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The National Watercolor Society was established by Dana Bartlett in 1920, who was its first president, as the California Water Color Society. [2] [3] [4] In 1967, the members of the society decided to rename the society as the California National Watercolor Society. In 1975, the society was renamed as the National Watercolor Society.
Dong Kingman (Chinese: 曾景文, 31 March 1911 – 12 May 2000) was a Chinese American artist and one of America's leading watercolor masters. As a painter on the forefront of the California Style School of painting, he was known for his urban and landscape paintings, as well as his graphic design work in the Hollywood film industry.
Her medium of choice was watercolor, but she began painting in oils after her husband’s death. [ 2 ] Wachtel was an involved in a number of arts organizations in the Southern California area, including the California Watercolor Society, Pasadena Society of Artists , [ 3 ] the Academy of Western Painters, [ 6 ] and the California Art Club . [ 7 ]
Don O'Neill (1924–2007) was a United States watercolor artist most noted for his depictions of historic downtown Riverside, California.An architect by trade, he began painting in the 1960s, and eventually became Riverside's premier watercolorist. [1]
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The society was founded in 1866 by eleven painters and was originally known as the American Society of Painters in Water Colors. [1] Initially, it was difficult to draw in new members, partially because some artists of the time opposed the society's policy of allowing women to join. [2] The New York Watercolor Club merged into the society in 1941.
Lomaland was a Theosophical community in Point Loma in San Diego, California, from 1900 to 1942. Theosophical Society leader Katherine Tingley founded it in 1900 as a school, cultural center, and residential facility for her followers. The American headquarters of the Theosophical Society Pasadena was also situated there.
Millard Sheets was born June 24, 1907, and grew up in the Pomona Valley, east of Los Angeles. [2] [3] He is the son of John Sheets. [4]He attended the Chouinard Art Institute and studied with painters Frank Tolles Chamberlin and Clarence Hinkle. [5]