Painter George Tooker

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Painter

George Tooker

Living place: New York City

Birthday: 5-8-1920 (104 years old)

Population of US 1920: 106,461,000

Global rank: #71572

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Who is Painter George Tooker?
The painter is associated with realism socialist realism and Magic and is famous for works such as "subway" in 1950 and "Office of the Government" in 1956.
He received the Medal. National Art in 2007.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He studied English literature at Harvard University and briefly joined the Marines before attending the Art Students League of New York. He was a student of Reginald Kenneth Marsh and Hayes Miller.

Family life info

He was born and raised in Brooklyn Heights and Bellport, New York. His father, George Clair Tooker, is Anglo/French-American, and his mother, Angela Montejo Roura, is English/Spanish-Cuban. He is a longtime partner of artist William R. Christopher.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Painter George Tooker?
He and Joan Mitchell both became famous modern painters.

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When was Painter George Tooker born?
George Tooker birthday 5-8-1920 (at the age of 104).
Where is Painter George Tooker's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
George Tooker was born in New York City, New York- United States. is a Painter, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. George Tooker's global rank is 71572 and whose rank is 262 in list of famous Painter. Population of US in 1920 is about 106,461,000 persons.
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Events in 1920 and 5-8

Events in US in the birth year of George Tooker

  • Women's suffrage goes into effect following Tennessee's ratification of the 19th amendment (Aug. 26).
  • Factory worker Nicola Sacco and fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti are picked up by police (May 5) in connection with an April 15 murder and robbery in South Braintree, Mass.
  • A bomb explodes in the J.P. Morgan bank building in New York City, killing 30 and injuring 200 (Sept. 16).

Birthday George Tooker (5-8) in history

  • Day 5-8 year 1861: For the first time, the U.S. government levied an income tax.
  • Day 5-8 year 1884: The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloe's Island.
  • Day 5-8 year 1914: The first electric traffic lights were installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Day 5-8 year 1962: Marilyn Monroe died.
  • Day 5-8 year 1963: The United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union signed the limited Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, in outer space, and underwater.
  • Day 5-8 year 1969: The U.S. space probe Mariner 7 transmitted pictures of Mars.
  • Day 5-8 year 1984: Joan Benoit won the first Olympic women's marathon.
  • Day 5-8 year 2002: The gun turret of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor was raised from the ocean floor.
  • Day 5-8 year 2003: The Rev. Gene Robinson was approved as the first openly gay bishop by the U.S. Episcopal Church.
  • Day 5-8 year 2012: The plutonium-powered rover Curiosity successfully lands on Mars. Larger than earlier rovers, Curiosity will spend two years examining the land, looking for evidence that conditions on Mars are fit for life.
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