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George Corbit
(1892-1944)
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George Cecil Corbit was a painter born in Cassopolis, Michigan on November 25, 1892. He first enlisted in the Michigan National Guard in 1916. At Fort Custer, Michigan, he served on the Texas Border against Pancho Villa. He was then sent to France during WWI. As Sergeant 32 Infantry Division, he was wounded at Sousons, France. Following he spent years in V.A hospitals, due to a severe wound in his hip (shell fragments).
Corbit studied art and sculpting in Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Michigan. Later he moved to California. He studied art there with Charles Reiffel and Otto Schneider. Eventually cancer took over in the wound he received in WWI, this caused him more years of suffering and led to his suicide on September 2, 1944.
Member: San Diego Art Guild; Studio 8, Spanish Village (San Diego). Exh: San Diego FA Society, 1930, 1932,1939 (prize); Calif. Pacific Int'l Expo, 1935; OGlE, 1939; Oakland Art Gallery, 1940 Calif. State Fair, 1941; San Diego Art Guild, 1949 (memorial). CA&A; DR.
Source:
Hughes, Edan M. Artists In California 1786-1940. 3rd ed. Vol. 1. Sacramento: Crocker, Art Museum, 2002. N. pag. 2 vols. Print.
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