Black American Art Exhibition

December 1 -14, 1929

at the
Hollyhock House, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, Calif.

Curators: Dr. Elzora Gibson, William Edouard Scott, Edwin Roscoe Shrader

Note: This exhibition was not by members of the CAC, but was held in the rooms of the CAC's clubhouse, the Hollyhock House. It was the first all-black art exhibition in Los Angeles, held six years before LACMA would host a black artist in 1937.

Exhibiting Artist
Work(s) Exhibited
FARROW, William McKnight "delicately melancholy" landscapes
GANAWAY, K. D. photography
HARDWICK, John Wesley Jesus of Nazareth
(and other paintings)
McHENRY, Curtis "naive" works such as wood carvings and paintings
PHILLIPS, Constance (Phillips was from Los Angeles)
SCOTT, William Edouard The House Behind the Cedar
(and other paintings)
SMITH, Albert Alexander etchings
TANNER, Henry Ossawa more than one painting
TAYLOR, Arthur "naive" works such as wood carvings and paintings
TAYNES, A. F. (Taynes was also an architect from Los Angeles)
WILLIAMS, Paul R. (Williams was also an architect from Los Angeles)
WOODRUFF, Hale Aspacio landscapes and "scenes of Paris"


Sources:
Exhibitions: December at the Clubhouse, California Art Club Bulletin, Dec. 1929, Vol. IV, No. 12, p.4; Sarah Schrank, Art and the City: Civic Imagination and Cultural Authority in Los Angeles, U. of Pennsylvania Press, 2008, p.178 #110; Arthur Millier, Negro Art Attracts, Los Angeles Times, December 8, 1929, 21; Exhibitions Opened at Art Center, Los Angeles Times, December 2, 1929, A8; Negro Artists’ Work to be Seen, Los Angeles Times, November 29, 1929, A2