Dan Sayre Groesbeck
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| birth_date = September 8, 1878
| birth_place = California, U.S.
| death_date = August 29, 1950
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| occupation = Muralist, illustrator
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Dan Sayre Groesbeck (September 8, 1878 - August 29, 1950) was an American illustrator, muralist, and designer of "visualization sketches" in the pre-cinematic era.
Life
Groesbeck was born on September 8, 1878, in California.{{cite web |title=Biography of Dan Sayre Groesbeck |url=http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/226 |website=Harold B. Lee Library |publisher=Brigham Young University |accessdate=January 12, 2020}}
Groesbeck began his career as a reporter and illustrator in Los Angeles, and later in Denver and Chicago.{{cite news |title=Famed Mural Painter Groesbeck Dies at 71 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/385542316/?terms=%22Dan%2BSayre%2BGroesbeck%22 |accessdate=January 12, 2020 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=August 30, 1950|page=28|via=Newspapers.com}} His illustrations were published in the Chicago Tribune, Redbook, and Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Groesbeck painted murals inside the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, the Hotel Del Monte, and various other buildings. He designed "visualization sketches" for Cecil B. DeMille in the pre-cinematic era.{{cite news |title=Artist Who Painted County Court House Murals Taken By Death |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/446814136/?terms=%22Dan%2BSayre%2BGroesbeck%22 |accessdate=January 12, 2020 |work=Santa Maria Times |date=September 2, 1950|page=8|via=Newspapers.com}}
Groesbeck died on August 29, 1950, in Los Angeles, at age 71.
Further reading
- {{cite book |last1=Henning |first1=Robert |title=Destined for Hollywood: The Art of Dan Sayre Groesbeck |date=2001 |publisher=Santa Barbara Museum of Art |location=Santa Barbara, California |isbn=9780899511054|oclc=260063352}}
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