Looking Back, 1939 – 1945
Los Angeles Times art critic, Arthur Millier gives a positive review of the Whittier
Art Galleryโs opening night, stating,
โโฆa high level of intelligence and taste was needed to produce such a lovely placeโฆโ
1939 April 16, ๐๐ค๐จ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐๐จ:
Arthur Millier reports that 600 visitors attended the galleryโs opening night. He closed with, โBecause the gallery is so fine, it has already been offered exhibitions ofย a quality which ordinarily Whittier would never have a chance to see. Whittier hasย shown Southern California the wayโ.
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Arthur Millier,ย
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย April 16, 1939, ๐๐ฐ๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด
1939 April 16th, ๐๐ค๐จ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐๐จ
Phil Dike exhibits water colors with thirteen other artists at the Whittier Art Galleryโs
Opening Exhibition.
Note: Phil Dike was California Water Color Society President in 1938. He was employed by the Walt Disney
Studios 1935 โ 1945, where he taught drawing composition. He contributed to both Snow White and Fantasia.
Phil Dike was a key figure in the development of California style of water color painting.
1939 July 25, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
An oil painting, nearly 400 years old, is discovered in an East Whittier home. The painting by Venetian master,
Paris Bordone, had once hung in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and had not been seen by the
public for over 35 years. The painting was shown at the Whittier Art Gallery and the public was invited to hear
a special lecture.
1939 July 27, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Art critic, Philip A. Ramus, the fine arts connoisseur of London and Hollywood, will speak about the Paris Bordone painting.
1939 July 28, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Painting of Renaissance painter, Paris Bordone, is displayed at the Whittier Art Gallery. The painting is valued at $125,000.
1939 August 1, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Visitors from London and eight states come to view the 400 year old Renaissance painting by Paris Bordone.
1939 August 11, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Rex Brandt and other artists from the Progressive Art Center of Southern California, exhibit โmodernโ paintings at the Gallery. Young artist Rex Brandt, became a nationally recognized artist and Associate of the National Academy
of Design. He returned to have a solo exhibit at the Whittier Art Gallery in December of 1957.ย ย
Rex Brandt ย (1914 โ 2000)
Rex Brandt
๐๐ธ๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฆ
Watercolor
1939 October 9, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Paintings by conservative painters, Hanson Puthuff, Katheryn Leighton, Jessie Botke,ย William Wendt, Clyde Forsythe, George Brandriff, William Ritschel, Jack W. Smith,ย Carl Borg, and others, are exhibited. The paintings
were sent from the Biltmore Salon In Los Angeles.
1939 November 7, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Mrs. Haig, โdean of Whittier artists,โ exhibits water colors.
1940 January 8, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
The exhibit of Richard Munsell ย oil and water color paintings was proclaimed, “Years outstanding local one-man painting show”, by Arthur Millier, Los Angeles Times art critic. Richard Munsell was a California Art Club exhibiting Member, 1935 – 1938. He taught at the Chouinard Art Institute.
1940 March 1, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Wayne Long is known widely through out California for his ceramic work.ย He is president of the Whittier Art Association.
1940 March 13, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
The Whittier Art Association begins their annual Membership Drive, remembering their first year in the gallery
they built on Painter Ave.
1940 May 23, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Sam Hyde Harris wins award in Whittier Art Associationโs Competitive Memberโs Exhibit.
1940 July 8, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Camera Club members remember the origin of the club’s name, “Circle of Confusion.”
1940 July 20, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Architect William Harrison exhibits his drawings and photographs.ย It was W.H. Harrison that donated the plans
for the Whittier Art Gallery in 1938.
1940 October 5, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Ejnar Hanson exhibits oil paintings and watercolors. He is president of theย California Water Color Society, and has been represented in both the New York and San Francisco World Fairs.
1941 January, 4, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Architect William Harrison, who donated the plans for the Whittier Art Gallery in 1938, is praised by the
๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ.
1941 January 16, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Paintings by Millard Sheets, Edgar Payne, Marian Kavanagh Wachtel, Anna Hills, and Paul Lauritz have been
loaned for the galleryโs exhibit of โArt Gemsโ. Mabel Haig is chairman of the committee in charge.
Marion Kavanagh Wachtel ย (1873-77 โ 1954)
Marion Kavanagh Wachtel
๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ด, 1904
Oil painting
1941 January 20, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Loan exhibit opens with 35 oil and water color paintings by American, Canadian, and European artists.
1941 March 17, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Sueo Serisawa, Japanese-American artist, exhibits paintings at the gallery. Click article twice to enlarge.
1941 June 4, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Pruett Carter, illustrator, exhibits illustrations from such magazines as ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ, ๐๐ค ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด, and ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ.
He is considered as โone of the top ranking Illustrators for popular magazinesโ.
Pruett Carterย ย (1891 โ 1955)
Pruett Carter
Illustration, Ladies Home Journal
1941 September 29, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Ceramic artist, Wayne Long, will visit major cities to give ceramics demonstrations. Wayne Long served as
Whittier Art Association president 1939-1940.
1941 October 27, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
A Proclamation of the Mayor of Whittier urges all citizens to enroll as members of the Whittier Art Association.
This article appeared on the newspaper’s front page, five weeks before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
1941 December 3, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Millard Sheets attends a dinner party before his evening as a guest speaker at the Whittier Art Gallery.
Mabel Haig studied with Millard Sheets in 1930.
1941 December 6, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
An exhibit of work by the late Eleanor Colburn features her Modern Madonna paintings. The exhibit was
scheduled to open on Sunday, December 7th, at 3:00 pm. Pearl Harbor was bombed at 10:00 am that morning,
and the whole town of Whittier was locked down.
Elanor Ruth Colburnย ย (1866 โ 1939)
Elanor Ruth Colburn
๐๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ, 1937
Oil on canvas
1942 January 1, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Paul Lauritz, Los Angeles artist, famous throughout the United States, exhibits at the gallery.
Note:ย Paul Lauritz is a member of The Society of Sanity in Art. He is elected California Art Club President,
June, 1942.
1942 March 5, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Orpha Klinker, prominent Los Angeles artist exhibits paintings and etchings. One of her etchings is currently exhibited at the National Academy in New York.
Orpha Klinkerย ย (1891 โ 1964)
Orpha Klinker
๐๐ช๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
Watercolor
Orpha Klinkerย ย (1891 โ 1964)
Orpha Klinker
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ
Oil on canvas, 25 X 30 in.
1942 April 2, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Edgar Payne, a conservative painter, is internationally known for his landscape and marine paintings.
Edgar Alwin Payneย ย (1883 โ 1947)
Edgar Alwin Payne
๐๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ, 1921
Oil painting
1942 April 3, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Edgar Payne exhibits oil paintings. He is the author of ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ต, and ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ
(published 1941). He is โone of the best known American artistsโฆโ.
Edgar Alwin Payneย ย (1883 โ 1947)
Edgar Alwin Payne
๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ
1942 April 6, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Edgar Payne attends his reception at the Whittier Art Gallery where his large paintings of Arizona scenes, studies
of the High Sierras, and Mediterranean seascapes are exhibited.
Edgar Alwin Payneย ย (1883 โ 1947)
Edgar Alwin Payne
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, before 1947
Oil painting
1942 May 19, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Art Association provides pot luck dinner with bargain cafeteria price of only five cents per serving.ย
The association will furnish coffee, strawberries and sugar (These would be welcomed words during this time of
war rationing of sugar).
1942 May 30, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Ten nationally-known artists exhibited during the galleryโs 1941-1942 year. There were two memberโs competitive exhibits.
1942 July 11, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Chouinard Art Institute exhibits the artwork of 14 advanced students in the main gallery. Mabel George Haig
exhibits water colors in the small gallery, reserved for Whittier Art Association members.ย In her paintings
Petunias, The Pink Boat, and Not a Throughfare are among her paintings on display.
1942 July 28, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Mabel Haig exhibits water colors in group exhibit. She has exhibited at the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries in Los Angeles.
Note: The Dalzell Hatfield Galleries in Los Angeles were located in the elegant Ambassador Hotel.
Ambassador Hotel Postcard
c. 1925
This postcard shows the area that made up the Ambassador Hotel grounds in Los Angeles. The Ambassador Hotel was a gathering place for Hollywood legends and famous personalities. This postcard was likely created from a glass slide. Color photography was not invented until the late 1930s.
USA Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel
Note: The massive 500 room Ambassador Hotel opened in Los Angeles in 1921. The Dalzell Hatfield Galleries were located inside the hotel from 1925 ย – ย 1963.
1942 August 11, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Lt. Arthur Beaumont exhibits his paintings at the Whittier Art Gallery through August, 1942. He speaks at an open meeting, giving a โwitty and entertaining account of painting the โgreat flying fortresses, or B-17sโ.
1943 January 11, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Sam Hyde Harris exhibits 14 paintings during January. He will give a demonstration of โhow to paint an
oil paintingโฆproceeding through each stepโ.
1943, April 14 ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Clyde Forsythe โone of Americaโs great desert painters, spoke on โthe qualities which make a picture greatโ.ย
He is a personal friend of American illustrator, Norman Rockwell.
Victor Clyde Forsytheย ย (1885 โ 1962)
Victor Clyde Forsythe
Illustration, 1920
Leslieโs Photographic Review of the Great War
Ida OโKeeffe Comes to Whittier
The Whittier Art Galleryโs exhibit announcements appeared in the Los Angeles Times, and throughout 1942, the gallery had shown monthly exhibits of the work of 10 nationally-known artists.ย Whatever her reasons, Ida OโKeeffe came, โan artist from the Eastโ, moving to Whittier during the frightening years of Word War II.ย She found employment as a draughtsman at the Douglas plant in Long Beach.
Idaโs Apartment
Ida first settled in an apartment at 205 Earlham Drive, just across the street from Whittier College. ย Her apartment was within walking distance of the Whittier Art Gallery.
Guest Registry Page
By May 10, 1943, Ida OโKeeffe was established with the members of the Whittier Art Association & Gallery, and her signature appears in the registry as โIda OโKeeffe in chargeโ. She was taking a turn working at the desk, and helping with the galleryโs management.
1943 July 15, ๐๐ค๐จ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐๐จ:
Clyde Forsythe works to complete a series of five paintings depicting the history of a desert town.
1943 August 7, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
E. Roscoe Shrader, Dean of Otis Art Institute, will speak at the gallery. โAn additional attraction will be the showing
of a colored film of art students at work at Otisโ. The current exhibit is student work from Otis.
Otis Art Institute, 1939
Otis Art Institute opened in Los Angeles in 1918. Otis, located on Wilshire Boulevard in Westchester, Los Angeles, was the first independent, professional school of art in Southern California. A new campus facility replaced the original building in 1957.
1943 August 11, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Otis Art Institute sends Traveling Exhibitions to Army bases and provides art kits to young artists in the service. Excerpts of servicemenโs letters were read at the galleryโs open meeting.
1943 September 2, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Clyde Forsythe, famous desert painter, exhibits through September at the Whittier Art Gallery. Plans are made for Mr. Forsythe to speak at the galleryโs open meeting with his friend, muralist Dean Cornwall.
Victor Clyde Forsytheย ย (1885 โ 1962)
Victor Clyde Forsythe
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ
Oil on board, 12 X 16 in.
1943 September 10, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
The Art Associationโฆwill present to the public, โtwo internationally famous artists, Clyde Forsythe and Dean Cornwallโ, who will speak at the open meeting. Dean Cornwall recently finished the murals in the Los Angeles
Public Library. While living in LA, Dean Cornwall shares Clyde Forsytheโs studio.
1943 September 16, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Clyde Forsythe and Dean Cornwall use โhumor, wit, and gay banterโ as they engage in an impromptu debate on commercial art verses pure art.
Los Angeles Central Library
630 W. 5th St. Downtown Los Angeles
Dean Cornwall was awarded the contract to paint murals for the rotunda of the Los Angeles Central Library in 1927.
Central Library Rotunda Mural
Dean Cornwallโs murals can be viewed in the rotunda at the Los Angeles Central Library. The mosaic work in the rotunda is the work of Daniel L. Lu.
It took Dean Cornwall five years of research and work to complete the murals in the Los Angeles Central Library rotunda.
Central Library Rotunda Mural, c. 1930
Dean Cornwall (1892-1960) was a celebrated and well-known during his lifetime. From 1920 through the mid-1950s, his art appeared regularly in magazines, illustrated books, and posters advertising hundreds of products. In this photo, Dean Cornwall is standing at the top of the stairs.
The Founding of Los Angeles, 1932
This mural is one of 12 murals depicting four great eras of California history.
Dean Cornwall completed the murals in 1932.
1943 October 2, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Clyde Forsythe, Dean Cornwall, and Ralph Holmes served as judges for the October, 1943ย memberโsย competitive exhibit. Ralph Holmes served as president of the California Art Clubย from 1939 to 1941.
1943 October 8, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Art Landyโs painting, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ, receives first place in water colors. โThe Red Carโ creator must have hunted diligently through all California to find the ugliest combination of hill, houses, fence and vegetation, and then stuck a sadly drawn electric car with a gigantic power pole thrust up its middle smack in the center of the hill of horrorsโฆโ
1943 December 9, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Sam Hyde Harris exhibits 17 of his oil paintings. At the open meeting, he painted a Demonstration picture of the Sierra Madre Mountains. Ida OโKeeffe attended the presentation and helped serve refreshments.
1944 March 13, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Hanson Puthuff exhibits landscape paintings in oil. The artistโs friend, Sam Hyde Harris will speak on the โLife and Works of Hanson Puthuff at the open meeting.
Note:ย ย Hanson Puthuff painted the mural backgrounds for the animal dioramas in the Los Angeles
County Museum of History, Science, and Art.ย He is a member of the California Art Club.
1944 June 19, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Paul Lauritz exhibits 13 large oil paintings in the main floor gallery. He will demonstrate Charcoal drawing at an upcoming open meeting.
Paul Lauritzย ย (1889 โ 1975)
Paul Lauritz
๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ
Oil on board, 25 X 30 in.
1944 July 17, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
An exhibit of paintings of New Guinea by Whittier Art Association Past President Wayne Long, is planned.
1944 September 1, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Katherine Leighton exhibits her Indian portraits. Her canvases have hung in the Biltmore Salon.
1944 September 12, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Katheryn Leightonโs oil paintings are reviewed by Sam Hyde Harris at the Galleryโs open meeting. He comments on her drawing skill and her use of color and value. She has painted over 700 paintings of Indians, showing the esteem
of her Indian friends. โShe has been made an honorary member of the Blackfoot Tribe of Montanaโ.
1945 January 8, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Whittier Art Association Past President, Wayne Long, and Whittier artists Forrest Randall, Roger Hollenbeck, and Larken Vaught ย exhibit their artwork at the gallery.
1945 January 29, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
More than 600 visitors from 16 cities visited the Servicemen Art Exhibit in January.
1945 March 26, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Ejner Hansen exhibits paintings. He was born in Denmark, and studied painting and sculpture in Copenhagen.
He praised the Whittier Art Gallery, which he said, โpossesses great charmโ. He is an instructor at Otis Art Institute, and a member of the California Art Club.
1945 April 7, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Conrad Buff exhibits paintings and lithographs at the Whittier Art Gallery. His paintings hang in the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Chicago Art Institute, the Los Angeles Museum, and the San Diego Museum.
Conrad Buffย ย (1886 โ 1975)
Conrad Buff
Oil on thin paperboard, 11 1/2 x 15 1/2
Conrad Buffย ย (1886 โ 1975)ย ย ย ย ย ย
Conrad Buff
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, c. 1940
Oil on Masonite
1945 May 15, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
The Whittier Art Association celebrated the end of their gallery’s mortgage debt on May 14, 1945. The Whittier News article shared the following:
“Perhaps more than any one other person responsible for the [Art] Associationย was Mrs. Myron J. Haig whose untiring efforts to have all debts paid this year were broughtย to a successful close when Mr. Fries held a match to the mortgage last evening”.
1945 November 15, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
WAA Memberโs exhibit Jury of Selection:ย Ida OโKeeffe, Larken Vaught, Richard Harris and Glen Nelson.ย Judges:ย John Hubbard Rich, Ejnar Hansen, Roscoe Shrader, Dean of Otis Art Institute.