Résumé

Draftsman, D.H. Burnham and Company, Chicago, IL, 1893; for Burnham, Plowman worked on designs for the 1892 World's Columbian Exposition; Architectural Superintendent, various building projects in the US, 1896-1900.

Exhibit Designer, Paris World's Fair, Paris, France, 1900,

Draftsman, Cass Gilbert, Architect, New York, NY, 1902.

Superintendent, Saint Louis World's Fair, Saint Louis, MO, 1904;

Building Superintendent, John Galen Howard, Supervising Architect for the University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1904-1909.

Partner, Ratcliff and Plowman, Architects, Berkeley, CA, c. 1906-1907.

Principal, George T. Plowman, Architect, Berkeley, CA, 1909-1911. Plowman associated with other Berkeley architects on various projects, such as the residence of architect, William C. Hays (1908).

Plowman quit architecture and took up etching in 1911. He traveled to Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and France, assiduously sketching, studying Old Master prints, and producing etchings.

Construction Superintendent, Shipyard in New Jersey, 1917; Divisional Secretary, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), France and Germany, c. 1918-1919. Director, Army Art School, Coblenz, Germany, post-World War I.

Bronze Medal for Etching, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, CA, 1915;

College

George Plowman had extensive artistic training in various US cities as well as in Europe.

B.Arch., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN, 1892. Plowman studied with the painter Douglas Volk (1856-1935) in his life drawing classes at the Minneapolis School of Art.

Coursework, Chcago Art Institute, Chicago, IL, He attended a life drawing course at the Chicago Art Institute, 1893.

Miscellaneous coursework, San Francisco, CA. c. 1904-1911. Plowman took other drawing coursework in San Francisco during his time in the Bay Area, c. 1904-1911.

Coursework, Eric Pape's School of Art Boston, Boston, MA. He took drawing classes here.

Plowman enrolled in life-drawing classes in Paris and Berlin and at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London.

Coursework, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, 1893-1894; in 1894, he took a sketching tour throughout England, France and Italy.

Coursework, Engraving School of the Royal College of Art, South Kensington, London, England, 1912-1914; here he studied etching with Sir Frank Short, R.A., P.R.E.,(1857-1945). (For more on Plowman's career as an etcher, see William Hope Downes, "George T. Plowman's Etchings", Print Connoisseur, vol. 2: 26-49, 09/1921.)

Relocation

George Taylor Plowman was born at Le Sueur, MN, on 10/19/1869.

Spouse

George Plowman, Sr., married Maud Houston Bell (born c. 1874) c. 1895.

Children

By 1910, George and Maude had had three children, all still alive. One son was George Taylor Plowman, Jr., (11/27/1897-06/11/1962). The other two were Edward D. (born c. 1900 in MA) and Lawrence C. (born c. 1896 in CA) Plowman.

Biographical Notes

By 1921, specimens of Plowman's etchings were held by the New York Public Library, York, NY; Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ; California State Library, Sacramento, CA; Library of Congress, Washington, DC; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA.

• Le Sueur, MN (Architect's Birth)
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• Cambridge, MA (Architect's Death)
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