California Art Club

The California Art Club (CAC) is a society of artists founded in 1909 to promote the fine arts, specifically painting, drawing, and sculpture, in California. The organization is headquartered in Pasadena, California.

The CAC grew out of the Painter's Club of Los Angeles, a small group of artists formed in 1906. Among its founding members were Franz Bischoff, Carl Oscar Borg, Hanson Puthuff, and William Wendt. Wendt's wife was sculptor Julia Bracken Wendt. One of the main objectives behind the founding of the club was to allow women artists to participate. cite web
title = The History of the California Art Club
url = http://www.californiaartclub.org/history/cachistory.shtml
accessdate = 2007-06-09]

Wendt served as President of the club for six years, during which time the organization grew quickly in prestige. Patron Aline Barnsdall gave her home Hollyhock House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, to the CAC to use as its headquarters in 1926. After the 1929 Stock Market Crash, the club and its membership declined. In 1942 it lost its headquarters. The CAC survived as a small group until 1993, when it was revived by its current president, artist Peter Seitz Adams. Currently its membership has grown to nearly 3000, including artists and patrons of the arts. cite web
title = CAC Presidents - Peter Seitz Adams
url = http://www.californiaartclub.org/history/cac%20presidents/adams.shtml
accessdate = 2007-06-09] The California Art Club is presently raising funds to expand its programs.

In 1997, the club founded the California Art Academy and Museum (CAAM).

Members

*Franz Bischoff
*Carl Oscar Borg
*Edgar Alwin Payne
*Hanson Puthuff
*Granville Redmond
*Guy Rose
*Jack Wilkinson Smith
*Marion Wachtel
*Julia Bracken Wendt
*William Wendt

Executive Board of Directors

Donald P. Baker, Chairman

Peter Seitz Adams, President

David C. Gallup, Vice President
Keith W. Renkin, Treasurer
Kathy Rose, Secretary
Gordon de Lang
Victoria B. Rogers
Gayle Garner Roski

References

External links

* [http://www.californiaartclub.org/ Official site]