Alice Ellen Klauber
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by Robert Henri (c.1914)
Alice Ellen Klauber (May 19, 1871, San Diego - July 5, 1951, Lemon Grove) was an American landscape painter.
Biography
[edit]Her parents, Abraham Klauber (1831–1911) and Theresa née Epstein (1841–1921), emigrated from what was then Bohemia in 1869 and settled in San Diego, where he became a merchant. Alice was the fifth of what eventually came to be twelve siblings, four of whom died as children. In search of better schools, the family relocated to San Francisco in 1885. Her artistic training began there, at the Art Students’ League. They returned to San Diego in 1892. She later studied with William Merritt Chase. In 1907, she went to Spain, where she studied with Robert Henri.[1]
She maintained a correspondence with Henri, and invited him to San Diego in 1914. The following year, for the Panama-California Exposition, she joined with Henri and Dr. Edgar Hewett, the director of exhibits, to present work by some of America's notable contemporary artists.[1]
In addition to this work, she was a member of several art organizations, including the San Diego Art Association and the San Diego Art Guild. In 1926, she and her brother-in-law, the banker Julius Wangenheim (1866–1942), who was married to her sister Laura (1869–1947), were among the founding members of the Fine Arts Society of San Diego.[1] She also provided financial support by donating artworks from such famous painters as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.
As a collector, she was a specialist in oriental art, and was one of the founders of the Asiatic Arts Committee. In 1940, she was named the honorary curator of oriental art at the Fine Arts Gallery.[1] Her donations there include block prints by Hokusai and Hiroshige.
Through it all, she still had time to paint and exhibited frequently in Southern California; winning the occasional award. In addition to her painting, she created interior designs for the community center in Balboa Park, the YMCA and several others. In 1928, a book of her poems was published by the Denrich Press in Chula Vista.[2] She never married.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Bruce Kamerling, "Painting Ladies: Some Early San Diego Women Artists." in: The Journal of San Diego History, 32.3 (Summer 1986): 168-170 Excerpts @ The San Diego History Center
- ^ Works by and about Klauber @ the San Diego Public Library
Further reading
[edit]- Martin E. Petersen, San Diego’s First Lady of the Arts: Alice Ellen Klauber & Friends, 46pgs., 1984 (Listing @ the San Diego Public Library)
External links
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- Alice Klauber @ the Panama-California Exposition Digital Archive
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