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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.
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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
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