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EARLY LOS ANGELES
ART GALLERIES, CLUBS, MUSEUMS, ART SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS
(A work in progress)

Stickney Memorial School, Pasadena

This page is designed to cover some of the venues and organizations relative to California Art Club members and the early Los Angeles art community that they lived in. An asterisk (*) next to an artist's name denotes CAC membership. [Sources include the two-volume Artists in California 1786 - 1940 by Edan Milton Hughes.]

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ART GALLERIES/VENUES
& ARTISTS EXHIBITED
EXHIBIT DATE(S)
& NOTES
Ainslie Gallery
Los Angeles, CA

* Bischoff, Franz Arthur
(1864 - 1929)

Exhibited in:
1926
American Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
Adams, Clinton
(1918-2002)

Exhibited in:
1940

Barker Brothers
818 West 7th Street
Los Angeles, CA
(
pictured above w/yellow wall sign and inset)
Notes: The building, designed in 1925 in the Renaissance Revival style by Curlett and Beelman, was said to have been inspired by the Strozzi Palace in Florence.
* Bailey, Harry Lewis
(1879 - 1933)
Exhibited in:
1917
* Bartlett, Dana
(1882 - 1957)
1923
Barlow Medical Library
Los Angeles, CA
* Buff, Conrad
(1886 - 1975)
Bartlett Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
* Boehme, Hazel Fetterly
(1900 - 1941)
Exhibited in:
1932
Battey Gallery
Pasadena, CA
* Balfour, Helen Johnston
(1847 - 1925)
Exhibited in:
1914, 1918, 1920
Bentz Gallery
Pasadena, CA
* Brown, Benjamin
(1865 - 1942)

Exhibited in:
1907, 1909

Beverly Hills Art Gallery
Beverly Hills, CA
Notes: Opened in 1937 and owned by Thorwald Albertel Probst
* Probst, Thorwald Albertel
(1886 - 1948)
Biltmore Gallery/Salon
Located in the Biltmore Hotel

(pictured above)
506 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
Notes: The Biltmore Hotel was opened in 1923/24 by Frank Tenney Johnson (1874 - 1939) and Victor Clyde Forsythe (1885 - 1962). Also called the Biltmore Galeria Real.
* Brandriff, George Kennedy
(1890 - 1936)
Exhibited in:
1929, 1933
* Gamble, John Marshall
(1863 - 1957)
1927
Reed, Marjorie Jane
(1915 - 1996)
1937
Schaetzel, May Conly
(1870 - 1952)
1942
Acker, Herbert Van Blarcom
(1895 - 1977)
1925

* Bischoff, Franz Arthur
(1864 - 1929)

1924
* Rich, John Hubbard
(1876 - 1954)
Exhibited in:
1927
Blanchard Music and Art Building
Located in Hotel Ivins

(pictured abov
e)
Tenth and Figueroa
Los Angeles, CA
Notes: Owned by Frederic[k] Winslow Blanchard (1878 - 1948); opened in 1899. Taken over by W. S. Daniell (1865 - 1933) in 1912 and renamed The Daniell Gallery. (A Spring Exhibition for the Painters Club of Los Angeles was planned here for May 1909, but was cancelled.)
1st Exhibition of the Painters Club of Los Angeles
Exhibited in:
Oct. 7 - 22, 1908
2nd Exhibition of the Painters Club of Los Angeles Exhibited in:
Last two weeks of Nov. 1909
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th CAC Annuals
1911 (1st and 2nd) , 1912 (3rd) and 1913 (4th)
Black, John Matthew
(1876 - )
1908, 1909
* Braun, Maurice
(1877 - 1941)
1911 (Daniell Gallery)
* Brown, Benjamin
(1865 - 1942)
1906, 1908
* Rogers, Charles Albert
(1848 - 1918)
1911
Sauerwein, Frank Paul
(1871 - 1910)
1906

Bradley Gallery
Los Angeles, CA

Notes: Circa 1938
 
Brand Library and Art Center
1601 West Mountain Street
Glendale, CA

(pictured above)
Notes: The original mansion was built by Leslie C. Brand and named El Miradero. The design is similar to the East Indian Pavilion built for the 1893 Columbian World Exposition held in Chicago. The architecture is considered Saracenic, with crenellated arches, bulbous domes and minars combining characteristics of Spanish, Moorish, and Indian styles. In contrast to the cool white exterior, a Victorian decor was followed inside. Mr. Brand died in the house in 1925. He bequeathed El Miradero to the city, although Mrs. Brand retained rights of residence until 1945. The will provided that the property should be used exclusively for a public park and library. Mrs. Brand died in 1945, and by 1956 the mansion had been converted into Brand Library.
81st Annual CAC Gold Medal Exhibition 1990
Bullock's Wilshire
3050 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
(pictured above)
Notes: William Thomas Blackburn (1908 - 1993) served as art director at Bullock's during the 1940's and 1950's. (See Little Gallery, below)
* Asseln, Roberta
(1907 - 2003)
Exhibited in:
1935 (solo)
Circle Gallery  
 
Dalzell Hatfield Gallery
Located in the Ambassador Hotel
(pictured above)
3400 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
Notes: Owned by Dalzell Harvey Hatfield (1893 - 1963)
Robinson, Delia Mary
(1889 - 1952)
Exhibited in:
1930 (solo)
Ebell Club
743 South Lucerne Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
(pictured above)
 
* Adams, Velma
(1902-1990)
Exhibited in:
1939, 1948 (awards)
* Alvarez, Mabel
(1891 - 1985)
1933-35 (awards)
* Baxter, Martha Wheeler Wallace
(1869 - 1955)
1929
* Beggs, Thomas Montague
(1899 - 1990)
1937
* Bensco, Charles J.
(1894 - 1960)
1937 (prize)

* Bischoff, Franz Arthur
(1864 - 1929)

1926
* Bush, Ella Shepard
(1861 - 1948)
1924 (Minaitures prize)
* Gaffney, Claribel
(1901- )
1933 (1st prize)
* Gilbert, Arthur Hill
(1894 - 1970)
1924
* Robinson, Irene
(1891 - 1973)
1932 (prize)
Ford, Smith, & Little Co.
313 Broadway

Notes: This small art store also had a gallery.
December Small Exhibition of the Painters' Club of Los Angeles December 1-31, 1907
January Small Exhibition of the Painters' Club of Los Angeles January 1-31, 1907
February Small Exhibition of the Painters' Club of Los Angeles February 1-28, 1907
March Small Exhibition of the Painters' Club of Los Angeles March 1-31, 1907
April Small Exhibition of the Painters' Club of Los Angeles April 1-30, 1907
Glendale Public Library
222 East Harvard Street
Glendale, CA
(Centr
al Library pictured above)
Notes: Library services in Glendale were first provided in 1906.
* Asseln, Roberta
(1907 - )
Exhibited in:
1954 (1st prize), 1967 (solo)
Image courtesy Pasadena Historical Museum
Grace Nicholson Gallery
46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, CA
(pictured above)
Notes: Grace Nicholson's Chinese House and Emporium (theGallery) became the Pasadena Museum of Art in 1941, and then subsequently the Pacific Asia Museum.
* Bennett, Ruth Manerva
(1899 - 1960)
Exhibited in:
1928
* Bonnet, Leon Durand
(1868 - 1936)
1930 (solo)
Greek Theater
Located in Griffith Park
2700 North Vermont
Los Angeles, CA
(pictured above)
Notes: Built in 1929 according to the plans of Griffith J. Griffith (who also paid for the Griffith Observatory; he originally donated the land for what is now Griffith Park, covering 3,000 acres).
CAC Annual Exhibitions
Various, between 1940-60
* Asseln, Roberta
(1907 - )
Exhibited in:
1958-59
Attridge, Irma Gertrude
(1894 - 1978)
1951
* Bartlett, Dana
(1882 - 1957)
1952, 1955 (medals)
Greene Studio
Pasadena, CA
 
* Rich, John Hubbard
(1876 - 1954)
Exhibited in:
1908
Hollyhock House
4800 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90027

(pictured above)

Notes: Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, this building became the CAC's Headquarters for 15 years, from 1927 to 1942, as a gift from owner Aline Barnsdall. The formal opening and reception for the Club's new location was on August 31, 1927, which included an exhibition of member's work.
CAC Opening Exhibition
May 1-31, 1927
photo courtesy of LA Public Library
Hollywood Public Library
Hollywood, CA

(pictured above)

Notes: Hollywood Branch Library, facing Hollywood Boulevard ca. 1923, and later in 1939 moved, remodeled & turned to face Ivar Street. Destoyed in 1939.

Aldrin, Anders Gustav
(1889 - 1970)
Exhibited in:
1930 (solo)
Scheck, Helen Mildred
(1901 -1983)
1927
Hotel Green
99 South Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA
(pictured above)
 
* Balfour, Helen Johnston
(1847 - 1925)
Exhibited in:
1913
* Brown, Benjamin
(1865 - 1942)
1911
Kanst Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
Notes: Owned by J.F. Kanst; Opened ?
Allis, C. Harry
(1870 - 1938)
Exhibited in:
1912
* Balfour, Helen Johnston
(1847 - 1925)
1911, 1912
* Brandriff, George Kennedy
(1890 - 1936)
1929
* Braun, Maurice
(1877 - 1941)
1914-19
* Gamble, John Marshall
(1863 - 1957)
1910, 1912, 1916
Moran, Paul Nimmo
(1864 - 1907)
 
Rea, Louis Edward
(1868 - 1927)
1927, 1937
La Brea Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
 
Schleussner, Mary Elizabeth Jacques (1881 - 1956) Exhibited in:
1931
Leonards
Los Angeles, CA
 
* Gamble, John Marshall
(1863 - 1957)
1924
Little Gallery
Located in Bullock's Wilshire
(pictured above)
3050 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
 
Little Studio Gallery
Monrovia, CA
 
Robinson, Delia Mary
(1889 - 1952)
Exhibited in:
1930 (solo)
Los Angeles City Hall
200 North Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA
(pictured above)
Notes
44th Annual CAC Exhibition The Tower Gallery on the topmost floor of City Hall was possibly the location that the Annual Exhibition was held in 1953 (and possibly others).
Attridge, Irma Gertrude
(1894 - 1978)
Exhibited in:
1953, 1954
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
(LACMA)
3400 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
(pictured above)
Notes: Originally the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art. In 1961 LACMA is established as a museum separate from the Museum of Natural History. The new museum opens in 1965.
* Barton, Loren Roberta
(1893 - 1975)
Exhibited in:
1920 (with Mabel Alvarez and Paul Lauritz), 1923 (solo), 1926 (solo), 1928
* Baxter, Martha Wheeler Wallace
(1869 - 1955)
1936

* Bischoff, Franz Arthur
(1864 - 1929)

1913

* Bjurman, Andrew
(1876 - 1943)

1924, 1927 (Hon. mentions)
* Bowles, Caroline Hutchinson
(1865 - 1923)
1919
* Brandt, Rexford Elson
(1914 - 2000)
1939, 1941 (solos)
* Braun, Maurice
(1877 - 1941)
1918, 1920 (solos)
* Brown, Benjamin
(1865 - 1942)
1915, 1917, 1918 (solos), 1929
* Buff, Conrad
(1886 - 1975)
1923, 1929, 1937, 1940 (solos)
* Gage, Robert Merrell
(1892 - 1981)
1929, 1945 (solo)
* Garnsey, Julian Ellsworth
(1887 - 1969)
1931
* Gleason, Joe Duncan
(1881 - 1959)
1924 (solo)
Los Angeles Public Library
630 W
est 5th Street
Los Angeles, CA
(pictured above)
Notes: Built in 1926 by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, it is the second biggest library in the country.
Attridge, Irma Gertrude
(1894 - 1978)
Exhibited in:
1943, 1946
* Buff, Conrad
(1886 - 1975)
 
Scheck, Helen Mildred
(1901 -1983)
1927
Marzon Studio
Los Angeles, CA
Notes: Circa 1926
Mills College Art Gallery Notes: Opened 1925
Ohara & Livermore Gallery
Pasadena, CA
 
* Bowles, Caroline Hutchinson
(1865 - 1923)
Exhibited in:
1916
Paul Kantor Gallery
7025 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038
(pictured above)

Notes: Opened by Paul Kantor in 1951, who is credited with discovering Richard Diebenkorn. The gallery is still operating, now under the name Kantor/Feuer.
Perls Gallery
8634 Sunset Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA
(pictured above, photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution)
Notes: Owned by Frank Perls, opened late 1930's. The gallery carried works by Matisse and Lipchitz, among others.
Santa Monica Public Library
Santa Monica, CA
 
* Barker, George, Jr.
(1882 - 1965)
Exhibited in:
1931 (solo)
Sierra Madre City Hall
Sierra Madre, CA
 
* Bush, Ella Shepard
(1861 - 1948)
Exhibited in:
1930
Southby Salon
121 N. Larchmont Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
Notes: Owned by Maxwell A. Southby (1883-1953), late pastor of the Rossmore Congregational Church. Opened in 1924 and ran through about 1930.
* Brandriff, George Kennedy
(1890 - 1936)
Exhibited in:
1927
* Lukits, Theodore N.
(1897 - 1992)
(Exhibited/represented?)
Southwest Museum
234 Museum Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90065
(pictured above)
Notes: Founded in 1907, it was the first museum in Los Angeles . The museum moved from it's original location in Downtown Los Angeles to its current location in Mt. Washington in 1914.

* Bjurman, Andrew
(1876 - 1943)

Exhibited in:
1923 (popular prize)
Steckel Galleries
Los Angeles, CA
 
* Bailey, Harry Lewis
(1879 - 1933)
Exhibited in:
1908
* Borg, Carl Oscar
(1879 - 1947)
1906
* Brown, Benjamin
(1865 - 1942)
1908
Sauerwein, Frank Paul
(1871 - 1910)
1906
Stendahl Art Galleries
Located in the Ambassador Hotel
(pictured above)
3400 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
Notes: Opened 1921 and owned by Earl Stendahl
* Band, Max
(1900 - 1974)
Exhibited in:
1941
Barney, Alice Pike
(1857 - 1931)
1927, 1930
* Bartlett, Dana
(1882 - 1957)
1927
* Barton, Loren Roberta
(1893 - 1975)
1923

* Bischoff, Franz Arthur
(1864 - 1929)

1922
* Buff, Conrad
(1886 - 1975)
1927, 1934
* Gamble, John Marshall
(1863 - 1957)
1938
* Gilbert, Arthur Hill
(1894 - 1970)
1926
* Poray, Stanislaus Pociecha
(1888 - 1948)
1929, 1931, 1938 (solos)
* Rose, Guy
(1867 - 1925)
1926 (solo)
Scardigli, Remo
(1910 - 1984)
1937
* Symons, George Gardner
(1861 - 1930)
1928
Stone Galleries
Monrovia, CA
 
* Buff, Conrad
(1886 - 1975)
Exhibited in:
1927
Vysekal Gallery
Hollywood, CA
 
* Vysekal, Edouard Antonin
(1890 - 1939)
 
* Vysekal, Luvena Buchana
(1873 - 1954)
Note: Luvena was the Gallery Director.
Webb Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
 
* Barker, Olive Ruth Carpenter
(1885 - 1961)
Exhibited in:
1936
Wiltshire Galleries
Los Angeles, CA
 
Sayre, Fred Grayson
(1879 - 1939)
Exhibited in:
1926
Zantman Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
 
Aller, Gladys
(1915 - 1970)
Exhibited in:
1938 (solo)
Zeitlin's
705 1/2 W. Sixth Street
Los Angeles, CA
Notes: Initially opening as a bookstore in Echo Park, it was located there from 1926 to 1938 before moving to Sixth Street, where larger rooms allowed for exhibition space. Owner Jake Zeitlin was friends with writers Robinson Jeffers, Aldous Huxley, Thomas Mann and Henry Miller, as well as locals Aline Barnsdall and Lloyd Wright, the son of FLW. The photographer Edward Weston had his first exhibition at Zeitlin's in 1928. Other early shows included Rockwell Kent, Paul Landacre, Peter Krasnow and Millard Sheets.
Aller, Gladys
(1915 - 1970)
Exhibited in:
1938 (solo)
* Buff, Conrad
(1886 - 1975)
1930
Robinson, Delia Mary
(1889 - 1952)
1930

ART CLUBS
NOTES (listed in order of founding)
Ruskin Art Club Founded 1888
Friday Morning Club Founded 1891
Los Angeles Art Association Founded 1892 (originally founded in 1890 as the Sketch Club of the LA School of Art and Design)
Ebell Club Founded 1894
USC Fine Arts Dept. Founded 1894
Society of Fine Arts of Southern California Founded 1895
Pasadena Art Association Founded 1896 (1911?)
Pasadena Academy of Fine Arts Founded 1897
Los Angeles Arts and Crafts Society Founded 1905
Painters' Club of Los Angeles Founded 1906 (disbanded and reformed to become the CAC in 1909)
Women Painters of California Founded 1909
Los Angeles Sketch Club Founded 1911
California Society of Miniature Painters Founded 1912
Art Students League of Los Angeles Founded circa 1913
Printmakers of Los Angeles Founded 1914 (by Benjamin C. Brown; it became Printmakers Society of California in 1920)
The Modern Art Society of Los Angeles Founded 1916 (renamed California Progressives in 1919)
La Jolla Art Association Founded 1918
Laguna Beach Art Ass’n Founded 1918
Commercial Artists Ass’n of Southern California Founded 1918
Los Angeles Print Group Founded 1920
Hollywood Art Ass’n Founded 1920
Women’s Art Club of Southern California Founded 1921 (Laguna Beach)
West Coast Arts, Inc. Founded 1921 (later became Women Painters of the West in 1929)
Sculptor's Guild of Southern California Founded 1921
California Watercolor Society Founded 1921
Glendale Art Association Founded 1922
Potboiler Art Center of Los Angeles Founded 1922
Painters and Sculptors Club of Los Angeles Founded 1923
Long Beach Art Association Founded 1923
Group of Independents of Los Angeles Founded 1923
Free Lance Art Club of Los Angeles Founded 1923 (became Los Angeles Art League in 1926)
Palos Verdes Gallery Founded 1923
Painters of the West Founded 1924 (Los Angeles)
Santa Barbara Art Club Founded 1924
Arts and Crafts Society of Southern California Founded 1924
Pasadena Society of Artists Founded 1925
Artland Club Founded 1925 (Los Angeles)
Commercial Artists Club of Los Angeles Founded 1925
Bookplate Association International Founded 1925 (Los Angeles)
International Artists Club of Los Angeles Founded 1926
Cartoonists Club of Los Angeles Founded 1926
Brea Art Association Founded 1926
Society of California Desert Painters Founded 1927
Pasadena Society of Women Painters and Sculptors Founded 1928
Los Angeles Print Group Founded 1928
Younger Painters of Los Angeles Founded 1928 (First exhibition held in 1929)
Santa Monica Art League Founded 1928
International Artists Club of Los Angeles Founded 1929
Long Beach Businessman's Sketch Club Founded 1929 (Later became Spectrum Club)
Art Student's League of San Pedro Founded 1929
California Etchers Association Founded 1929 (L.A. and S.F.)
Riverside Art Association Founded 1930
Palos Verdes Art Association Founded 1930
Foundation of Western Art Founded 1933
San Gabriel Artists Guild Founded 1933
Los Angeles Negro Art Association Founded 1937
Sierra Madre Arts Guild Formed 1938
Society for Sanity in Art Founded 1940 (Los Angeles branch)

ART MUSEUMS/NOTES
Bowers Museum of Cultural Heritage
Constructed 1932 (Santa Ana)
Huntington Art Gallery and Library
Founded 1928 (San Marino)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Opened 1965

Los Angeles Museum of History Science and Art
Founded 1913 (Exposition Park)

In 1961 it split into two separate entities: L.A.'s Natural History Museum and LACMA.

Pasadena Art Institute
Founded 1922 (Pasadena)

Incorporated 1924. Absorbed the Pasadena Museum of Art in 1942, and in 1954 became the Pasadena Art Museum. In 1973 the name changed to the Pasadena Museum of Modern Art. In 1974 it encountered financial problems; after reaching an agreement with Norton Simon in 1974, it reopened in 1975 as the Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena.

Pasadena Historical Society
Founded 1924 (Pasadena)

Founded as the Pasadena Historical Society, it was later known as the Pasadena Historical Museum until it changed to the Pasadena Museum of History in 2001. Since 1970, the Museum has been headquartered on the grounds of the Fenyes Estate.


Image courtesy Pasadena Historical Museum

Pasadena Museum of Art
Founded 1941 (Pasadena)

Merged with the Pasadena Art Institute in 1942; see entry above. Pictured at right in 1962 in the Grace Nicholson Galleries (now the Pacific Asia Museum).


Image courtesy Pasadena Historical Museum
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Opened 1941 (Santa Barbara)

Southwest Museum
Founded 1914
(Los Angeles)

Founded by Charles Fletcher Lummis.


* = CAC Member

THE BLANCHARD BUILDING
(Located in Hotel Ivins, 1
0th & Figueroa Streets, pictured above)
NOTES
Artists who had studios in the Blanchard Building:
* Bischoff, Franz Arthur
(1864 - 1929)
 
* Burton, Elizabeth Eaton
(1869 - 1937)
During 1909
* Mannheim, Jean
(1863 - 1945)
 
Morin, Gertrude Elder
(1860 - 1941)
Settled in L.A. in 1897
Artists who exhibited in the Blanchard Building:
* Sammann, Detlef
(1857 - 1938)
During 1910
FOSTER & KLEISER BILLBOARD CO. NOTES
Artists who worked with -
Armitage, Arnold H.
(1899 - 1991)
Worked in 1926
Asanger, Jacob
(1887 - 1941)
Worked from about 1925-41 when he died.
Porter, Mildred Sophie
(1904 - 1996)
Worked for them only briefly
* Puthuff, Hanson Duvall
(1875 - 1972)
Worked for 23 years

* = CAC Member

ART SCHOOLS & INSTRUCTORS NOTES
Art Center School Notes: Founded 1930. In 1965 became Art Center College of Design; the school had two locations in Los Angeles before moving to Pasadena in 1976.
Adams, Edward A. "Tink" ~ School Founder  
* Henninger, Joseph Morgan (1906 - 1999)  
Reckless, Stanley Laurence (1892 - 1955) Served as Director
Schoppe, Palmer (1912 - 2001) Taught 1945-53
Art Students League of Los Angeles Notes: Founded circa 1913 in Los Angeles.
* Anderson, Antony (1863 - 1939) School CoFounder
MacDonald-Wright, Stanton (1890 - 1973) Director and Teacher in 1923
* Murphy, Lawrence M. (1872 - 1947)  
* Puthuff, Hanson Duvall (1875 - 1972) School CoFounder