Name/Title
MagazineEntry/Object ID
2020.005.0005Scope and Content
A magazine called "California Living" from 1/05/1969. The cover shows a drawing of the Benicia Capitol building by artist Amado Gonzalez. The text below it is by his wife. This was a series of covers painted by Gonzalez for California Living showing places in California. This is No. 57.
The main article is about a teenage Planning Commissioner in Santa Cruz named Tom Noble. There are also several interesting ads in the magazine.
Biography Amado (Gonzales) Gonzalez
Amado Gonzalez was born in Guadalajara, Mexico on Sept. 13, 1913. González settled in San Francisco in 1927 and studied at the California School of Fine Art on a scholarship.
He was commissioned by Bank of America for 18 paintings used in their Fortune and Time magazine ads.
He has been a part-time art professor at San Francisco City College since 1966, and began concentrating on portrait commissions in 1972. He died in San Francisco on Dec. 9, 2007.
Member: San Francisco Illustrators Club (pres. 1962); Society of Western Artist.
Exhibitions:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1935; Society of Western Artist (many awards).
Works Held i
Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Interview with the artist or his/her family; Death Record.Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection
