James Couper Wright exhibits water color in a one-man show at the gallery.
Note:ย James Couper Wright earned 48 awards during the 1930s for his still life paintings and landscapes that
were considered โbold and modernโ. He was a member of the California Waterย Color Society from 1931 to 1956.
Jean Charlot, internationally famed muralist, show his lithographs in a solo exhibit at the Whittier Art Gallery.
He has also authored books including ๐๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ.
Note:ย Jean Charlot, worked in the true fresco technique during the early 1920s. He befriended Mexican muralists Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros, and Jose Orozco.
Mabel Haig steps in as โGuest Speakerโ when a case of measles and other problems prevent the exhibiting Laguna artists from attending their exhibitโs open meeting. Mabel tells the history of the Laguna Beach Art Association
with โhumorous whimsy and dramatic suspenseโ.
The Whittier Art Associationโs first Bohemian Night featured a โBohemianโ theme with humorous skits and an
old-fashioned vaudeville show by Axel Christensen, a well-known comedian. Proceeds from the show were to
benefit the galleryโs Building Fund.
Milford Zornes and Art Landy exhibit with the Artists Guild of Southern California at the Whittier Art Gallery.
Ralph Hulett exhibits at the gallery. Arthur Miller considers Hulett to be a โa consistently good watercoloristโ.
Bohemian Nightโs second year featured a hilarious melodrama entitled โThe Lighthouse Keeperโs Daughterโ, the โclever farceโ was written and narrated by Mabel George Haig. The eveningโs live music was played on piano and accordion. Mrs. Paul Van Cleave, Paul Gardiner, Dick Squires, and Blanch Hutchison, performed Mabel Haigโs melodrama, โThe Lighthouse Keepers Daughterโ.
The second annual Bohemian Night was produced by the galleryโs artists. Placed in the setting of โCafรฉ Bohemiaโ,
was the proprietor and other โemployeesโ of the cafรฉ. Art Association artists became writers, musicians, and actors
in this effort to raise money for the Galleryโs Building Fund.
Milford Zornes one-man show at the Whittier Art Gallery features a collection of his watercolors, temperas, and
oil paintings. Milford Zornes is a nationally recognized watercolor painter, a member of the American Watercolor Society and art director of the Padua Institute at Padua Hills. At his artistโs talk, he spoke of his experiences in
Thule, Greenland.
Milford Zornes teaches evening beginning and advance drawing classes at the Whittier Art Gallery.
Construction is underway on an addition that will increase the Whittier Art Galleryโs exhibition space. The $10,500 addition will have a โbasement workshopโ room. The addition is being built by Raymond Hunnicutt, the contractor who built the original gallery building in 1938-1939.
The Whittier Art Gallery plans opening of its new addition. The event will honor Mrs. Mabel Haig, a charter director of the Association, founders, life members and past presidents of the Art Association.ย