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Leonard Edmondson

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Leonard Edmondson (1916 - 2002) was active/lived in California.  Leonard Edmondson is known for Abstract expressionist painting, colored etchings.

An abstract expressionist painter, printmaker of colored etchings and art educator, Leonard Edmondson spent his career in California where he served as President of the California Watercolor Society and of the Los Angeles Printmaking Society. At the Watercolor Society's annual exhibits at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Edmondson was one of the first "radically modern" painters to have his work accepted. He was also a member of the San Francisco Art Association and the Los Angeles Art Association.

Leonard Edmondson was born in Sacramento, California and studied at the University of California, Berkeley where he earned a Master's Degree in 1942. During World War II, he served in the United States Army and then settled in Pasadena. By 1947, he was on the faculty at Pasadena City College and began exhibiting his abstract expressionist paintings, which by the 1950s, were attracting national attention. Major museums including the Metropolitan, Brooklyn and Museum of Modern Art   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3692 characters.]  Artist bio

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26 Book References for Leonard Edmondson
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2003 Herskovic, Marika (editor) American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s: An Illustrated Survey 372 Yes
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.		 1249 No
2002 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary 231 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media 560 Yes
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1991 Falk, Peter Hastings Biennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 335 No
1991 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor); Andrea Ansell Bien The Annual & Biennial Exhibition Record of the Whitney Museum of Art (Whitney Museum of American Art, 1918-1989)
(Exhibition catalog)		 468 No
1991 Fort, Ilene/Michael Quick American Art A Catalogue/Los Angeles County 510 Yes
1990 Acton, David A Spectrum of Innovation Color in American Printmaking 1890-1960
(Exhibition catalog)		 304 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Perine, Robert The California Romantics: Harbingers of Watercolorism 96 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1985 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay Last The California Style Watercolor Artists 1925-1955 259 Yes
1980 Feinblatt, Ebria/Bruce Davis Los Angeles Prints 1883-1980
(Exhibition catalog)		 111 No
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1976 San Francisco Mus Modern Art Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era 272 Yes
1976 Weller, Allen S Watercolor U S A National Invatational Exhibit
(Exhibition catalog)		 90 No
1973 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall California Watercolor Society Index to Exhibitions 1921-1954
(Exhibition catalog)		 96 No
1956 Long Beach Muni Art Center California Painting 40 Painters 90 No
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