George D. Green (1943-2020), Untitled, 1981
George D. Green (1943-2020), Untitled, 1981
Mixed-media on paper
Signed on verso
Work size: 12 x 9 inches
Framed size: 21 x 18 inches
About the artist: George D. Green was born in 1943 in Portland, Oregon. He studied at Oregon State University, Corvallis, and University of Oregon, Eugene, receiving his B.S. in 1965. He earned his M.F.A. in 1968 from Washington State University, Pullman. Early in his career, Green taught painting and printmaking at the University of Texas, Austin; he later chaired the painting department at SUNY Potsdam.
Green spent his life working bicoastally, living in New York City for 35 years, as well as in Neskowin, Oregon. In more recent years, he resided outside of Portland, Oregon in Milwaukie. There, he established the George D. Green Art Institute, a non-profit organization founded to improve arts education.
Represented by Louis K. Meisel Gallery since 1975, George Green’s work has been highly celebrated. During the course of his career, he had over 65 solo exhibitions, both domestically and internationally, in addition to the hundreds of group shows. His paintings are included in 60 museum collections, which include the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, The Denver Art Museum, CO, and the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, amongst others.


