, 1939; Crocker Art Gal., 1942 (solo); Nat. Exhib., Berlin, Germany, 1927 (prize); San Francisco AA, 1937 (prize); Riverside Mus.

Asociaciones: Council All. Arts, Los Angeles; Calif WC Soc.; SFAA

Obra: SFMA; mosaic murals, San Francisco Jr. College.

Comentarios: In 1939, Volz painted a large mural on facade of Federal Building on Treasure Island. He worked as scenic artist and technical director at Actor's Lab, Hollywood, 1944-48. Part of a group of twenty artists who produced lithographs for the "Chronicle Contemporary Graphics" project of 1940. Still active in the 1980s.

Fuentes: exh. cat., Annex Gal. (Santa Rosa, CA, n.d., c.1988); WW47; WW53; Hughes, Artists in California, 579; add'l info. courtesy Anthony R. White, Burlingame, CA.