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Interior of the Otis Art Institute during a student exhibition (?), Los Angeles, between 1918-1939

Description:
View of the interior of a stately house, probably the 1898 house of General Harrison Grey Otis, which became the Otis Art Institute in 1918 (located at 2410 Wilshire Blvd.). There is carved chest supporting a floral bouquet in front of a fireplace with a carved stone mantle. In the room beyond there appears to be art work on exhibition.
Date:
[between 1918-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Interior of the Otis Art Institute during a student exhibition (?), Los Angeles, between 1918-1939

Stylized landscape painting and decorative metalwork objects by a Otis Art Institute students, Los Angeles, 1918-1939

Description:
Photograph of a stylized landscape painting by an Otis Art Institute student, with a view towards a lawn and house from a front gate. The painting is on a wall above a table covered with fabric and holding a footed metal bowl flanked by decorative metal candle holders and small paintings in decorative metal frames.
Date:
[between 1918-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Stylized landscape painting and decorative metalwork objects by a Otis Art Institute students, Los Angeles, 1918-1939

Benji Okubo receiving an award from J. Y. Blaikie for a poster that he created for the California Botanic Garden, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Benji Okubo, born in Riverside, was a renowned painter of Japanese ancestry. A graduate of Otis Art Institute (1929), he was active in Los Angeles from the 20's through the 40's. Incarcerated in 1942 in Heart Mountain for the duration of the war, Okubo continued to paint and to teach art classes to fellow inmates. After the war, Okubo returned to Los Angeles with his wife, Chisato, and supported his family as a successful landscape architect. While Okubo continued to paint, his professional career in art did not resume its pre-war level of activity and recognition.
Date:
March 15, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Benji Okubo receiving an award from J. Y. Blaikie for a poster that he created for the California Botanic Garden, Los Angeles, 1928

Otis Art Institute students holding posters that they created for the California Botanic Garden, Los Angeles, 1928

Description:
Photograph of 8 Otis Art Institute students holding posters designed to promote attendance at the California Botanic Garden with award winner Benji Okubo on the left. Each poster has an illustration of trees or plants with the caption "Visit The California Botanic Garden." The students are standing on a lawn in front of a stand of palm and other trees at the Otis Art Institute, then located at 2401 Wilshire Blvd.
Date:
March 15, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Otis Art Institute students holding posters that they created for the California Botanic Garden, Los Angeles, 1928