Imogene Gieling
American metalsmith, educator (1923–2024)
Imogene Bailey "Tex" Gieling (née Imogene Bailey Frey; 1923 – December 22, 2024) was an American metalsmith, jewelry designer, and educator. She was a founding member of the Metal Arts Guild of San Francisco; and was a professor emeritus at San Francisco State University.
Early life and education
Imogene Gieling was born as Imogene Bailey Frey in 1923, in Corsicana, Texas. Her father encouraged her appreciation of art in her childhood.
Gieling graduated from Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas, and with a Master's degree from the University of Washington in Seattle. Additionally she studied in the 1950s metal arts under Victor Reis (1907–2006) in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Career and late life
The nickname Tex was given to her in 1947, when she worked at The Bon Marché department store in Seattle as student. Gieling started exhibiting her work internationally in 1954. In the summer of 1954, she married John Gieling.
Gieling taught in the decorative arts department at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) from 1955 until 1962; followed by teaching and founding of the metals department at the San Francisco State University (SFSU) from 1965 until 1990.
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