1917 February 5, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Mabel and Myron Haig spend the day “enjoying the beauties” of Laguna Beach.
1918 July 22, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
The old hotel pavilion in Laguna Beach is being remodeled under the direction of Edgar Payne, “to meet the needs
of an exhibition”. It will be known as the Laguna Art Gallery”.
1920 June 10, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
โIn Laguna Beachโฆthe old pavilion was converted to a gallery managed by the artists themselvesโฆa permanent association has been formed.”
1921 June 3, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Laguna Beach Art Association members exhibit at the Whittier Womanโs club house. Artists include Anna Hills, Hanson Puthuff, Edgar Payne, Karl Yens, Guy Rose, Sam Hyde Harris, and others.
1921 November 4, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Mabel Haig exhibits her water color painting โMorning Mistโ in a competitive exhibit at the Southwest Museum,
in Los Angeles.
1922 August 7, ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Mabel Haig exhibits in the August Anniversary exhibition of the Laguna Beach Art Association. Among the other exhibiting artists are Benjamin Brown, Frank Cuprien, Henri DeKruif, William Griffith, and Anna Hills.
1923 January 4, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Mabel George Haig is accepted as a member of the California Watercolor Society. She will exhibit with the group
in January at the Franklin Galleries in Hollywood.
1923 January 11, ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Mabel spends a week with Anna Hills in Laguna at her home in Laguna Beach.
1923 January 23, ๐๐ค๐จ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐๐จ:
Mabel Haig is accepted as one of the first 20 members of the California Water Color Society. She exhibits with
the groupโs artists including, Edouard Vysekal, Karl Yens, Marion Kavanagh Wachtel, and Carl Borg.
1923 March 21, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Mabel Haig speaks about California Painters to a local womenโs PEO group. The article mentions, โThe fact that
Mrs. Haig is personally acquainted with many of these artists made it especially interesting. She predicted that California would some day be one of the great art centers of the world.โ
1924 April 10, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Mabel Haig is honored as a finalist in a national House Beautiful Magazine cover design contest. โHer picture with others chosen for display, has been on exhibition at the Boston Public Library, and the Art Center in New York City, and will be shown in several other cities throughout the East, and in Chicagoโฆโ
1924 May 16, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Anna Hills of Laguna Beach teaches an art sketching class at the Whittier Womanโs club house. An exhibition and
tea are planned. โ. . . Gentlemen will be welcomed at the exhibition.”
1924 May 21, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Thirty small water color paintings by Anna Hills and 100 sketches, the work of her sketch class students will be exhibited at the Whittier Womanโs clubhouse.
1924 May 23, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Anna Hills and her students exhibit at Whittier Womanโs clubhouse. Ten students, including Mrs. Myron J. Haig (Mabel Haig), exhibit water colors and oils.
1925 March 30, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Anna Hills, president of the Laguna Beach Art Association, teaches bi-monthly sketch class at the Whittier Womanโs club house.
1928 September 25, ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Laguna Beach Recognized Art Colony of West Coast
โThe dream chasing artistsโ of the Laguna Beach Art Association see work on their new gallery begin. The new
gallery to be built on a high site overlooking the Pacificโ.
1929 December 27, ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง:
The prosperous Roaring Twenties came to an abrupt end with the stock market crash, October 24, 1929.
The Laguna Beach Art Association occurred some debt. The Art Association’s artists held three art auctions to
raise funds to pay-off the debt. Both Mabel Haig and her close friend, Anna Hills, donated paintings to be sold for
the benefit of the Art Association.
1930 June 15, ๐๐ค๐จ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐๐จ:
Anna Hills of Laguna Beach, internationally known landscapist, dies of a heart attack.
1930 June 27, ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐พ๐ค๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Mabel George Haig exhibits at the Laguna Beach Art Gallery in July, 1930. Her water color painting, Shanty Town
is entry #18. Some of the other participating artists are George Brandriff, Benjamin Brown, Frank Cuprien, Elanor Colburn, Phil Dike, Clyde Forsythe, William Griffith, Anna A. Hills, Joseph Kleitsch, Hanson Puthuff, Edgar Payne,
and Donna Schuster.
1934 May 22, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Meeting called to form an Art Association.
1934 May 25, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Plans are made for the Pio Pico Mansion to become the home of the Whittier Art Gallery. Mrs. Myron Haig
โmotorsโ with others to Laguna to seek advice from William Griffith.ย The Whittier Art Association opens a temporary gallery on Philadelphia Street in Whittier.
1934 May 29, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
William A. Griffith, three times president of the Laguna Beach Art Association, exhibits his paintings at the
Whittier Art Gallery. Ruth Peabody exhibits her statuary.
1934 June 1, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Laguna Beach Art Association past president, William Griffith, spoke at the galleryโs open meeting. โHe
encouraged the members of the Whittier [Art] Association in the belief that Whittier too, can be made an
important art and cultural centerโ.ย He went on to say, โI wish you all the luck in the world, and Laguna will do everything possible to help youโ.
1934 June 18, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Laguna artists William Brandriff and Ida May Sharpless exhibit at the Whittier Art Gallery.
1934 July 2, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Edgar Payne paints a demonstration picture at the Whittier Art Gallery. He was the first president of the Laguna Beach Art Association, and he is โone of Californiaโs most prominent painters.
1934 July 3, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Edgar Payne exhibits 36 canvases at the Whittier Art Gallery. More than 100 people watch his painting demonstration on opening night. His paintings โbring to Whittier all the light and color and grandeur of the wide-open spaces of many placesโ.
1934 July 14, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
The California Water Color Society exhibits 60 watercolor paintings at the gallery. ย Among the exhibiting artists were: Phil Dike, Hardie Gramatky, Mabel George Haig, Eduard Vysekal, Donna Schuster, and Lucille Hinkle.ย
1934 July 27, ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐พ๐ค๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
The South Coast News, announces that Whittier has organized an Art Association โfor the whole surrounding community between Los Angeles and Laguna Beachโ. The Association is sponsoring art classes in water color landscape by Mabel George Haig; life drawing by Eleanor Colburn, sculpture by Ruth Peabody, and pottery by
pupils of Glen Lukens.
1934 July 30, California Water Color Society mailing note:
When the California Water Color Society exhibit closed, the paintings were sent to the Los Angeles County
Historical and Art Museum.
1934 August 4, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Emil Kosa Jr. exhibits water color paintings and drawings at the gallery. Also exhibited are paintings by Alfred W. Johnston, sculpture by various artists, pottery by pupils of Glen Lukens, and pastels by Harry Muir Kurtzworth.ย
Mr. Kurtzworth is the director of the Los Angeles Art Association.
1934 August 20, ๐๐ค๐จ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐๐จ:
The Los Angeles Times Newspaper announces that the writing of the late Anna Hills, โHow to Judge Picturesโ,
will be read at a meeting of the Whittier Art Association.ย Anna Hills was one of the cofounders of the
Laguna Beach Art Center and Gallery.
Note: The correct title of the document is โHow to Judge a Pictureโ, written by Anna Hills for a talk she gave about two months before she passed away in 1930.
1934 September 16, ๐๐ค๐จ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐๐จ :
The Whittier Art Gallery exhibits paintings by the late Anna Hills; water colors by Mabel George Haig, and
engravings by Paul Landacre. Harry Muir Kurtzworth will speak at the open meeting on โArt in Southern Californiaโ.ย
Anna Althea Hillsย ย (1882 โ 1930)
Anna Althea Hills
๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ , 1910
Watercolor, 7 X 9 1/2 in
1934 September 18, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Mr. Kurtzworth, has served as curator of the Los Angeles Museum, is now the director of the Los Angeles Art Association. He speaks at the galleryโs open meeting. stating, โYour problem is to take Art to the people,
and later, the people will come to Art.โ
1934 October 2, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Karl Yens exhibits paintings and prints. Water colors by Tom Lewis, sculpture by Sherry Peticolas, and wood
carving by Ruth Bennett. A competitive show for Whittier Art Association members will open November 15.
1934 October 16, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Conrad Buff exhibit features paintings and lithographs. He has painted the mountains of the Swiss Alps, Alaska, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, and California.ย ย Buff also painted a mural over the mantel in Whittierโs William Penn Hotel. Other exhibiting artists are Worden Bethell, Jason Herron, and Ruth Bennett.
1934 October 19, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Mr. R. F. James, illustrator from New York City, will speak on art from the standpoint of illustration. Exhibited are paintings and lithographs by Conrad Buff, paintings, pastels and water colors by Worden Bethell, sculpture by
Jason Herron, and carved wood panels by Ruth Bennett.
1934 December 14, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Otis Art Institute instructors, Mr. Roscoe Shrader and Edouard Vysekal, will speak at the Whittier Art Gallery.
Mr. Roscoe Shrader is president of the California Art Club, and Edouard Vysekal is a noted Southern California painter.
1934 December 18, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Mr. Roscoe Shrader, Dean of Otis Art Institute, speaks on the purpose and value of art. The artwork of
Miss. Dowiatt is exhibited. Popular prizes for the Whittier Art Association memberโs competitive exhibit are awarded.
1938 April 15, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Forrest Randall “brings a cosmopolitan opportunity to Whittier for his water colors have been exhibited in the
Feragil galleries in New York, and his wall paper designs in the Waldorf Astoria in that city.”
1938 December 5, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Work on the first unit of the Whittier Art Gallery will commence tomorrow. Donor Fred L. Pease, architect
William Harrison, and contractor Raymond Hunnicutt will attend. The Art Association secured a site on Painter Avenue which is one of the most attractive streets and one of the main entrances of the city.
1938 December 6, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Ground breaking exercises were held at 727 South Painter Avenue, attended by Art Association members and representatives of leading civic organizations. Mrs. Mryon Haig, president of the Whittier Art Association, accepted the deed of the property on which would be built the new home of the Whittier Art Center. She turned at least one shovel of dirt to speed up the actual building work.ย
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Note:ย The galleryโs original address of 727 So. Painter Ave. was changed to 8035 Painter Ave. in the 1960s.
1938 December 6, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Construction of the first unit of the Whittier Art Center (Gallery) will be 36 X 36 feet facing East, so arranged that an ell can be added to the Southwest corner and then further galleries on the West end of the lot as the need develops.
1938 December 29, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Only the exterior of the gallery was completed until more funds were raised to complete the inside. “Friends of the Association” solicited funds. Whittier citizens who supported the cause are listed.
1930 August 9, ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง:
The Laguna Beach Art Gallery exhibits 76 canvases in the 12th Anniversary show. Some of the exhibiting artists
were William Wendt, Joseph Kleitsch, William A. Griffith, Mabel George Haig, Karl Yens, Frank Cuprien, and
Clyde Forsythe.
1939 January 27, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
The Whittier Art Gallery was given warm support from the Whittier Woman’s Club, Jr. Woman’s Club,ย East Whittier Woman’s Club, the Business and Professional Woman’s Club, the Parent-Teachers Association (PTA), and organizations in every school district, covering the entire community.ย The town’s businessmen also contributed.
1939 February 14, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Mabel George Haig was invited to exhibit at the World’s Fair on Treasure Island.
1939 February 27, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
Whittier artist Forrest Randall designs fabric for one of Scarlett O’Hara’s costumes worn in the motion picture
“Gone With the Wind”.
1939 March 20, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
The gallery has been designed with โspecial lighting effectsโ, and the walls will be of burlap.
โThe building has been so constructed thatโฆa wing or wings may be added.โ
1939 April 10, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ:
New Building of Whittier Art Group to Open Tonight.
“All is in readiness for the opening tonight at 8 o’clock of the galleries of the Whittier Art Association, South Painter Avenue and Moorland Drive. Members of the organization, aided by loyal friends, have labored months towards this achievement.”
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
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.
Looking Back, 1940 – 1944
The Whittier Art Gallery continued to exhibit the work of prominent artists while bracing for World War II and living through the most difficult of the War years. Exhibits of the work of Edgar Payne, Enjar Hansen, Eleanor Colburn, Clyde Forsythe, Sam Hyde Harris, Hanson Puthuff, and others, […]
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.
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.
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.
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.
1942 April 2, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง:
Edgar Payne, a conservative painter, is internationally known for his landscape and marine paintings.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.