Ouida Margaret George

Ouida George, a respected and integral part of the Palm Beach art community passed away peacefully at her home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fl. on Sunday, June 8, 2014. Born in 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, Ouida started her career as a sculptor, attending the Art Institute of Chicago; then studying with both Ann Norton and Jose de Creeft; and at the famous “Escuela La Esmeralda,” in Mexico City. By 1949 her intense love of color and light prompted her to concentrate all her energy on her painting. Inspired by her travels around the world and her extended stays in Paris, Ouida developed a unique and individual style. She exhibited from 1950 through 1994 and her paintings can be found in private collections throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. In 2009 The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach honored her with a retrospective show of her work. In addition to her busy schedule painting, traveling, teaching art, consulting for galleries, illustrating two books and her charity work; Ouida’s other notable activities in Palm Beach include her legendary annual New Year’s Day parties, and her hobby of breeding pure bred English Springer spaniels for the show ring.

She is survived by her daughter Edyne Gordon of Santa Fe, NM; and her niece Sherry G. Dubois of Lake Worth, FL.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:30 AM on Friday, June 13, 2014, at QUATTLEBAUM FUNERAL, CREMATION & EVENT CENTER at HILLCREST, 6411 Parker Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL, with interment to follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach. Friends may visit with the family from 10:00 AM until Service Time on Friday. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to Southeastern Guide Dogs, 4210 77th Street, Palmetto, FL 34221 www.guidedogs.org.

Arrangements under the direction of Quattlebaum Funeral, Cremation & Event Center at Hillcrest, West Palm Beach, FL.