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Robert Alan Bechtle [3] (May 14, 1932 – September 24, 2020) was an American painter, printmaker, and educator. He lived nearly all his life in the San Francisco Bay Area [4] and whose art was centered on scenes from everyday local life. [5] His paintings are in a Photorealist style and often depict automobiles. [6]
The California College of the Arts ( CCA) is a private [2] art school in San Francisco, California. It was founded in Berkeley, California in 1907 and moved to a historic estate in Oakland, California in 1922. In 1996, it opened a second campus in San Francisco; in 2022, the Oakland campus was closed and merged into the San Francisco campus.
Bechtel led construction from 1931 until completion in 1935. The Hoover Dam was Bechtel's first megaproject. Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Public transportation system for San Francisco Bay Area. Bechtel engineered, designed, and built BART for the Bay Area Rapid Transit District through a joint venture called Parsons-Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel ...
Stephen Bechtel Sr. Relatives. Warren A. Bechtel (grandfather) Stephen Davison Bechtel Jr. (May 10, 1925 – March 15, 2021) was an American billionaire, businessman, civil engineer, and co-owner of the Bechtel Corporation. He was the son of Stephen Davison Bechtel Sr. and grandson of Warren A. Bechtel, who founded the Bechtel Corporation.
Alison Bechdel (/ ˈ b ɛ k d əl / BEK-dəl; born September 10, 1960) is an American cartoonist.Originally known for the long-running comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, she came to critical and commercial success in 2006 with her graphic memoir Fun Home, which was subsequently adapted as a musical that won a Tony Award for Best Musical in 2015.
The Academy of Art University ( AAU, or ART U ), formerly Academy of Art College and Richard Stephens Academy of Art, is a private for-profit art school in San Francisco, California. It was founded as the Academy of Advertising Art by Richard S. Stephens in 1929. [2] The school is one of the largest property owners in San Francisco, with the ...
The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) is a non-profit consortium of art and design schools in the United States and Canada.All AICAD member institutions have a curriculum with full liberal arts and sciences requirements complementing studio work, and all are accredited to grant Bachelor of Fine Arts and/or Master of Fine Arts degrees.
The Stockton Street Tunnel is a tunnel in San Francisco, California, which carries its namesake street underneath a section of Nob Hill near Chinatown for about three blocks. It was opened in 1914. The south portal is located just shy of Bush Street, which is about two blocks to the north of Union Square. The north portal is located just to the ...