January 1-31, 1907: The January small exhibition was composed of “…twenty oils and seven watercolors … fourteen of the club’s members are represented.” The sign painted for exhibitions of the Painters’ Club was done by Val Costello. (L.A. Times, Jan. 6, 1907 6,2 3-5)


Small Exhibition at Ford Smith & Little’s

January 1 – 31, 1907

  • Antony E. Anderson
    A Man from Cuba – life size head
  • Antony E. Anderson
    Summertime – outdoor sketch of a seated girl in pink
  • Charles Percy Austin
    The Brick Kiln – opaque watercolor
  • Harry Lewis Bailey
    The Meadow – oil
  • Harry Lewis Bailey
    San Gabriel Chimes – watercolor (reprinted in L.A. Times, Jan. 20, 1907)
  • Harry Lewis Bailey
    Hotel Green, Pasadena – watercolor
  • Carl Oscar Borg
    Last Ray of the Sun
  • Hobart Bosworth
    Cottonwoods, Tempe
  • Hobart Bosworth
    Quatros Pecos, from Tempe
  • Albert Clinton Conner
    A Mountain Stream
  • Albert Clinton Conner
    Foggy Morning
  • Frank Conner
    The Brook
  • Frank Conner
    Afternoon in the Cañon
  • David Dunn
    Evening
  • Frank Elwin Evans
    Early Morning
  • Martin J. Jackson
    Cannas
  • Martin J. Jackson
    Autumn Moon – oil
  • Martin J. Jackson
    Haying Time – oil
  • Aaron E. Kilpatrick
    Among the Hills – “first canvas ever exhibited by this young artist”
  • Frank R. Liddell
    Sunset in the Arroyo
  • Frank R. Liddell
    Monterey
  • Frank R. Liddell
    A Gray Day
  • Hanson Puthuff
    Cloud Shadows – oil
  • Hanson Puthuff
    The New Garment – oil
  • Hanson Puthuff
    December Green – oil
  • Norman St. Clair
    The Yellow Sands
  • Norman St. Clair
    Windswept
  • Charles S. Ward
    The Gateway – “…painted on a ranch not far from L.A., it’s motif might have come from some quaint and ruined chateau in the south of France.”

More artwork confusion: “About twenty-five canvases will be hung.” (“Art Notes,” L.A. Times, Dec. 30, 1906). “…twenty oils and seven watercolors … fourteen of the club’s members are represented.” (“By the Painters’ Club,” L.A. Times, Jan. 6, 1907 6,2 3-5). “There are twenty-nine pictures shown in the January exhibition of the Painters’ Club…” (“Art Notes,” L.A. Times, Jan. 13, 1907). Twenty-eight works (above) are named in the Jan. 6, 1907 article, representing fifteen club members.


February 1-28, 1907: The February small exhibition was hung with “twenty-nine pictures this month, in oils, watercolors and pastels” by fifteen club members. Most of the pictures were landscapes – only two were figurative, and both of those were small, one by Anderson and the other by Austin.
(L.A. Times, Feb. 10, 1907; Feb.17, 1907)


Small Exhibition at Ford Smith & Little’s

February 1 – 28, 1907

  • Antony E. Anderson
    (one small figurative piece – L.A. Times, Feb. 10, 1907)
  • Charles Percy Austin
    Los Fueles – pastel
  • Charles Percy Austin
    Beach at Twilight – pastel
  • Harry Lewis Bailey
    Near Ocean Park – watercolor
  • Harry Lewis Bailey
    After the Rain – oil
  • Carl Oscar Borg
    Graveyard of Old Ships – oil
  • Carl Oscar Borg
    The Old Ranch – oil
  • Hobart Bosworth
    Quatros Pecos – oil
  • Albert Clinton Conner
    The Rustic Bridge
  • Albert Clinton Conner
    Oak-strewn Mountain Side
  • Frank Conner
    Iris, Colorado Desert – oil
  • Val Costello
    The Oak
  • William Swift Daniell
    Laguna – small watercolor
  • William Swift Daniell
    Long Beach – small watercolor
  • David Dunn
    The Wash Near San Gabriel – oil
  • David Dunn
    In the Santa Anita Wash – oil
  • Martin J. Jackson
    Sultry Morning
  • Martin J. Jackson
    Oreland Park
  • Aaron E. Kilpatrick
    Between Showers
  • Frank R. Liddell
    (“…two refined bits of color…”) -watercolor
  • Frank R. Liddell
    Redwoods – oil
  • Hanson Puthuff
    Late Afternoon – oil
  • Hanson Puthuff
    Evening Glow – oil
  • Norman St. Clair
    Blazoned Cliffs – watercolor
  • Norman St. Clair
    April – watercolor

Although the articles agree on the number of pictures in this exhibit (twenty-nine), only twenty-five are named in “The Painters’ Club” (L.A. Times, Feb. 17, 1907). Antony Anderson notes that he exhibits one small figurative piece in the Feb. 10, 1907, column, but neglects the title.

“Exhibitions This Week: Painters’ Club – Ford Smith’s”
Listed in L.A. Times, Feb. 24, 1907; March 3, 1907; “The only exhibition now open is that of the Painters’ Club at Ford Smith’s,” March 10, 1907; March 17, 1907; March 24, 1907; March 31, 1907.


March 1-31, 1907: The March small exhibition (? – artists & artwork unknown) at Ford Smith & Little’s.

(Under “Exhibitions This Week,” [“Art and Artists,” L.A. Times], the weekly exhibition listing features “Painters’ Club – Ford Smith’s” regularly, but there is no mention of new work. It could be that the February exhibition was extended through the end of March. A previous note about the new exhibition space, in the L.A. Times, Nov. 11, 1906, says “These pictures will be changed from time to time (in all probability every two months)” – though that didn’t hold for the previous two exhibits of December 1906 and January 1907.)

March 30, 1907: “The Painters’ Club held its usual monthly meeting at the Art Students’ League on Saturday evening. The club’s April exhibition of pictures will open early this week.” (L.A. Times, March 31, 1907)

April 1-30, 1907: The April small exhibition at Ford Smith & Little’s, comprised of “twenty pictures in all” by ten members listed. (L.A. Times, April 7, 1907 6,2,3-4)


Small Exhibition at Ford Smith & Little’s

April 1 – 30, 1907

  • Charles Percy Austin
    (“… nude figure of a girl standing beside a huge Chinese lantern…”)
  • Harry Bailey
    Path in the Woods – small watercolor
  • Harry Bailey
    Santa Monica Palisades – oil
  • Clinton Conner
    Lake Elsinore
  • Clinton Conner
    Study of Oaks
  • Val Costello
    The Sentinels
  • William Swift Daniell
    The Oak – watercolor
  • William Swift Daniell
    Road to the Mountains – watercolor
  • David Dunn
    A Study of Trees
  • Aaron Kilpatrick
    The Witches
  • Hanson Puthuff
    The Hillside
  • Hanson Puthuff
    Stony Bed
  • J. W. Theiss
    Clifton-by-the-Sea – small watercolor
  • J. W. Theiss
    Study in Laurel Cañon – small watercolor
  • Charles Selbie
    A Garden – “…the youngest member of the club…his tiny square of water color… has the decorative color harmony of a Japanese print .”
  • Charles Selbie
    The Trout Stream

In “Pictures by the Painters’ Club,” (L.A. Times, Apr. 7, 1907), “twenty pictures in all” are in the April exhibition. That leaves four other works unnamed in the article. Only ten members are listed.

“Exhibitions This Week: Painters’ Club – Ford Smith’s”
Listed in L.A. Times, Apr. 14, 1907; Apr. 21, 1907; April 28, 1907; May 5, 1907; May 19, 1907. Since no small exhibition for May is listed, the April 1907 exhibition could have been extended through May.


May, 1907: “The Painters’ Club has adjourned its fortnightly meetings till the first week in September. On June 15 it will give a sort of “farewell performance” to members and friends, its stunt being in the shape of an impromtu exhibition and a garden party. The Painters’ Club has worked valiantly and well for the last year, and all its admirers – and they are almost countless – wish it a prosperous and happy vacation.” (L.A. Times, May 26, 1907)

June 15, 1907: “The Painters’ Club will give a garden party to its members and friends on Saturday of this week. They will also hold an impromptu exhibition at the studio of William Swift Daniell, No. 2620 Manitou Avenue.” (L.A. Times, June 9, 1907)

“An interesting feature of the very enjoyable garden party which the Painters’ Club gave to their friends on Saturday evening of last week, at the home of William Swift Daniell, one of the members of the club, was the impromptu exhibition of pictures held in Mr. Daniell’s studio. Good new things were shown by Charles Ward, Harry Bailey, William Swift Daniell, J. W. Theiss, Charles Selbie, Norman St. Clair, A. E. Kilpatrick, Hanson Puthuff and others, while a number of familiar canvases by the different members were also hung. The Painters’ Club will not meet again till the last week of September or the first week of October.” (L.A. Times, June 23, 1907)

September, 1907: “The next publication of the California State Library at Sacramento will give attention to art in California. The work of the Painters’ Club of Los Angeles will be written of at some length.” (L.A. Times, Sept. 15, 1907)

November 20, 1907: “The Painters’ Club held its first meeting of the year on last Wednesday evening at the home studio of Albert Clinton Conner, No. 242 South Griffin Avenue. The club’s plans for the coming year were discussed.” (L.A. Times, November 24, 1907)

November 26, 1907: Albert Clinton Conner re-elected President, and David Dunn elected Secretary and Treasurer, replacing Antony Anderson, who was then unanimously voted an Honorary Member. (PC Minutes) Two visiting artists were also present (“brothers of the brush”).

“The Painters’ Club held a meeting at the studio of Martin J. Jackson, in the Copp building, on last Tuesday evening. On Wednesday afternoon all the members of the club started out together for a few hours of sketching in the neighborhood of Sycamore Grove. No doubt they have some very good “bits” to show for their afternoon’s pleasant outing.” (L.A. Times, Dec. 1, 1907)

December 2, 1907: Ten members of the club and one visiting “brother of the brush” met at Jackson’s studio. (PC Minutes)

“The Painters’ Club held an enthusiastic meeting, the first of the year, at the studio of Martin J. Jackson, on Tuesday evening (this would be Dec. 3rd, the PC Minutes say Dec. 2) of last week. Albert Clinton Conner was reelected president, and David Dunn was made secretary and treasurer. Three new applicants for [illegible] presented their names, which will be voted on at the next meeting of the club.”
(L.A. Times, Dec. 8, 1907)

December 17, 1907: A special meeting was called for the purpose of examining the work of three (unknown) new applicants for membership. (PC Minutes)