Archives of American Art

Painters and Sculptors Club of Los Angeles By-Laws and Minutes

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.painscuc
Creators:
Painters and Sculptors Club of Los Angeles
Dates:
1923-1934
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.2 Linear feet
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection includes the ledger of the Painters and Sculptors Club of Los Angeles, which documents the creation of an organization of male artists modeled after the Salmagundi Club of New York and the Palette and Chisel Club of Chicago. The minutes record the activities and exhibitions of its members. The first meeting was held in 1923 and the group was incorporated in 1927. This document also includes the signatures of charter members. Some of the most prominent male artists working in Los Angeles are included, such as, Joseph Kleitsch, John Cotton, F. Grayson Sayre, Leland Curtis, A. Phimister Proctor, Dana Bartlett, Franz Bischoff, Merrell Gage, Roger Nobel Burnham, Joseph Greenbaum, Edouard Vysekal, Christian von Schneidau, Alson Clark, John Frost, Edgar Payne, Paul Sample, Arthur Beaumont, and Norman Chamberlain.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Art organization, Los Angeles, Calif.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 2001 by Tim and Lynn Mason.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
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