The Annual Gold Medal Exhibitions

The Fifteenth Annual Exhibition
November 6 ~ December 10, 1924

Held at the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science, and Art
Exposition Park; Los Angeles, California
Wm. Alanson Bryan, Director

15th Annual Awards
The Ackerman Prize (donated by the Pig n' Whistle Company for best figure):
Edouard Vysekal, Human Sympathy
The Landscape Prize
(provided for by the late Mrs. Henry E. Huntington):
tie between Alson Clark, Catalina
and
Franz Bischoff, Cliff-born Trees
No prizes offered in Sculpture or Miniature.
Honorable Mention, Figure Painting:
Clarence Hinkle, Vacationtime
Honorable Mention, Landscape:
E. Roscoe Shrader, Casa la Nopalera
Honorable Mention, Sculpture:
Merrell Gage, The Flutist


Exhibiting Artist
Work(s) Exhibited
BARTLETT, Dana 1. The Blue Hill
BISCHOFF, Franz A. 2. Clift-Born Trees, Monterey Coast
The Landscape Prize (tie)
BLACK, Mary C. W. 3. Old Monterey
BORG, Carl Oscar 4. Golden Hills
BRAUN, Maurice 5. Autumn
BROWN, Benjamin C. 6. Windy Weather, San Francisco Bay
BUFF, Conrad 7. Desert Hills
CHAMPLIN, Ada Belle 8. Carmel Shore
CLARK, Alson 9. Catalina
The Landscape Prize (tie)
CLARK, Emelia Goldsworthy 10. The Chinese Jade Vase
COLMAN, R. Clarkson 11. The Silver Sea
COOLIDGE, John 12. The Rendezvous
COTTON, John 13. Coachella Valley Ranch
CUPRIEN, F. W. 14. Drifting
CURTIS, Leland S. 15. The Desert Road
DAYTON, Lillian 16. Still Life
DeKRUIF, Henri 17. Paradise (Andreas Canyon)
DOONER, Clara 18. The Cloud
DOUGLAS, Haldane 19. Along the Wharf
EDWARDS, H. Arden 20. The Little Lagoon
ELLIS, Fremont 21. The Passing Storm
EVERETT, Louise 22. A Faerie Land of Fog
EVERETT, Mary 23. The Major
FLETCHER, S. L. 24. November
FORCE, Clara G. 25. Matilija Poppies
GILBERT, Arthur Hill 26. I am Gone Into the Grove
HARRIS, Sam H. 27. Morning Shadows
HAZARD, Arthur M. 28. Portrait of Charles Russell, Cowboy Artist
HAZEN, Bessie Ella 29. The Land of the West Wind
HILLS, Anna A. 30. Desert Gold
HINKLE, Clarence K. 31. Vacation Time
Honorable Mention, Figure Painting
HOLMES, Ralph 32. Almost in Cloudland, Mt. Whitney
HUGHES, Daisy M. 33. St. Anne. A Still Life
JOHNSON, Frank Tenney 34. A Vendor of Sugar-Cane
JONES, Martha M. 35. Zinnias
JUDSON, William Lees 36. Melting Snow
KENDALL, Marie B. 37. Earth's Wonderland
KILPATRICK, A. E. 38. Grey Day
KNOTT, A. H. 39. The Sand Bar
KOTOKU, Shiyei 40. The Day of Enjoyment
LARIMER, Ruth M. 41. The Garden's Gift
LAURITZ, Paul 42. Thru Golden Leaves
LEIGHTON, Kathryn W. 43. Love's Old Sweet Song
McBRIDE, Mrs. J. H. 44.Eucalypti, Santa Monica Canyon
MANNHEIM, Jean 45. Portrait of Rev. Dr. Leffingwell
MEADOWS, Dell 46. Chinatown
MERWIN, Antoinette de Forest 47. Copper-Hued Zinnias
MILLER, Evylena Nunn 48. Last Lights on Rainier
MODRA, Theodore B. 49. Interior
MURPHY, Marjorie C. 50. Margaret
NAKANISI, K. 51. A Way-Side Tree
NIEUWENHUIS, Celeste Withers 52. Peter the Hermit
PARSHALL, Douglass 53. Gaviota Pass
PROBST, T. A. 54. The Dock
PUTHUFF, Hanson 55. Autumn in the Malibu
REID, V. E. 56. Earliest Beam of Eastern Light
RICH, John Hubbard 57. Portrait of Dr. Rufus B. von Kliensmid
ROBINSON, Irene Bowen 58. October Morning
VON SCHNEIDAU, Christian 59. Summertime
SCHUSTER, Donna 60. Nell and Mary Jane
SCHWANKOVSKY, Frederick J. 61. Creeping Shadows
SHRADER, E. Roscoe

62. Casa La Nopalera
Honorable Mention, Landscape

SMITH, Charles 63. The Rockbound Coast of Carmel
SMITH, Ernest Browning 64. Desert Mountains at Sunset
SMITH, F. Carl 65. Land of Purple Shadow
SMITH, Jack W. 66. Laguna Coast
TRUESDELL, Edith P. 67. Against the Light
VYSEKAL, Edouard A. 68. Human Sympathy
The Ackerman Prize for Best Figure
VYSEKAL, Luvena Buchanan 69. Josephine Dillon
WARD, Stephen 70. Retreating Snow
WHITE, Orrin A. 71. Springtime Clouds
WIECZOREK, Max 72. Miss V.
YENS, Karl 73. Sun and Soul
ZIMMERMAN, Frederick A. 74. Summer Morning
Exhibiting Artist
Miniature(s) Exhibited
BAXTER, Martha Wheeler 1. The Peacock Fan
BAXTER, Martha Wheeler 2. Girl with Red Hair
BUSH, Ella Shepard 3. Dorothy
BUSH, Ella Shepard 4. "Only a Learner, Just a Discerner"
FORCE, Clara G. 5. Helen
Exhibiting Artist
Sculptures) Exhibited
ADAMS, V. 1. The Eary [sic] Boy
BJURMAN, Andrew 2. Donald Tyler
BJURMAN, Andrew 3. Rose
BUCHANAN, Ella 4. Pacific Palisades
BUCHANAN, Ella 5. The Rose Dance
BUCHANAN, Ella 6. Selected
EVERETT, Louise 7. Major Byers
GAGE, Merrell 8. The Flutist
Honorable Mention, Sculpture
GRUENFELD, Caspar 9. Bronze Portrait of Walter R. Stevenson
GRUENFELD, Caspar 10. Ideal Head
HOWELL, Helen 11. "Gwen"
KELLY, Edna 12. Sun Worshiper
LION, Henry 13. The Miner
NOPOBTANI, P. G. 14. Mrs. Chouinard
STETSON, Katharine Beecher 15. Statuette
STETSON, Katharine Beecher 16. Patsy and Goose
SWARTZ, Harold 17. Portrait of Boyle Workman
SWARTZ, Harold 18. Cyrano de Bergerac
STEERE, Lora Woodhead 19. Estelle (Loaned by Mrs. C. A. Christin)
TEW, Marguerite R. 20. Portrait of Dr. J. A. Munk

From the exhibition catalogue:

Officers of the California Art Club:
E. ROSCOE SHRADER, President Emeritus

Jury of Selection:
Edouard A. Vysekal, E. Roscoe Shrader, Karl Yens, John Cotton, Donna Schuster, Kathryn Leighton, John Coolidge, Loren Barton, Jean Mannheim; Alternates: Henri DeKruif, Theodore B. Modra, Christian von Schneidau
Sculpture :
Lora W. Steere, Maud Daggett, Tolles Chamberlain

(Sources: Bulletin of the Museum of History, Science and Art, Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts, 1919-1926, p.170)

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