Abstract Expressionist Painting by California Artist Louis Siegrist

Siegriest was a native of Oakland, California born in 1899. He had a long distinguished career including association in the 1920s with a California Bay Area group called the 'Society of Six.' The group, based in Oakland, focused on California scene subject matter, aggressive use of color, preference for the palette of the French Fauvists, and a freedom of style rooted in Impressionism. He lived his entire life in his family's north Oakland mansion and attended the California School of Arts and Crafts and the California School of Fine Arts studying with Frank Van Sloun. He found occasional commercial work in the 1920's and 30's and taught at the Art Students League of San Francisco from 1948-1951. He died in Oakland in 1989.