Glo Kirby is an artist, painter, and lithographer who was born in 1911 in Mackenzie, Canada. Her art was largely inspired creatively by the 1930s. She earned an A.B. from the University of Washington and also attended the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Over the course of her career, she exhibited in Richmond, Oakland, Denver, and more. Kirby was a member of the San Francisco Artists Association and the San Francisco Women’s Association.
Disciplines:
Visual Arts – painting
Glo Kirby
Disciplines:
Visual Arts – painting
Region: San Francisco, CA
Residencies: 1957
Studios
Alexander
Glo Kirby worked in the Alexander studio.
Funded through the generous support of Elizabeth Alexander, this studio was built in memory of her late husband, the renowned portrait painter John White Alexander (1856-1915). Originally designed as a visual art gallery, Marian MacDowell persuaded Elizabeth that the space would better serve the arts if commissioned as a visual…