Chaffey Community Art Association
Museum of Art
THE BARBARA LINE COLLECTION
Nucleus of the Chaffey Community Art Association Permanent Collection of
fine paintings was the Barbara Line Collection. This was a succession of
fine paintings donated by Francis and Helen Line, beginning in 1941, as a
memorial to their lovely young daughter.
After the Sing, Marjorie Reed Lindgren, 1941
Signed “ Marjorie Reed Lindgren”, lower right
Oil
40” x 29 ¾”
n.d.
1941 Barbara Line Memorial purchase
MARJORIE REED LINDGREN 1908-1999
Marjorie Reed was inspired to paint by her father. She studied under Jack Wilkerson Smith, a noted landscape artist. Marjorie loved the outdoors, horses in action, and western history. She roamed the countryside and became acquainted with Captain William Banning, who was stage driver for his father, the famed Phineas Banning. From him she acquired a knowledge of stage coaches and the handling of teams of horses. Enthralled by the romantic history of the Butterfield Trail, she began work on a series of paintings depicting the riding of the Butterfield Stage on the different runs from San Francisco to Yuma crossing the Colorado River. There are a total of 21 paintings in the series. This series attracted national attention and was acquired by the late James Copley, owner of the Copley Press and publisher of the San Diego Union Tribune.
Lindgren's work has been featured in National Geographic, Trail West and Arizona Highways.
The nine paintings of the Barbara Line Collection are:
Desert River, Conrad Buff, 1941.
Blue House, Thomas Craig, 1941.
Storm at Sequoia, Emil Kosa, Jr., 1941.
Mineral King, Paul Lauritz, 1941.
After the Sing, Marjorie Reed Lindgren, 1941.
Iron Mountain, Clyde Scott, 1941.
Location (map):
THE J. FILIPPI WINERY, North Wing
12467 Baseline Road, Rancho Cucamonga, California 91739
Mailing Address:
Chaffey Community Art Association Museum of Art
P.O. Box 3902, Rancho Cucamonga, California 91729
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