THE CALIFORNIA ART CLUB'S ANNUAL GOLD MEDAL EXHIBITIONS

The Twenty-Second Annual Exhibition
November 12 ~ December 31, 1931

Reception and Formal Opening: Thursday, November 12, 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.
at the Los Angeles Museum, Exposition Park.

Held in Gallery M-D6 at the Los Angeles Museum, Exposition Park
Los Angeles, California

Officers of the California Art Club:
WILLIAM WENDT, President Emeritus
PAUL STARRETT SAMPLE, President
BARSE MILLER, 1st Vice-President
EDWARD H. LEIGHTON, 2nd Vice-President
DALZELL HATFIELD, Corresponding Secretary
WALTER CHEEVER, Recording Secretary
EARL ROLAND, Treasurer

Committee Chairmen:
JOHN HUBBARD RICH, Art
N. H. PARTRIDGE, JR., Membership
ROGER NOBLE BURNHAM, Entertainment
NELL WALKER WARNER, House
FRANCIS WILLIAM VREELAND, Publicity
LOUISE EVERETT, Bulletin Editor

House Staff:
FLORENCE TIDBALL, Executive Secretary
LEON TUGANOV, Chairman

Painting Jury:
John Rich (Chairman), Mabel Alvarez, Alson Clark, Clyde Forsythe, Bessie Ella Hazen, Barse Miller, Earl Rowland, Donna Schuster, Orrin White; Alternates: Walter Cheever and Mary Everett.
Sculpture Jury:
Edna Kelly (Chairman), Andrew Bjurman, Austin James; Alternates: Ada May Liliano.
Jury of Award:
Meyer Grieg, Clarence Hinkle, Reginald Poland and Morgan Russell.

Awards (Incomplete list):
The Mrs. Queen Walker Boardman prize of $100 for sculpture; The Evelyn Dalzell Hatfield Gold Medal and $50 for the painting which contributes most notably to the success of the exhibition; The Paul Mabury prize of $50 for landscape; The Walter Harrison Fisher prize of $50 for Still Life; The California Art Club prize of $35 for figure painting; The California Art Club prize for sculpture.

From the exhibition pamphlet:
Art clubs in America provide, in a general way, the same sort of stimulus to the development of the arts as did the Gilds [sic] of the Middle Ages whose standards of training and workmanship provide the "Old Masters" of the renaissance,-- carrying on the ancient traditions of the arts and seeking to improve them, their production, use and enjoyment.
The California Art Club with its members stands out preeminently not only in California but due to its imposing clubhouse, made possible by the interest and benefactions of Miss Ailene Barnsdall, can be favorably compared with any in the world - not exempting the famous Kunstler Haus in Munich.
A glance through the catalogs of exhibits held during the past twenty-two years in Los Angeles indicates, in very definite terms, how a group of creative artists, cooperating with the Museum, arranging exhibitions and training students in the art schools has been the initial and progressive factor in developing the arts of California as one of its major attractions and has had much to do with spreading its beauty abroad.
The greatest significance of the California Art Club's efforts lies, not only in its effort to improve the quality of work produced but to enable more of our representative citizens to know and enjoy contact with the artists and their work -- thus this exhibit is a gesture in the direction of enabling all people to enjoy the finer things in life in California.
Prizes, made possible by Los Angeles prominent art collectors and enthusiasts as an added incentive, include the following:-- the Mrs. Queen Walker Bordman $100 Prize for Sculpture; the Evelyn Dalzell Hatfield Gold Medal and $50 for the painting which contributes the most to the success of the exhibit; the Paul Mabury $50 Prize for Landscape; the Elizabeth Holmes Fisher $50 Prize for Still Life; the Art Dealers' $50 Prize to be awarded to an artist not before receiving a prize at the museum; the California Art Club Prize for Figure Painting, and the California Art Club Prize for Sculpture.

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[The image above is from the cover of the original 22nd exhibition pamphlet, featuring a painting entitled Sunday Morning by Paul Starrett Sample, included in the exhibition.]