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artist

Willard Michael Dixon, American Artist. Avocations: music, kayaking. M C. Fellowship National Endowment for the Arts, 1989.

Background

Dixon, Willard Michael was born on March 31, 1942 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Willard Watson and Elizabeth (O'Gorman) Dixon.

Education

Student, Art Students League, 1959; student, Cornell Univercity, 1960-1961; student, Brooklyn Museum School Master of Fine Arts, San Francisco The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969.

Career

Painting and drawing instructor California State University, Hayward, 1971-1972, California.Coll. of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, 1973-1974, 76, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, 1974-1976. Painting instructor San Francisco State University, 1989-1990. Seminary leader San Francisco The Art Institute of Chicago, 1975.

Achievements

  • Willard Michael Dixon has been listed as a notable artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

  • Music, kayaking.

Connections

Married Gertrude Butler, April 8, 1963 (deceased July 1969). Children: Anne Butler, Willard Christopher. Married Pamela Tompkins, June 20, 1970.

Children: Ezra Hueter, Sophia Souther.

Father:
Willard Watson Dixon

Mother:
Elizabeth (O'Gorman) Dixon

Spouse:
Pamela Tompkins

Spouse:
Gertrude Butler

child:
Sophia Souther Dixon

child:
Ezra Hueter Dixon

child:
Anne Butler Dixon

child:
Willard Christopher Dixon