California Art Club
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The California Art Club (CAC) is a society of artists founded in 1909 to promote the fine arts, specifically painting, drawing, and sculpture, in California.
The CAC grew out the Painter's Club of Los Angeles, a small group of artists formed in 1906. Among its founding artists were Franz Bischoff, Carl Oscar Borg, Hanson Puthuff, and William Wendt. Wendt's wife was sculptor Julia Bracken Wendt and one of the main objectives behind the founding of the club was to allow women artists to participate. [1]
Wendt served as President of the club for six years and it grew quickly in prestige. Patron Aline Barnsdall gave her home Hollyhock House to the CAC to use as its headquarters in 1926. After the 1929 Stock Market Crash, the club and its membership declined. In 1942 it lost its headquarters. The CAC survived as a small group until 1993, when it was revived by its current president, Peter Seitz Adams.[1] Currently its membership is close to 3000. [2]
In 1997, the club founded the California Art Academy and Museum (CAAM). It is currently raising funds for a permanent location.
[edit] Members
- Franz Bischoff
- Carl Oscar Borg
- Edgar Alwin Payne
- Hanson Puthuff
- Granville Redmond
- Guy Rose
- Jack Wilkinson Smith
- Marion Wachtel
- Julia Bracken Wendt
- William Wendt
[edit] References
- ^ a b The History of the California Art Club. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
- ^ CAC Presidents - Peter Seitz Adams. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
[edit] External links
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