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The Painters' Club of Los Angeles

The Painters' Club of Los Angeles was a short-lived arts organization that existed from 1906 to 1909, and allowed only men as members. When the group disbanded a number of artists who had been members reorganized themselves as the California Art Club, including Charles Percy Austin (1883–1948), Franz Bischoff (1864–1929), Carl Oscar Borg (1879–1947), Benjamin Brown (1865–1942), Hanson Puthuff (1875–1972), Jack Wilkinson Smith (1873–1949), and William Wendt (1845–1946). Beginning with its founding in December 1909, the new California Art Club widened its membership guidelines to include female painters and sculptors of any gender.

Before The Painters' Club edit

Four artists in Indiana, Albert Clinton Conner (1848–1929), his brother Charles Fremont Conner (1857–1905), Frank J. Girardin (1856–1945), and Micajah Thomas Nordyke (1847–1919) were responsible for founding the Rambler's Sketch Club (c. 1881); they soon added John Elwood Bundy (1853–1933) to their small art group. The Rambler's Sketch Club became the Richmond Art Association (founded 1898), which eventually became the Richmond Art Museum.[1] One of these artists, Albert Clinton Conner, moved to California sometime around 1902 and settled in Manhattan Beach.[2]

Founding edit

On March 10, 1906, several Los Angeles area painters got together with the idea of forming a club. Many of them had met each other casually at exhibition openings, but they wanted to create a more formal association. A week later, on March 17, eleven of the group, including Albert Clinton Conner met at the Los Angeles studio of artist William Swift Daniell (1865–1933),[3] where The Painters' Club of Los Angeles was officially created. The intended mission of the club was "to meet in the spirit of comradeship and good temper for mutual criticism and suggestion on one another's recent work." Albert Clinton Conner was elected President and Antony Anderson, the Los Angeles Times' first art critic, was chosen to be the first Secretary and Treasurer. Membership was limited to male painters; no women were allowed to join, nor were sculptors of either gender. "It may be that women painters will be admitted later on, but at present they are not eligible."[4]

The eleven founding members of The Painters' Club of Los Angeles present that evening include: Antony E. Anderson (1863–1939), Carl Oscar Borg (1879–1947), William Henry Cole (1870–1955), Albert Clinton Conner (1848–1929), Frank C. Conner, David H. Dunn, William Swift Daniell (1865–1933), Frank Elwin Evans, Frank Rensselear Liddell (1864–1923), Hanson Puthuff (1875–1972), and George Thomas Winterburn (1865–1953).[5][6]

Meetings edit

Club meetings were held in various member's studios or at art organizations around Los Angeles, often at the Art Students' League.[7] Members brought their sketches and paintings to be discussed at each meeting: "So far, nobody's feelings have been hurt, though all have been criticised unmercifully. The work brought in each week shows splendid results from this raking fire of criticism."[8]

Exhibitions edit

Soon after its formation, The Painters' Club was given a small gallery in the art store of Ford, Smith, & Little Co., located at No. 313 Broadway, Los Angeles, for its exclusive use in presenting exhibitions. "Members' pictures will hang there...to see and to buy...there will be no dearth of new pictures from the facile brushes of our own home painters. Drawings in black and white will also be shown, and everything, it is promised, will be of the best."[9]

The Club presented four or five exhibitions at Ford Smith & Little's, starting in December 1906 and continuing with new exhibitions monthly through January, February, March, and April 1907.

  • Ford Smith & Little's, Dec. 1–31, 1906 [10]
  • Ford Smith & Little's, Jan. 1-31, 1907 [11]
  • Ford Smith & Little's, Feb. 1-28, 1907 [12]
  • Ford Smith & Little's, March 1–31, 1907 (Not known if this was a separate exhibit or a continuation of the February exhibit)
  • Ford Smith & Little's, April 1–30, 1907 [13]

The Club later held two large annual exhibitions at the Blanchard Art Gallery in Los Angeles. The First Annual Exhibition was held October 7 – 22, 1908 and showcased eighty-eight pieces of artwork.[14][15]

The Second Annual Exhibition was held November 1 – 13, 1909. It included "...almost 100 pictures in oil and watercolor, the work of 20 painters." The work included was not juried, as members could choose what work they wanted to exhibit.[16]

Membership edit

During the course of its three-year existence, The Painters' Club of Los Angeles had around 53 members. A number of them went on to become major artists in California Impressionism as well as significant members of the California Art Club, including its first three Presidents. A membership card was designed by Martin Jacob Jackson. Some of the more prominent members are listed below.

  • AUSTIN, Charles Percy (1883–1948), Active Member
  • BISCHOFF, Franz (1864–1929), Active Member
  • BORG, Carl Oscar (1879–1947), Charter Member
  • BROWN, Benjamin Chambers (1865–1942), Active Member
  • CONNER, Albert Clinton ("Pops") (1848–1929), Charter Member
  • DANIELL, William Swift (1865–1933), Charter Member
  • JACKSON, Martin Jacob (1871–1955), Active Member
  • KILPATRICK, Aaron Edward (1872–1953), Active Member
  • LIDDELL, Frank Rennsselear (1864–1923), Charter Member
  • PUTHUFF, Hanson Duvall (1875–1972), Charter Member
  • SMITH, Jack W. (1873–1949), Active Member
  • WENDT, William (1845–1946), Active Member

Membership Source:[17]

Disbanding edit

In December 1909 the Los Angeles Times announced that The Painters' Club was disbanding; in the next paragraph a new organization is announced: "...to be called the California Art Club."[18]

Despite this seemingly sudden breakup, which happened soon after their second Annual Exhibition, there might be some clues. On at least two instances - August 24 and December 12, 1908 - members of the male-only Painters' Club visited the studios of William Wendt and Julia Bracken Wendt. William Wendt had been elected as a member just weeks before their visit on August 4, 1908,[19] but due to club rules regarding women artists, Julia Wendt was never a member, despite the fact that she was a successful sculptor who was exhibiting and working on commissions on a national level. During their first visit the men viewed new paintings by Mr. Wendt and "recent bits of modeling" by Mrs. Wendt, before members of the club were treated to lunch.[20] On the second occasion, the club threw the Wendts a surprise party.[21]

Tucked in with the announcements of the ending of one art club and the start of another, Antony Anderson casually dropped a snide comment about the new club's decision to allow women artists to join, as if to say we may as well allow them to join because they would find a way to get in anyway.[22] Two swift responses to it were printed as Open Letters in the Times: the first by J. B. Wendt in January 1910 and the second by one L. Pinkham, February 1910.

Along with these rebukes, another successful female artist was exhibiting at Blanchard Art Gallery, though not of course with The Painters' Club. Helma Heynsen Jahn (1874–1925), later a member of the California Art Club, participated in another exhibition that followed just on the heels of the Second Annual Exhibition. Referred to only as "...the second annual exhibition of works by representational oil painters of Southern California...," it ran from November 16 – December 4, 1909, and though "...only 15 painters in oils have contributed to this exhibition...", that included work by major artists Franz Bischoff, Carl Oscar Borg, Hanson Puthuff, and William Wendt. Perhaps The Painters' Club felt it would ultimately be better to allow women to join and unify the strongest artists, regardless of gender, into one group.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Anderson, Antony, The Painter From Indiana, Los Angeles Times, May 7, 1911; pg. III22
  2. ^ Hughes, Edan Milton, Artists in California 1786-1940
  3. ^ Minutes of the Painters' Club, California Art Club Archives
  4. ^ Anderson, Antony, Los Angeles Times, April 22, 1906
  5. ^ Minutes of The Painters' Club of Los Angeles, March 17, 1906, California Art Club Archives
  6. ^ Anderson, Antony, Art and Artists, Los Angeles Times, March 25, 1906; 6,2,5
  7. ^ April 28, 1906 meeting; Anderson, Antony, Los Angeles Times, Apr. 22, 1906; Apr. 29, 1906
  8. ^ Anderson, Antony, Los Angeles Times, April 22, 1906
  9. ^ Anderson, Antony, Los Angeles Times, November 11, 1906
  10. ^ Anderson, Antony, Art and Artists, Los Angeles Times, December 2, 1906
  11. ^ Anderson, Antony, Art and Artists, Los Angeles Times, January 6, 1907 6,2 3-5
  12. ^ Anderson, Antony, Art and Artists, Los Angeles Times, February 10, 1907; Feb.17, 1907
  13. ^ Anderson, Antony, Art and Artists, Los Angeles Times, April 7, 1907
  14. ^ Anderson, Antony, Art and Artists, Los Angeles Times, October 11, 1908, III2; October 18, 1908, III2
  15. ^ Anderson, Antony, Los Angeles Times, Oct. 25, 1907
  16. ^ Anderson, Antony, Art and Artists, Los Angeles Times, November 7, 1909, III2 and November 14, 1909, III15
  17. ^ Membership Roster, Minutes of The Painters' Club of Los Angeles, California Art Club Archives
  18. ^ Anderson, Antony, Los Angeles Times, December 12, 1909, III17
  19. ^ Anderson, Antony, Los Angeles Times, August 9, 1908
  20. ^ Anderson, Antony, Los Angeles Times, August 30, 1908, III2
  21. ^ Anderson, Antony, Los Angeles Times, December 13, 1908, III2
  22. ^ Anderson, Antony, Art and Artists, Los Angeles Times, December 12, 1909

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The Painters Club of Los Angeles was a short lived arts organization that existed from 1906 to 1909 and allowed only men as members When the group disbanded a number of artists who had been members reorganized themselves as the California Art Club including Charles Percy Austin 1883 1948 Franz Bischoff 1864 1929 Carl Oscar Borg 1879 1947 Benjamin Brown 1865 1942 Hanson Puthuff 1875 1972 Jack Wilkinson Smith 1873 1949 and William Wendt 1845 1946 Beginning with its founding in December 1909 the new California Art Club widened its membership guidelines to include female painters and sculptors of any gender Contents 1 Before The Painters Club 2 Founding 3 Meetings 4 Exhibitions 5 Membership 6 Disbanding 7 Notes 8 External linksBefore The Painters Club editFour artists in Indiana Albert Clinton Conner 1848 1929 his brother Charles Fremont Conner 1857 1905 Frank J Girardin 1856 1945 and Micajah Thomas Nordyke 1847 1919 were responsible for founding the Rambler s Sketch Club c 1881 they soon added John Elwood Bundy 1853 1933 to their small art group The Rambler s Sketch Club became the Richmond Art Association founded 1898 which eventually became the Richmond Art Museum 1 One of these artists Albert Clinton Conner moved to California sometime around 1902 and settled in Manhattan Beach 2 Founding editOn March 10 1906 several Los Angeles area painters got together with the idea of forming a club Many of them had met each other casually at exhibition openings but they wanted to create a more formal association A week later on March 17 eleven of the group including Albert Clinton Conner met at the Los Angeles studio of artist William Swift Daniell 1865 1933 3 where The Painters Club of Los Angeles was officially created The intended mission of the club was to meet in the spirit of comradeship and good temper for mutual criticism and suggestion on one another s recent work Albert Clinton Conner was elected President and Antony Anderson the Los Angeles Times first art critic was chosen to be the first Secretary and Treasurer Membership was limited to male painters no women were allowed to join nor were sculptors of either gender It may be that women painters will be admitted later on but at present they are not eligible 4 The eleven founding members of The Painters Club of Los Angeles present that evening include Antony E Anderson 1863 1939 Carl Oscar Borg 1879 1947 William Henry Cole 1870 1955 Albert Clinton Conner 1848 1929 Frank C Conner David H Dunn William Swift Daniell 1865 1933 Frank Elwin Evans Frank Rensselear Liddell 1864 1923 Hanson Puthuff 1875 1972 and George Thomas Winterburn 1865 1953 5 6 Meetings editClub meetings were held in various member s studios or at art organizations around Los Angeles often at the Art Students League 7 Members brought their sketches and paintings to be discussed at each meeting So far nobody s feelings have been hurt though all have been criticised unmercifully The work brought in each week shows splendid results from this raking fire of criticism 8 Exhibitions editSoon after its formation The Painters Club was given a small gallery in the art store of Ford Smith amp Little Co located at No 313 Broadway Los Angeles for its exclusive use in presenting exhibitions Members pictures will hang there to see and to buy there will be no dearth of new pictures from the facile brushes of our own home painters Drawings in black and white will also be shown and everything it is promised will be of the best 9 The Club presented four or five exhibitions at Ford Smith amp Little s starting in December 1906 and continuing with new exhibitions monthly through January February March and April 1907 Ford Smith amp Little s Dec 1 31 1906 10 Ford Smith amp Little s Jan 1 31 1907 11 Ford Smith amp Little s Feb 1 28 1907 12 Ford Smith amp Little s March 1 31 1907 Not known if this was a separate exhibit or a continuation of the February exhibit Ford Smith amp Little s April 1 30 1907 13 The Club later held two large annual exhibitions at the Blanchard Art Gallery in Los Angeles The First Annual Exhibition was held October 7 22 1908 and showcased eighty eight pieces of artwork 14 15 The Second Annual Exhibition was held November 1 13 1909 It included almost 100 pictures in oil and watercolor the work of 20 painters The work included was not juried as members could choose what work they wanted to exhibit 16 Membership editDuring the course of its three year existence The Painters Club of Los Angeles had around 53 members A number of them went on to become major artists in California Impressionism as well as significant members of the California Art Club including its first three Presidents A membership card was designed by Martin Jacob Jackson Some of the more prominent members are listed below AUSTIN Charles Percy 1883 1948 Active Member BISCHOFF Franz 1864 1929 Active Member BORG Carl Oscar 1879 1947 Charter Member BROWN Benjamin Chambers 1865 1942 Active Member CONNER Albert Clinton Pops 1848 1929 Charter Member DANIELL William Swift 1865 1933 Charter Member JACKSON Martin Jacob 1871 1955 Active Member KILPATRICK Aaron Edward 1872 1953 Active Member LIDDELL Frank Rennsselear 1864 1923 Charter Member PUTHUFF Hanson Duvall 1875 1972 Charter Member SMITH Jack W 1873 1949 Active Member WENDT William 1845 1946 Active MemberMembership Source 17 Disbanding editIn December 1909 the Los Angeles Times announced that The Painters Club was disbanding in the next paragraph a new organization is announced to be called the California Art Club 18 Despite this seemingly sudden breakup which happened soon after their second Annual Exhibition there might be some clues On at least two instances August 24 and December 12 1908 members of the male only Painters Club visited the studios of William Wendt and Julia Bracken Wendt William Wendt had been elected as a member just weeks before their visit on August 4 1908 19 but due to club rules regarding women artists Julia Wendt was never a member despite the fact that she was a successful sculptor who was exhibiting and working on commissions on a national level During their first visit the men viewed new paintings by Mr Wendt and recent bits of modeling by Mrs Wendt before members of the club were treated to lunch 20 On the second occasion the club threw the Wendts a surprise party 21 Tucked in with the announcements of the ending of one art club and the start of another Antony Anderson casually dropped a snide comment about the new club s decision to allow women artists to join as if to say we may as well allow them to join because they would find a way to get in anyway 22 Two swift responses to it were printed as Open Letters in the Times the first by J B Wendt in January 1910 and the second by one L Pinkham February 1910 Along with these rebukes another successful female artist was exhibiting at Blanchard Art Gallery though not of course with The Painters Club Helma Heynsen Jahn 1874 1925 later a member of the California Art Club participated in another exhibition that followed just on the heels of the Second Annual Exhibition Referred to only as the second annual exhibition of works by representational oil painters of Southern California it ran from November 16 December 4 1909 and though only 15 painters in oils have contributed to this exhibition that included work by major artists Franz Bischoff Carl Oscar Borg Hanson Puthuff and William Wendt Perhaps The Painters Club felt it would ultimately be better to allow women to join and unify the strongest artists regardless of gender into one group Notes edit Anderson Antony The Painter From Indiana Los Angeles Times May 7 1911 pg III22 Hughes Edan Milton Artists in California 1786 1940 Minutes of the Painters Club California Art Club Archives Anderson Antony Los Angeles Times April 22 1906 Minutes of The Painters Club of Los Angeles March 17 1906 California Art Club Archives Anderson Antony Art and Artists Los Angeles Times March 25 1906 6 2 5 April 28 1906 meeting Anderson Antony Los Angeles Times Apr 22 1906 Apr 29 1906 Anderson Antony Los Angeles Times April 22 1906 Anderson Antony Los Angeles Times November 11 1906 Anderson Antony Art and Artists Los Angeles Times December 2 1906 Anderson Antony Art and Artists Los Angeles Times January 6 1907 6 2 3 5 Anderson Antony Art and Artists Los Angeles Times February 10 1907 Feb 17 1907 Anderson Antony Art and Artists Los Angeles Times April 7 1907 Anderson Antony Art and Artists Los Angeles Times October 11 1908 III2 October 18 1908 III2 Anderson Antony Los Angeles Times Oct 25 1907 Anderson Antony Art and Artists Los Angeles Times November 7 1909 III2 and November 14 1909 III15 Membership Roster Minutes of The Painters Club of Los Angeles California Art Club Archives Anderson Antony Los Angeles Times December 12 1909 III17 Anderson Antony Los Angeles Times August 9 1908 Anderson Antony Los Angeles Times August 30 1908 III2 Anderson Antony Los Angeles Times December 13 1908 III2 Anderson 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