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Mary Agnes Yerkes, California Impressionist painter, (1886–1989)."Plein-Air painting at Carmel’’, Carmel Beach, CA, circa 1920s. The terms California Impressionism and California Plein-Air Painting describe the large movement of 20th century artists who worked out of doors (en plein air), directly from nature in California, United States.
Ynez Johnston (1920–2019), 2 paintings : LACMA Ludolf Leendertsz de Jongh (1616–1679), 1 painting : LACMA Raymond Jonson (1891–1982), 2 paintings : LACMA
In the early 1930s, most prominent Los Angeles murals were on commercial rather than civic buildings. [26] Notable exceptions to this trend include the political works of muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros and Myer Shaffer, often supported by artistic and cultural institutions in the city.
The 1920s were prosperous years for Los Angeles, California, United States, when the name "Hollywood" became synonymous with the U.S. film industry and the visual setting of Los Angeles became famous worldwide. Plentiful job openings attracted heavy immigration, especially from the rural Midwest and Mexico.
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The culture of Los Angeles is rich with arts and ethnically diverse. The greater Los Angeles metro area has several notable art museums including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the J. Paul Getty Museum on the Santa Monica Mountains overlooking the Pacific, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), and the Hammer Museum.
View history; General ... Church seating 5,300 used by evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson in 1920s and 1930s; ... Downtown Los Angeles: Thirteen story Art Deco style ...
California Tonalism was art movement that existed in California from circa 1890 to 1920. Tonalist are usually intimate works, painted with a limited palette. Tonalist paintings are softly expressive, suggestive rather than detailed, often depicting the landscape at twilight or evening, when there is an absence of contrast.