CHRONOLOGY
March 28 1940
Born in Salem, Oregon to George Gilmer Gould, a metal worker and machinist at Eyerly Aircraft Company and Gladys Helene Hogfoss, a nurse employed at Salem General Hospital.
1943
Family moves to Portland, Oregon. Father builds "Liberty Ships" at the Swan Island Shipyard and teaches welding as part of the war effort. Arrangement allows mother to work fulltime at home.
1945
Family buys house and moves to northeast Portland. Begins school at nearby Kennedy Grade School.
1947
Sister Carolyn is born.
1950
Sister Barbara is born. Is active in Boy Scouts. Has been selling newspapers on a nearby street
corner since 1948.� Starts a paper route.
1954-58
Attends Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland as Pre-engineering major. Benson provides him with extensive exposure to a variety of technical disciplines (including sheetmetal, electric, gas engine, foundry, machine shop) and four years of mechanical drawing. Art course taught by Eugene Briggs fosters natural talents exhibited since earliest childhood. Stays on honor roll throughout high school and is active in social and service clubs.
1956
Earns Eagle Award in Boy Scouts.
1958 - 60
Attends Oregon State College (now University) where he majors in general science with heavy course work in zoology and chemistry. Science courses prove unrewarding and he changes major first to general studies and then to art. Meets Gordon Gilkey, who, as faculty advisor prepares him to transfer to any school to continue his art studies (OSU students not able to major in art at that time). Friendship with Gilkey will last to the present day. Takes art courses from Robert Huck and Paul Gunn, among others. Assists Huck with a mural destined for Kalispell, Montana and is paid in art supplies. At end of sophomore year transfers to University of Oregon to further his studies.
1960 - 62
Attends University of Oregon in Eugene. At the University of Oregon he pursues extensive course work with David McCosh in drawing, painting and lithography and with Jack Wilkinson in visual theory. Graduates in 1962 with a BS degree in drawing and painting.� Takes many art history courses.
1961
Meets and develops lasting friendship with John Haugse, painter and MFA candidate at the University of Oregon. First readings in Zen Buddhism.
1962
Art pavillions of the Seattle World's Fair introduce him to the work of Tobey, Graves, Callahan and others.
Marries Donna Walters.
1963
Son Christopher born in Eugene.
1965-67
Returns to University of Oregon for MFA program through the urging of John Haugse. Master's thesis advisor is Andrew Vincent. Continues studies with David McCosh and Jack Wilkinson; studies with LaVeme Krause in intaglio print processes.
1965
Awarded research assistantship in Graphic Arts at the University of Oregon which is renewed through 1967. First solo exhibition at Thyrza Anderson's 12th Avenue Gallery in Eugene. Through his friend, painter Mark Clarke who was working at the University Art Museum, meets Wallace Baldinger, Director of the museum, and Jarold Kieffer, Assistant to the President, University of Oregon; becomes first Manager of Circulating Exhibitions at the University of Oregon Museum of Art, a job he holds on a part time basis until graduation. Organizes exhibitions of work by Oregon artists and meets Louis Bunce, Carl Morris, Manuel Izquierdo, George Johanson, and many other artists throughout the state.
1966
Meets Francis V. O'Connor, then a post-doctoral research fellow at the National Collection of Fine Arts (now National Museum of American Art), Smithsonian Institution, when O'Connor visits Eugene to discuss WPA show Gould organized for statewide tour.
Son Patrick born in Eugene.
1967- 68
Exhibits work in solo exhibitions in Eugene, Corvallis and Coos Bay, Oregon.
1967 - 70
After receiving MFA, becomes Assistant Director for Statewide Services (later Visual Art Resources, but now defunct) at the University of Oregon Museum of Art. This position createdas direct result of successful traveling exhibition program work begun in 1965.
1968
Daughter Anne born in Eugene.
1968-69
Consultant for visual arts and community workshops for the Oregon Arts Commission.
1970
Moves to Portland to become the Director of Development for the Portland Art Association, Museum and Museum Art School, a post he holds until July 1971. Works closely with Francis Newton and Rachel Griffin. Assists in establishing the Northwest Film Centerand the museum's conservation facility.
1971
At the recommendation of Francis O'Connor, meets Joshua Taylor, art historian and Director of the National Collection of Fine Arts. Taylor asks him to interview for a Smithsonian job. Travels to Washington, D.C. for interview and is subsequently appointed Director of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) to develop the flagging exhibition program. Family moves to Washington, D.C. and settles in the Cleveland Park area. In the eight years he is Director, SITES becomes the largest and most comprehensive traveling exhibition program in Smithsonian history.
1973
Study visit to Sweden at the invitation of the Swedish Institute in Stockholm, marking his first trip to Europe. Travels to Belgium as a guest of its government where he sees the Ghent Altarpiece which makes profound impression. Also sees work by Flemish artists in Antwerp, Brussels and Bruges. Travels widely in the United States on Smithsonian business.
1974
At the invitation of the governments of Australia and New Zealand, travels to Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, and Christ Church, Wellington and Auckland seeking exhibitions for U.S. tours.
1975
Divorces Donna (Walters) Gould, who returns with the children to live in Eugene.
Develops relationship with Smithsonian colleague Quinton Hallett.
1976
Travels to Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
1978
Vacations in Greece. Sees Parthenon and is impressed with its perfection.
1979
Vacations in Bonaire in Netherlands Antilies.
Through Peter Marzio, former Smithsonian colleague and then Director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, meets Armand Hammer, Chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation who offers him position as Director of his Foundation. Quinton Hallett is offeredthe position of Assistant Director. Becomes Director of the Armand Hammer Foundation and Curator of the Armand Hammer Collection. Quinton Hallett becomes Assistant Director and Assistant Curator.
The appointment gives him more studio time.
1979 - 87
Worldwide travel on Hammer Foundation business includes at least one and often several trips to: London, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Paris, Florence, Vinci, Madrid, Warsaw, Cracow, Sofia, Prague, Belgrade, Budapest, Moscow, Leningrad, Mexico City, Oslo, Stockholm, Lima, Lisbon, Munich, Vienna, Venice, Bologna, Jerusalem, Peking internationally and Boston, New York, San Francisco, Birmingham, Moultrie GA, Albuquerque, Houston, Cincinnati, Washington, D.C., Seattle, West Palm Beach, Orlando, Lexington, Louisville, Huntington, West Virginia in the U.S. Visits major museums and art collections whenever possible on each trip.
1982
Holds the first of what will become highly successful annual "Open Studio" events in Los Angeles. Recent work is shown and work from prior years is available for purchase.
Long-time friend William Lew arranges exhibition of Gould works at Murray State University in Kentucky.
1983
Solo exhibition. University Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky assisted by a grant to the museum from the Kentucky Arts Commission.
1984
Returns to printmaking. Begins silkscreen production.
1986
Friend Harold Hoy arranges exhibition of work at Lane Community College in Eugene Oregon.� Experience of returning to home state is profound and suggests that a permanent relocation may be in order.
1987
Solo exhibition. Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia.
Leaves Hammer Collection to work independently. Purchases property in Oregon.
1988
Returns to Oregon with Quinton Hallett to live on property west of Eugene.
1989�
Marries Quinton Hallett.
Continues activities as volunteer at the University of Oregon's School of Architecture And Allied Arts, and at the Art Museum on campus.
1990
Organizes tour of work to three East Coast locations: Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Georgia.
1993-1999
Member of the Board of the Portland Art Museum.
1998
Reintroduces "Open Studio" events in Oregon.
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