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George Snow Hill (1898–1969) was a painter and sculptor in the United States. He is best known as a muralist. He lived in St. Petersburg, Florida until his death in 1969. He founded the Hill School of Art in St. Petersburg in 1946.〔 ==Early life and career== Hill was born in Munising, Michigan in 1898.〔(Mural Studies for the St. Louis Post Office, ca. 1939 ) Richard Norton Gallery〕 He studied naval engineering and architecture at Lehigh University from 1917 until 1918, before graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1923 from Syracuse University where met his wife Polly Knipp Hill. They studied in Paris together in the 1920s and were married there. She did etchings.〔(A Legacy Takes Flight ) by Lennie Bennett, ''St. Petersburg Times'', October 13, 2002.〕 He went to Paris on a fellowship at the Académie Colarossi and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, and had a studio in the city.〔 His work was shown at the Salon des Artistes Francaise from 1923 until 1929, and he had a one-man exhibition at Simonson Galleries in Paris in 1924.〔 In 1924, he also exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.〔 Hill returned to the United States in 1929, and worked as a portraitist in New York City before establishing a studio in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1932.〔 His works include the mural ''Long Staple Cotton'' in the Madison, Florida post office, commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, and completed in 1937. He signed his paintings G.S. Hill. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Snow Hill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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