biography of Antonio SOTOMAYOR (1904-1985)

Birth place: Bolivia, South America

Death place: San Francisco, CA

Addresses: San Francisco, CA

Profession: Painter, mural painter, illustrator, sculptor, caricaturist

Studied: School FA, La Paz, with Adolf Lambert; Mark Hopkins Art Inst.

Exhibited: SFMA, 1935; GGE, 1939; San Francisco Art Festival, 1959 (prize). Award of Honor, San Francisco Art Commission, 1978

Member: San Francisco AA; The Family; Bohemian Club

Work: SFMA; Mills College; Pasadena Mus. of Modern Art; San Diego Mus.; Newark Mus.; IBM; Museo de la Plata, Argentina; Hillside Methodist Church, San Mateo; St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, Pleasanton, CA; murals, Sonoma Mission Inn, CA; Sharon Bldg., San Francisco; Happy Valley Room, Palace Hotel, San Francisco

Comments: Position: instructor, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 1942-43; Calif. School of FA, 1940-50. Illustrator: Guatemalan Tales," "Man in Nature," "Cartilla Mejicana," "Quetzal Quest" "San Francisco Chronicle."

Sources: WW40; Hughes, Artists in California, 526."