"The Greater University" - 1921 Uc Berkeley Yearbook Color Lithograph by Pedro Lemos

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"The Greater University" - 1921 UC Berkeley Yearbook Color Lithograph

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"The Greater University" 1921 University of California Berkeley Color Lithograph by Pedro Lemos (American, 1882-1952). UC Berkeley peeks through shadowed trees of purple, with the clock tower (better known as the Campanile), standing tall in the center. The front lawn is vibrant green, and sky deep blue as nighttime nears.

Signed "Pedro J Lemos" lower right.
"The University" and "The Greater University" is typed on verso.

Presented in a white mat.
Mat & Image: 14"H x 11"W
Image: 8.5"H x 6.5"W

Pedro J Lemos was a painter, etcher, illustrator, pastelist and lithographer. Born in Austin, NV on May 25, 1882. Lemos grew up on Myrtle Street in Oakland and was educated in the public schools there. He studied art in San Francisco with Mary P. S. Benton, Harry Stuart Fonda, and at the Mark Hopkins Institute in 1900 under Arthur Mathews. He further studied in NYC at the ASL under George Bridgman, Arthur Dow, and at Columbia University. Following his art training, he established a studio overlooking Lake Merritt in Oakland and soon began teaching at UC. Beginning in 1911 he taught etching and decorative design at the San Francisco Institute of Art and served as director of that school during 1914-17. Lemos then became director of the Museum of Art at Stanford University, a position he held until retirement. He was the author of Applied Art, Artists Scrap Book, Block Printing, and about 50 books on arts and crafts. See less