Rev. Bernard F. Geiser, 1887-1965

Education:  Museum Art School, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Art, U. of Oregon, A. Vincent, W. Givler.

Collections:  Portland Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Museum of People’s Art

Before becoming an Episcopal priest in 1924, Geiser was a professional artist.  He painted in Europe during WWI  and moved to Portland in 1931 where he continued painting landscapes and religious murals throughout his life including a series of watercolors of the then new ‘old highway’ through the Columbia Gorge which are shown in Oregon Painters, the First Hundred Years.