The Pasadena Society of Artists

Historic Overview

Founders

Presidents

Former Members

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FOUNDING CHARTER ARTISTS
Charter Member Seal Benjamin C Brown brought eight other Pasadena artists together in March 1925 and they decided to form the Pasadena Society of Artists. They planned to produce their first exhibition at the beginning of April and were joined my seven more artists who all became the Charter Members. Developing a history of our founders is a work in progress.
 
Benjamin C Brown
1865-1942 		   

Painter: Lithographer: Etcher

Best known for
Plein Air landscapes in oil.
         
Edward B Butler
1853-1928		    

Painter: 1st PSA President

Best known for
Plein Air landscapes in oil.
         
Maud Daggett
1885--1941		   Thumbnail of a sculpture by Maud Daggett  

Sculptor:

Best known for her garden sculpture

         
Antoinette DeForest Merwin
1861-1941		     Painter
         
Louis Hovey Sharp
1874-1946 		    Painter
         
F Carl Smith
1868-1955 		    Painter
         
Orrin A White
1883-1969 		    Painter
         
Wallace De Wolff
????-????		     pending disk images from the Jubilee
         
Frederick Zimmerman
1886-1974		   Unknown, thumbnail of a painting by Frederick Zimmerman   Painter
         
Herbert V B Acker
1895 - 1977		     pending disk images from the Jubilee
         
F Tolles Chamberlin
1873-1961		   Thumbnail of a painting by F Tolles Chamberlin  

Painter, Etcher, Muralist

Best known for murals and painting

         
Alson S Clark
1876-1948		   Thumbnail of an oil painting by Alison S Clark  

Painter

Best known for vibrant use of color

         
John "Jack" Frost
1890-1927		   Autumn Oak, thumbnail of an oil painting by John Frost   Painter
         
Jean Mannheim
1861-1945		     Painter
         
Katherine B Stetson
1885-1979		     pending disk images from the Jubilee
         
Marion Wachtel
1876-1954 		  Sierra Madre thumbnail  

Painter Oil, Watercolor

Best know for watercolor
and her romance with Elmer Wachtel
 
OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS LOST

The Pasadena Society of Artists is looking for any information you may know about these Founding Charter Members. You may have noticed the gaps. Please help!

We are building an online history of The Society. Due to the lack of reccord keeping in the early years, and prior to digital data storage, we appeal to collectors, galleries and museums for assistance.

Please contact David Johnson, PSA historian, if you have any knowledge about original art, or biographical information for these Southern California artists producing work from 1910 forward.
Thank You Very Much.