Dean Cornwell sitted beneath the rotunda at the Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Dean Cornwell sitted beneath the rotunda at the Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles, 1932

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

1932

Date

1932

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Dean Cornwell was an American painter and illustrator who was prominent in the early 20th century. His works include illustrations for Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Good Housekeeping. He also painted several other murals besides those for the L.A. library, including for the locations: the Warwick Hotel New York, 10 Rockefeller Plaza New York, and the Sevier State Office Building in Tennessee. He is mentioned in several L.A. Times articles, including one dated June 21, 1931, which covers his research process for the murals for the L.A. library.
Photograph of Dean Cornwell seated at a table with a sketch and holding a paint brush and a pallet (or more sketches) in the rotunda room at the Los Angeles Public (Central) Library. Cornwell is seen in the process of planning his mural titled "Four Great Eras of California History" which was to be painted on the walls below the rotunda. Cornwell is looking up at the walls or the mosaic-clad dome. Four women and 1 man stand beside the table look at his sketch(es). On the table sheets of sketch paper, tubes of paint, paint brushes, a ceramic cup holding a paint brush and a piece of fabric draped over the side of the table.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2334 p 1 to 14, 1932, Los Angeles Library, Dean Cornwell, Artist, 206 E. 33rd St NY city, Los Angeles Library.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

interior views
cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Cornwell, Dean, 1892-1960
Los Angeles Public Library. Central Library

Location

California-Los Angeles

Longitude

34.0507188

Latitude

-118.25518090000003

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Murals--California--Los Angeles
Painters (Artists)--American--California--Los Angeles
Libraries--California--Los Angeles