George Michael Gaethke (July 31, 1898 – August 28, 1982) was an American printmaker, watercolorist, and painter.
George Michael Gaethke was born on July 31, 1898, in Bathgate, North Dakota, United States.
[2] In 1924, Gaethke moved to San Francisco to continue his studies; where he studied under Rudolph Schaeffer at the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design, and at the California School of Fine Arts (now San Francisco Art Institute).
[2] The San Francisco Museum of Art (now San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) printed Christmas cards in December 1942 for the gift shop featuring visual artists (both local and historically international), including Gaethke, Harold Mallette Dean, Herman Volz, Sargent Claude Johnson, Jacques Schnier, Tsuguharu Foujita, Jacques Callot, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, and Diego Rivera.
[7] In 1967, Gaethke and Allison moved to Mill Valley, California, where they remained until his death.