This was recorded in San Francisco Examiner, Febraury 23, 1994.
George D. Culler, former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, died of colon canceer Sunday at his home in San Rafael.
Mr. Culler, 78, came here in 1958 from the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was head of museum education. Before that he was with the Akron, Ohio Art Museum.
He held the San Francisco directorship until 1965, when he resigned to become president of the Philadelphia College of Art. He retired in 1975. The Kansas native was a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
In a 1963 interview with The Examiner, he said: "I definitely didn't start out to be a museum director. I wanted to be a painter. Being an artist is all very well, but how are you going to support yourself? You either go into art teaching or you have an independent income, which I didn't have. Hence, I taught." After retirement, Mr. Culler began painting again. He also served for four years as treasurer of the Gray Panthers Marin Chapter.
George Culler obituary from the San Francisco Examiner February 23, 1994.
His obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle, California, Tuesday, February 22, 1994.
George D. Culler, former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, died of colon cancer Sunday at his home in San Rafael. Mr. Culler , 78, came here in 1958 from the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was head of museum education. Before that he was with the Akron, Ohio, Art Museum. He held the San Francisco directorship until 1965, when he resigned to become president of the Philadelphia College of Art. He retired in 1975. The Kansas native was a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
In 1963 interview with The Examiner, he said: " I definitely didn't start out to be a museum director. I wanted to be a painter. Being an artist is all very well, but how are you going to support yourself? You either go into art teaching or you have an independent income, which I didn't have. Hence, I taught." After retirement, Mr. Culler began painting again. He also served for four years as treasurer of the Gray Panthers' Marin Chapter.
George D. Culler, art educator and former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, died yesterday at his San Rafael home. He was 78. Mr. Culler died of colon cancer, his family said.
A native of McPherson, Kan., Mr. Culler headed the museum from 1958 to 1965. He left San Francisco to become president of the Philadelphia College of Art, a post he held until his retirement to San Rafael in 1975. Former Chronicle art critic Alfred Frankenstein, in a column written in 1961 when Culler advanced from director-elect to director of the San Francisco museum, wrote: ''As director-elect he has shown the highest degree of ingenuity in arranging shows, bringing the community into the museum, and exploiting a somewhat antiquated set of galleries.''
Mr. Culler argued for a new home for the museum, a ''good contemporary building in a good location,'' as he said in a 1965 interview. The museum, tucked away for many years in the War Memorial Veterans Building on Van Ness Avenue, is finally getting a home to call its own, an imposing Modernist structure now being built on Third Street across from the new Yerba Buena Gardens.
Mr. Culler began his career as a painter, graduating from the Cleveland Institute of Art. He received a bachelor of arts degree and a master's degree in aesthetics and art history at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. From 1949 to 1955, he was director of the Akron Art Institute in Ohio. He served as director of education for the Art Institute of Chicago from 1955 to 1958. He resumed painting after his retirement and also served for four years as treasurer of the Marin chapter of the Gray Panthers.
He is survived by a son, John, of Pacifica; a daughter, Stephanie Noble, of Larkspur; and a brother, A. Dwight, of New Haven, Conn. His wife of 49 years, Margaret Johnson Culler, died five years ago. Funeral services will be private. The family asks that contributions go to the American Cancer Society.
George D. Culler, former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, died of colon canceer Sunday at his home in San Rafael.
Mr. Culler, 78, came here in 1958 from the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was head of museum education. Before that he was with the Akron, Ohio Art Museum.
He held the San Francisco directorship until 1965, when he resigned to become president of the Philadelphia College of Art. He retired in 1975. The Kansas native was a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
In a 1963 interview with The Examiner, he said: "I definitely didn't start out to be a museum director. I wanted to be a painter. Being an artist is all very well, but how are you going to support yourself? You either go into art teaching or you have an independent income, which I didn't have. Hence, I taught." After retirement, Mr. Culler began painting again. He also served for four years as treasurer of the Gray Panthers Marin Chapter.
George Culler obituary from the San Francisco Examiner February 23, 1994.
His obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle, California, Tuesday, February 22, 1994.
George D. Culler, former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, died of colon cancer Sunday at his home in San Rafael. Mr. Culler , 78, came here in 1958 from the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was head of museum education. Before that he was with the Akron, Ohio, Art Museum. He held the San Francisco directorship until 1965, when he resigned to become president of the Philadelphia College of Art. He retired in 1975. The Kansas native was a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
In 1963 interview with The Examiner, he said: " I definitely didn't start out to be a museum director. I wanted to be a painter. Being an artist is all very well, but how are you going to support yourself? You either go into art teaching or you have an independent income, which I didn't have. Hence, I taught." After retirement, Mr. Culler began painting again. He also served for four years as treasurer of the Gray Panthers' Marin Chapter.
George D. Culler, art educator and former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, died yesterday at his San Rafael home. He was 78. Mr. Culler died of colon cancer, his family said.
A native of McPherson, Kan., Mr. Culler headed the museum from 1958 to 1965. He left San Francisco to become president of the Philadelphia College of Art, a post he held until his retirement to San Rafael in 1975. Former Chronicle art critic Alfred Frankenstein, in a column written in 1961 when Culler advanced from director-elect to director of the San Francisco museum, wrote: ''As director-elect he has shown the highest degree of ingenuity in arranging shows, bringing the community into the museum, and exploiting a somewhat antiquated set of galleries.''
Mr. Culler argued for a new home for the museum, a ''good contemporary building in a good location,'' as he said in a 1965 interview. The museum, tucked away for many years in the War Memorial Veterans Building on Van Ness Avenue, is finally getting a home to call its own, an imposing Modernist structure now being built on Third Street across from the new Yerba Buena Gardens.
Mr. Culler began his career as a painter, graduating from the Cleveland Institute of Art. He received a bachelor of arts degree and a master's degree in aesthetics and art history at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. From 1949 to 1955, he was director of the Akron Art Institute in Ohio. He served as director of education for the Art Institute of Chicago from 1955 to 1958. He resumed painting after his retirement and also served for four years as treasurer of the Marin chapter of the Gray Panthers.
He is survived by a son, John, of Pacifica; a daughter, Stephanie Noble, of Larkspur; and a brother, A. Dwight, of New Haven, Conn. His wife of 49 years, Margaret Johnson Culler, died five years ago. Funeral services will be private. The family asks that contributions go to the American Cancer Society.
This was recorded in San Francisco Examiner, Febraury 23, 1994.
George D. Culler, former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, died of colon canceer Sunday at his home in San Rafael.
Mr. Culler, 78, came here in 1958 from the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was head of museum education. Before that he was with the Akron, Ohio Art Museum.
He held the San Francisco directorship until 1965, when he resigned to become president of the Philadelphia College of Art. He retired in 1975. The Kansas native was a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
In a 1963 interview with The Examiner, he said: "I definitely didn't start out to be a museum director. I wanted to be a painter. Being an artist is all very well, but how are you going to support yourself? You either go into art teaching or you have an independent income, which I didn't have. Hence, I taught." After retirement, Mr. Culler began painting again. He also served for four years as treasurer of the Gray Panthers Marin Chapter.
George Culler obituary from the San Francisco Examiner February 23, 1994.
His obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle, California, Tuesday, February 22, 1994.
George D. Culler, former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, died of colon cancer Sunday at his home in San Rafael. Mr. Culler , 78, came here in 1958 from the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was head of museum education. Before that he was with the Akron, Ohio, Art Museum. He held the San Francisco directorship until 1965, when he resigned to become president of the Philadelphia College of Art. He retired in 1975. The Kansas native was a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
In 1963 interview with The Examiner, he said: " I definitely didn't start out to be a museum director. I wanted to be a painter. Being an artist is all very well, but how are you going to support yourself? You either go into art teaching or you have an independent income, which I didn't have. Hence, I taught." After retirement, Mr. Culler began painting again. He also served for four years as treasurer of the Gray Panthers' Marin Chapter.
George D. Culler, art educator and former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, died yesterday at his San Rafael home. He was 78. Mr. Culler died of colon cancer, his family said.
A native of McPherson, Kan., Mr. Culler headed the museum from 1958 to 1965. He left San Francisco to become president of the Philadelphia College of Art, a post he held until his retirement to San Rafael in 1975. Former Chronicle art critic Alfred Frankenstein, in a column written in 1961 when Culler advanced from director-elect to director of the San Francisco museum, wrote: ''As director-elect he has shown the highest degree of ingenuity in arranging shows, bringing the community into the museum, and exploiting a somewhat antiquated set of galleries.''
Mr. Culler argued for a new home for the museum, a ''good contemporary building in a good location,'' as he said in a 1965 interview. The museum, tucked away for many years in the War Memorial Veterans Building on Van Ness Avenue, is finally getting a home to call its own, an imposing Modernist structure now being built on Third Street across from the new Yerba Buena Gardens.
Mr. Culler began his career as a painter, graduating from the Cleveland Institute of Art. He received a bachelor of arts degree and a master's degree in aesthetics and art history at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. From 1949 to 1955, he was director of the Akron Art Institute in Ohio. He served as director of education for the Art Institute of Chicago from 1955 to 1958. He resumed painting after his retirement and also served for four years as treasurer of the Marin chapter of the Gray Panthers.
He is survived by a son, John, of Pacifica; a daughter, Stephanie Noble, of Larkspur; and a brother, A. Dwight, of New Haven, Conn. His wife of 49 years, Margaret Johnson Culler, died five years ago. Funeral services will be private. The family asks that contributions go to the American Cancer Society.
George D. Culler, former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, died of colon canceer Sunday at his home in San Rafael.
Mr. Culler, 78, came here in 1958 from the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was head of museum education. Before that he was with the Akron, Ohio Art Museum.
He held the San Francisco directorship until 1965, when he resigned to become president of the Philadelphia College of Art. He retired in 1975. The Kansas native was a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
In a 1963 interview with The Examiner, he said: "I definitely didn't start out to be a museum director. I wanted to be a painter. Being an artist is all very well, but how are you going to support yourself? You either go into art teaching or you have an independent income, which I didn't have. Hence, I taught." After retirement, Mr. Culler began painting again. He also served for four years as treasurer of the Gray Panthers Marin Chapter.
George Culler obituary from the San Francisco Examiner February 23, 1994.
His obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle, California, Tuesday, February 22, 1994.
George D. Culler, former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, died of colon cancer Sunday at his home in San Rafael. Mr. Culler , 78, came here in 1958 from the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was head of museum education. Before that he was with the Akron, Ohio, Art Museum. He held the San Francisco directorship until 1965, when he resigned to become president of the Philadelphia College of Art. He retired in 1975. The Kansas native was a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
In 1963 interview with The Examiner, he said: " I definitely didn't start out to be a museum director. I wanted to be a painter. Being an artist is all very well, but how are you going to support yourself? You either go into art teaching or you have an independent income, which I didn't have. Hence, I taught." After retirement, Mr. Culler began painting again. He also served for four years as treasurer of the Gray Panthers' Marin Chapter.
George D. Culler, art educator and former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, died yesterday at his San Rafael home. He was 78. Mr. Culler died of colon cancer, his family said.
A native of McPherson, Kan., Mr. Culler headed the museum from 1958 to 1965. He left San Francisco to become president of the Philadelphia College of Art, a post he held until his retirement to San Rafael in 1975. Former Chronicle art critic Alfred Frankenstein, in a column written in 1961 when Culler advanced from director-elect to director of the San Francisco museum, wrote: ''As director-elect he has shown the highest degree of ingenuity in arranging shows, bringing the community into the museum, and exploiting a somewhat antiquated set of galleries.''
Mr. Culler argued for a new home for the museum, a ''good contemporary building in a good location,'' as he said in a 1965 interview. The museum, tucked away for many years in the War Memorial Veterans Building on Van Ness Avenue, is finally getting a home to call its own, an imposing Modernist structure now being built on Third Street across from the new Yerba Buena Gardens.
Mr. Culler began his career as a painter, graduating from the Cleveland Institute of Art. He received a bachelor of arts degree and a master's degree in aesthetics and art history at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. From 1949 to 1955, he was director of the Akron Art Institute in Ohio. He served as director of education for the Art Institute of Chicago from 1955 to 1958. He resumed painting after his retirement and also served for four years as treasurer of the Marin chapter of the Gray Panthers.
He is survived by a son, John, of Pacifica; a daughter, Stephanie Noble, of Larkspur; and a brother, A. Dwight, of New Haven, Conn. His wife of 49 years, Margaret Johnson Culler, died five years ago. Funeral services will be private. The family asks that contributions go to the American Cancer Society.
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