Forgotten Collection Gardena High School Art Collection By Photographer and Contributor Simie Seaman
The Los Angeles area has many art collectors with noteworthy collections that the public does not always get to see unless they are loaned to a museum. One unusual collector – a public high school – has some of its treasured paintings.
I had the pleasure of viewing one of those unusual collections at the Palos Verdes Art Center. The exhibit was the “GIFTED” one of the finest collections of California Impressionist art. The Gardena High School Art Collection is widely acknowledged as one of the country’s outstanding collections of California Impressionism, not to mention a leading exemplar of a high-school art collection. In some 70 artworks, it traces the history of Southern California art in the early 20th century, when plein-air painting and the Arts and Crafts Movement were flourishing. Among the many prominent artists in the collection are Edgar Payne, Hanson Puthuff, William Wendt, Franz Bischoff, Maurice Braun, Armin Hansen, Jessie Arms Botke, Maynard Dixon, and Mari Wachtel.
If you missed it here is some of the beautiful artwork that was on exhibit.
Bio
Simie Seaman, enthusiast amateur photographer, history buff and collector of beautiful things. Simie is President of the Wilmington Historical Society.
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