Painter and printmaker John Day Breneiser was born in Youngstown, Ohio on May 2, 1905. Breneiser studied at the University of Oregon. During the 1930s he was an art teacher at Santa Maria (CA) High School and Jr. College. His illustrations appeared in Christian Monitor and other publications. The adopted son of Stanley and Elizabeth Breneiser, he died in Los Angeles on Oct. 2, 1981. Member: Santa Barbara AA. Exh: Stendahl Gallery (LA), 1934; GGIE, 1939. In: Santa Maria Jr College.

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Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"

California Arts and Architecture list, 1932; Who's Who in American Art 1936-41.