Selden Connor Gile

Place: Stow

Born: 1877

Death: 1947

Biography:

Selden Connor Gile was an American painter born on March 20, 1877, in Stow, Maine. After attending business college in Maine, he moved to California in 1901. Gile is known for Modernist landscape, marine, and figure painting. He was a major force behind the Society of Six, a group of artists in the Bay Area of California in the 1920s. Gile's artworks are characterized by their vivid colors and plein-air style. He passed away on June 8, 1947.