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Selden Connor Gile (1877 - 1947)
Selden Gile is known as a painter of Impressionist-Fauvist landscapes of California scenery. His was a founding member of the “Society of Six” that would devote themselves to one another and to fostering their own unique style through group shows and painting excursions in the region. They operated in the Bay Area of California from 1918 to 1930.
Gile was considered the major force behind the Society. A self-taught artist, he was born in Maine where he was considered an “odd man out” in comparison to his siblings. Gile was artistically talented and interested in more refined past times, and was sent to business school after graduating from high school. He stayed with his brother, a professional chef who trained Gile how to cook and properly host a meal.
The owner of the hotel where Gile was working offered him a position as paymaster on a California ranch he owned. He took the offer and headed west. Once there he decided that ranch life was not suitable to his tastes and he soon found a job selling building materials.
During this time he took long hiking trips into the surrounding hills and began to practice “plein air” painting. He also quickly made friends, due in part to his cooking and hospitality skills, and with the help of author Jack London, soon surrounded himself with creative people who were in the same working class as himself. This is the period where he met the other members of the future Society of Six.
Gile would continue to paint, becoming a WPA mural artist during the depression and making journeys to the developing arts community in Taos, New Mexico. His works are in the collections of several California and Arizona museum. He died in June of 1947.
Gile was considered the major force behind the Society. A self-taught artist, he was born in Maine where he was considered an “odd man out” in comparison to his siblings. Gile was artistically talented and interested in more refined past times, and was sent to business school after graduating from high school. He stayed with his brother, a professional chef who trained Gile how to cook and properly host a meal.
The owner of the hotel where Gile was working offered him a position as paymaster on a California ranch he owned. He took the offer and headed west. Once there he decided that ranch life was not suitable to his tastes and he soon found a job selling building materials.
During this time he took long hiking trips into the surrounding hills and began to practice “plein air” painting. He also quickly made friends, due in part to his cooking and hospitality skills, and with the help of author Jack London, soon surrounded himself with creative people who were in the same working class as himself. This is the period where he met the other members of the future Society of Six.
Gile would continue to paint, becoming a WPA mural artist during the depression and making journeys to the developing arts community in Taos, New Mexico. His works are in the collections of several California and Arizona museum. He died in June of 1947.
