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CLAUDE COATS
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a california scene painter |
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Claude Coats
(1913-1992)
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San Francisco, CA |
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University of Southern California (Los Angeles) |
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California Water Color Society |
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Artist Bio
Claude Coats was a native Californian, born in San Francisco in 1913. Coats was raised in Los Angeles and attended Polytechnic High School,
where he earned a scholarship in track and field to the University of Southern California. Claude Coats began as an architecture student, but it
was his interest in drawing and painting that would earn him a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts in 1934.
Claude also attended the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles where he studied watercolor painting under Paul Sample and Dan Lutz.
Coats became an accomplished watercolorist and active member of the California Water Color Society and had several exhibitions of his work.
Claude Coats began exhibiting with the California Water Color Society and for approximately ten years, was active as a watercolor artist and California Scene painter.
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It was Claude Coats membership in the Water Color Society that opened the door to his 54 year long career at Disney. Phil Dike, a fellow member
of the Society and Disney artist, recognized Claude’s talent and suggested that he interview with the studio. Under Dike’s guidance,
Claude compiled a portfolio of background paintings that complemented the style of Disney cartoons that he had seen. Coats interviewed
at Disney’s Hyperion Avenue studio in East Hollywood and was hired as an apprentice background painter in June of 1935.
Claude Coats worked for many years as an artist at the Walt Disney Studios, where he painted elaborate,
colorful watercolor backgrounds for many classic animated feature films including Pinocchio, Dumbo,
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Fantasia and Peter Pan.
Biographical information: Interview with Claude Coats, 1983.
Claude Coats biography provided courtesy of “California Watercolors 1850-1970”
By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last.
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ClaudeCoats.net is interested in purchasing all watercolors by Claude Coats. If you have a painting by Claude
Coats and are interested in selling it or simply wish to obtain an estimated value, please get in
touch and we'll provide a free art evaluation.
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email: info@claudecoats.net |
phone: 760.943.8706 |
send printed photos to: ClaudeCoats.net 2240 Encinitas Blvd. #302, Encinitas, California 92024
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