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Hanson Puthuff was born in Waverly, Missouri, in 1875. His formal art studies were at the Art Institute of Chicago, and the University of Denver Art School. Puthuff moved to the Los Angeles are in 1903, finding work as a billboard illustrator, a job he would keep for over 20 years. Concurrently, Puthuff would sketch and paint in his free time, and in 1926 he was able to devote himself entirely to his art. Known as a classic Southern California Plein Air artist, Puthuff exhibited extensively, including shows at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the San Francisco Art Association, and the Paris Salon, where he earned a bronze medal.

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Lee Fritz Randolph was born in Ravenna, Ohio, in 1880. He was a well studied landscape artist, having spent time at Stevenson School in Pittsburgh, the Art Students League in New York, Cincinnati Art Academy, as well as Rome and Paris. In 1913 Randolph settled in California, where he was Director of the California School of Fine Arts for 25 years. Randolph continued to paint and was active in the Carmel art scene following his retirement from teaching.

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Joseph Raphael was born in Jackson, California, in 1869, and studied at the San Francisco School of Design before leaving for Paris to attend the Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Academie Julian. While continuing to exhibit his works in galleries in San Francisco, Raphael would remain a resident of Europe for 37 years. Only with the approach of WW II did he return to California, where his pure Impressionist style was well received.

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Granville Redmond was stricken with scarlett fever at the age of three, from which he lost his hearing. Redmond attended the Berkeley School for the Deaf from 1879-1890, where he was encouraged in his artistic interests. Following graduation, Redmond attended the San Francisco School of Design, from which he was awarded a scholarship for further study in Paris. Following his return to the U.S., Redmond lived in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, until work in Hollywood prompted him to settle permanently in Los Angeles. Redmond used his sign language skills in bit parts in silent movies, and during this time befriended Charlie Chaplin. In fact, he had a studio on the Chaplin lot, and appeared in a number of his films. Today Redmond is nationally known for his Impressionist landscapes featuring the California wildflowers, as well as his coastals, and Tonal moonlit scenes.

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Doel Reed was born in Logansport, Indiana, in 1894. His study at the Art Academy of Cincinnati was interrupted by service in WW I, where he was temporarily blinded. Eventually recovering his sight, Reed returned to Cincinnati to finish his studies. From 1924-1959 Reed chaired the Art Department at the University of Oklahoma. Upon his retirement he settled in Taos and became known for his landscapes and his subtle, geometric aquatint prints.

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Frank Rehn was born in Philadelphia in 1848, where he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Working in oils and watercolors, Rehn actively exhibited to acclaim throughout the eastern states. He was best known for his landscapes and marine paintings, and was elected to the American National Academy in 1908.

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A painter and illustrator of western subjects, work by James Reynolds is included in the collection of the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

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Louis Ribak was born in Lithuania in 1902, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1922, settling in New York where he studied at the Art Students League under John Slaon. Ribak evolved through several levels of modernism, including Social Realism and Abstract Expressionism. Ribak was a rising star in New York, having collaborated on a major mural with Diego Rivera, when he left that city for Taos, New Mexico, in 1944.

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John Hubbard Rich was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1876. Following a stint as an illustrator, he attended the Art Students League in New York, and the Boston Museum School, where he was awarded a scholarship to study in Europe. Upon his return to the U.S., Rich taught at the Groton School in New York before leaving for Los Angeles to found the Los Angeles School for Painting and Illustrating. He also held teaching positions at the Otis Institute, and the University of Southern California (USC). He dide in Los Angeles in 1954, and is remembered as a versatile artist, painting portraits, still lifes, figures, and florals.

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Mary Curtis Richardson was born in New York City in 1848, and came to California in 1850, where her father had joined the gold rush. Her father was an engraver, and taught this skill to his daughters. Following further study at Cooper Union in New York, Richardson returned to San Francisco to open a wood engraving business. Upon its opening in 1874, Mary was one of the first students to enroll in the San Francisco School of Design. Known as the Mary Cassatt of the west, Richardson is best remembered for her intimate figuratives, usually featuring mother and child.

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