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.
Mineral King, Paul Lauritz, 1941
Signed “ Paul Lauritz”, lower left
Oil
30” x 36”
n.d.
1941 Barbara Line Memorial purchase
PAUL LAURITZ 1889-1976
Paul Lauritz was born in Larvik, Norway, a small resort village. While still very young he took watercolor painting lessons from a visiting English artist, followed by his formal art education. He then emigrated to Canada, traveled across the Northwest Territory, and spent several years in Alaska where he became friends with Sydney Lawrence.
In the 1920's he moved to Southern California and painted landscape subjects throughout the southwest. During this era he was considered one of the Plein Air or Eucalyptus School artists and became particularly well known for his depictions of the high desert. Most of the watercolors he produced were representational works done on large sheets of paper with transparent paints. These were exhibited all over the United States and occasionally in Europe.
Lauritz produced many oil paintings of Southwestern landscapes as well and was an active member of several art organizations which featured shows of works done in that medium. He also taught at the Chouinard Art Institute and the Otis Art Institute and gave many painting demonstrations in the Palm Springs area.
He was a member of the Royal Society of Arts (England).
(Biographical information taken in part from Plein Air Painters of California, Ruth Westphal.)
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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