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Tom E Lewis

Tom E Lewis (1909 - 1979) was active/lived in California.  Tom Lewis is known for Modernist town-landscape and still life painting.

Born in Los Angeles, CA on Feb. 22, 1909. Lewis studied architecture at USC. During the 1930s he had a home at 2260 Midlothian Drive in Pasadena and a studio in Laguna Beach.

A self-taught artist, he worked in oil and watercolor and was partial to the color blue. In 1935 he moved to San Francisco and established a studio on Telegraph Hill. He died there on Aug. 2, 1979.

Member:
California Art Club
San Diego Fine Arts Society
California Water Color Society
Laguna Beach Art Association
Progressive Painters of Southern California (cofounder)
Exhibition:
Los Angeles County Fair, 1931;
San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, 1932 (prize)
Ebell Salon (LA), 1934, 1935 (1st prize)
Santa Cruz Art League, 1934
San Diego Art Guild, 1934 (1st prize)
California Water Color Society, 1934, 1936 (1st prizes)
Los Angles County Museum of Art, 1934, 1935 (1st prizes)
Oakland Art Gallery, 1935 (prize)
San Francisco Museum of Art, 1935
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Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"


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Facts about Tom E Lewis

   Publications  Book References:  18
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18 Book References for Tom E Lewis
Year Author Title Pages Color
2015 Moure, Nancy Dustin Publications in California Art No. 11 Index to California Art Exhibited at the Laguna Beach Art Association, 1918-1972 0 No
2015 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Art Exhibition Index, First through Twenty-Seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12) 547 No
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
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
1991 Fort, Ilene/Michael Quick American Art A Catalogue/Los Angeles County 510 Yes
1991 Westphal, Ruth; Janet B Dominik American Scene Painting, California 1930s and 1940s 240 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1985 DuPont, Diana, K Holland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection 402 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay Last The California Style Watercolor Artists 1925-1955 259 Yes
1984 Orr-Cahill, Christina The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum 199 Yes
1973 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall California Watercolor Society Index to Exhibitions 1921-1954
(Exhibition catalog)
96 No
1959 Thiel, Yvonne Greer Artists and People 327 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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