Living Legend

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1904, George Gibson was educated at Edinburgh College of Art and Glasgow School of Art where his studies included theatre scenic art. Since it was becoming apparent that the greatest theatre of them all was the movies, George made his way to Southern California in 1930 to see what he could fine.

What he found was the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. This was the center for the group that was to become called the California Scene Painters. In addition to working with artists like Emil Kosa, Jr. Millard Sheets and Phil Dike, George also picked up the school's enthusiasm for watercolor. The ability to paint quickly and accurately, qualities that are required by this unforgiving medium, probably didn't hurt George in his hunt for a job in Hollywood.