Gustl French

Auguste L. "Gustl" French (1909 – 2004)^[1] was an Austrian-American painter, printmaker and photographer.^[2][3]

Gustl French
Born	17 July 1909 Vienna, Austria
Died	24 December 2004 Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States
Education	California College of Arts and Crafts
Alma mater	Claremont Graduate University
Known for	painting, printmaking, photography
Notable work	Music on the Grass (1945-1989), photo etching, 76.2 x 57 cm, Worcester Art Museum
Awards	Council of American Artist Societies Award, San Francisco Women Artists, 1971 ; Purchase Award, Annual San Francisco Arts Festival, 1971 ; Diplome d'Honneior, Prix de Gravure, Biennale de Clermont-Ferrand, France, 1972; Home Savings & Loan Purchase Award, Annual San Francisco Arts Festival, 1975
Patron(s)	Transamerica Corporation, San Francisco; Foremost/McKesson, Inc., San Francisco; Harrah's, Lake Tahoe; Bank of America, San Francisco; A.T.&T., Chicago; Hogan Associates, San Francisco

Biography

She was born and educated in Vienna, Austria, receiving a doctorate in modern philology from the University of Vienna.^[4] While in Europe, she studied with Oskar Kokoschka.^[5][6]

She came to the United States in 1944, fleeing the Bombing of Vienna during World War II. She taught at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and moved to California in the mid-1950s with her family.^[4][5] There she studied in Oakland at the California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts), and at the Claremont Graduate University in the M.F.A. Program.^[5]