Background

Deem, George was born on August 18, 1932 in Vincennes, Indiana, United States. Son of George C. and Laura (Bobe) Deem.

Education

Student, Vincennes U., 1951-1952; Bachelor of Fine Arts, School The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1958.

Career

A year later, in 1953, the United States Army drafted him. He spent some years in Italy researching the painting styles of Renaissance painters. Deem traveled the United States speaking and exhibiting his art, but lived most of his life at 10 West 18th Street in New York"s Flatiron District.

Among the artists whose work he reproduced were Caravaggio, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Winslow Homer, Andrea Mantegna, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and, especially, Johannes Vermeer, about whose style he wrote a book

Deem died of lung cancer in Manhattan.

Achievements

• George Deem has been listed as a notable Artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Army, 1953-1955.

Interests

• Artists

  During a 1993 visit to New York, Deem noted to his great-nephew, Kenneth J. Knight, Doctor of Philosophy, that his favorite artist was Johannes Vermeer.

Connections

Father:

George C. Deem

Mother:

Laura (Bobe) Deem