Stickney Memorial Art School, also known as Stickney Art Institute and Stickney Memorial School of Fine Arts, was an

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in operation between c.1912 until 1934 in

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. The school was an early precursor to the

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, founded in 1969.

History

Upon opening in c. 1912, the school was led by

Jean Mannheim Jean Mannheim (November 18, 1863 – September 6, 1945) was a German-born American artist and educator, known for his California Impressionist paintings. He was active in Decatur, Illinois and Pasadena, California. About Jean Mannheim was ...

and

Channel Pickering Townsley Channel "Chan" Pickering Townsley or C.P. Townsley (1867–1921) was an American painter, art administrator, and educator. The subject and genre of his California Impressionist paintings were landscapes, portraits and still lives. He served a ...

. In the early years of the school, Townsley served as director and Mannheim served as the sole instructor and the school offered summer classes with a costumed model posed in the open air and offered outdoor landscape painting in winter. It also offered charcoal drawing, pen-and-ink drawing, and still life drawing, drawing students from all over the country. It was originally located at Stickney Hall, on the corner of Fair Oaks Avenue and Lincoln Avenue in Pasadena (now the 134 and 210 freeways), built and donated by Susan Homer Stickney in memory of her sister. In 1934 the original location was razed and the new location was at Carmelita Gardens and changed names to Pasadena Art Institute. In the 1930s, artist

Lorser Feitelson Lorser Feitelson (1898–1978) was an artist known as one of the founding fathers of Southern California-based hard-edge painting. Born in Savannah, Georgia, Feitelson was raised in New York City, where his family relocated shortly after his bir ...

taught at Stickney Memorial Art School, and it was at the school he met pupil Helen Lundeberg, they would later marry and work as artistic collaborators. Together in 1934, Feitelson and Lundeberg founded Subjective Classicism (or New Classicism), which later became known as Post Surrealism. Another one of Feitelson's students was painter Gerrie Gutmann. The Pasadena Art Institute changed its name to the

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in 1954, and eventually became the

Notable alumni

* Gerrie Gutmann *Sam Hyde Harris (1889– 1977) * Kathryn Leighton (1875–1952) *

Helen Lundeberg Helen Lundeberg (1908–1999) was a Southern Californian painter. Along with her husband Lorser Feitelson, she is credited with establishing the Post-Surrealist movement. Her artistic style changed over the course of her career, and has been des ...

* Ruth Miller * F. Carl Smith (1868–1955), * Harry Tillcock (1882–1973) *

Grace Vollmer Grace Libby Vollmer (Birth name, née Grace Libby; 1884 – 1977) was an American painter, she was active in California and Idaho. She was a California Impressionism, California Impressionist and painted still lifes, figures, portraits, and landsc ...

Notable faculty

* Mildred Bryant Brooks (1901–1995) *

Alson S. Clark Alson Skinner Clark (March 25, 1876 – March 23, 1949) was an American Impressionist painter best remembered for his landscapes. He was also a photographer, '' plein aire'' painter, art educator and muralist. Early life and education On ...

* Grace Clements *

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Lucile Lloyd Lucile Lloyd, also known as Lucile Lloyd Brown, Lucila Lloyd Nulty (August 28, 1894 – February 25, 1941) was an American muralist, illustrator, and decorative painter. In 1937, Lloyd worked with the Works Progress Administration's Federal Arts ...

, also served as director. *

(1861–1945) * Richard Edward Miller *

Guy Rose Guy Orlando Rose (3 March 1867 – 17 November 1925) was an American Impressionist painter and California resident, who received national recognition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Early life and education Guy Orlando Rose was b ...

, also served as director. *

References

External links

Stickney Memorial Art School (1912–1922) online archives
at the

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Archives {{Authority control Art schools in California Defunct private universities and colleges in California 1912 establishments in California 1934 disestablishments in California

History

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

See also

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