GEORGE DEMONT OTIS "WINTER, SIERRA NEVADA" OIL ON BOARD

George Demont Otis (1879-1962) "Winter, Sierra Nevada" Oil on Board. An impressionist landscape painter, carver, etcher and teacher, George Demont Otis maintained studios in Chicago, Colorado and California, living most of his career on the West Coast. By age fourteen, he was enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago and showed early talent, especially with meticulous architectural drawings of Chicago buildings. One of the teachers was so impressed with his talent that she arranged for him to meet a United States Senator, who in turn provided Otis with a full scholarship to the Institute. After finishing at the Institute, Otis enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts with John Vanderpoel. He also trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and in New York City at Cooper Union, the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design. In addition, he took private lessons with John Carlson and William Merritt Chase for landscape, Izra Winters and Wellington Reynolds for figure and Robert Henri for still life. In 1919, Otis moved to Los Angeles and worked for movie studios while painting scenes of the desert, mountains, beaches, trees, valleys and mountains. His painting skills had attracted the attention of Louis B. Mayer of MGM Studios in Hollywood, and Mayer hired Otis to design movie sets and oversee set-painting crews. Otis was Chairman for the American Artists Professional League, west of the Mississippi, and he lectured widely to members as well as other persons on the importance of preserving the land and being conscious of maintaining the environment. Artist: George Demont Otis Title: "Winter, Sierra Nevada" Medium: Oil on Board Signature Type: Hand Signed | Signature Location: Lower Right | Site Measurement: 20" x 26" | Ref: BD3184

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