George Joseph Mess (1898-1962)
George Mess was a landscape and genre painter, as well as an illustrator and etcher. Born in Ohio, he studied at: John Herron AI, Tiffany Fnd., School of Modern Design, Columbia University, and Ecole des Beaux-Arts, France. Some of his teachers were: Otto Stark, William Forsyth, Andre Strauss, Robert Wolff, Arthur Dow, and Wayman Adams. He was the first husband of artist Evelynne Mess Daily, brother of artist Gordon Mess and brother-in-law of artist Betty Mess.
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