Historical Membership Roster: M
This historical membership roster notes many of the deceased members of the Club since its inception in 1909.
This is a work-in-progress. Names not presented in boldface represent individuals who may have been members of the organization, but their involvement could not be confirmed through research of various published source materials.
Sources:
(A) = Annual CAC Exhibitions
(B) = CAC Bulletin
(H) = Edan Hughes’ Artists in California 1786 – 1940 [Third Edition, Two Volumes]
(M) = Nancy Moure’s Southern California Art
(R) = CAC Membership Roster
- MacDONALD, (n.d)
Resident of Beverly Hills. (Exh. with the CAC 1933, 1934 [24th, 25th Annuals]) (H) (M) - MacLEOD, Louise Elizabeth Garden (1857 – 1944)
An Honorary Member, MacLeod is first mentioned with the CAC in their 2nd Annual Exhibition. She studied at London’s Royal School and under Whistler in Paris. Upon arriving in Los Angeles in 1897, she (along with Mrs. J. Dalton Bond) founded the School of Art and Design, the first in the city. CAC Exhibitions: 2nd Annual (1911) (H) - MAISON, Mary Edith Cox (1886 – 1954)
A self-taught artist, she was also a pianist and songwriter. She came from the east coast to California by the early 1920’s. (Exh. with the CAC in 1930) (H) (M) - MAITLAND, Mrs. L. M.
Member (B, joined May 1932) - MALCO, Elaine (1916 – 1985)
Elaine Malco graduated from Otis Art Institute, studying under Ben Mesick, Paul Lauritz, and Henry Richter. She is included in Who’s Who in American Women, and exhibited at Penn Arts, the DeYoung Memorial, and the Greek Theater, among others. Her awards include the CAC Gold Medal (year?), the Ronzone Medal, and the Freddie Gold Cup for Sculpture. She was named a Woman of Achievement by the Long Beach Pen Women. Her work is permanently displayed at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. (A) (R) - MANBERT, R. Barton (1876 – 1945)
Manbert studied at the AIC and Pape School of Illustration before settling in Glendale in 1910. He first appears with the CAC in their 1st Annual Exhibit. He was an instructor at Chouinard from 1929-30. CAC Exhibitions: 1st Annual (1911), 3rd Annual (1912) (H)
(M) - MANNHEIM, Jean (1863 – 1945)
Active Member. Fled the German army to study in Paris; later studied/taught with Frank Brangwyn at his school in London. Mannheim first appears with the CAC in their 1st Annual Exhibit (1911). He built a house and studio on the Arroyo Seco in Pasadena and also maintained a studio in the Blanchard Building. In 1913 he founded the Stickney Memorial School of Fine Arts in Pasadena. CAC Exhibitions: 1st Annual (1911); Building Fund Exhibition (1922) (Exh. with the CAC 1914-16, 1920-24, 1926-28, 1931) (H) (M) - MARJANEN, Marjorie (Mrs. Toivo E.)
Member, lived in Santa Monica and attended Otis Art Institute for several years. Known primarily for seascapes, her work hangs (or was hung) in the Finnish Embassy in Washington D.C.as well as locations in and around Santa Monica. (letter) - MARLOW, Constance
Artist Member, lived in North Hollywood. (R, 1964) - MARSH, Charles Howard (1885 – 1956)
Studied in Paris and at the Stickney School; he was also a musician. (Exh. with the CAC 1920, 1922) (H) (M) - MARSH, Mary E. (1890 – 1970)
Worked as a curator at LACMA and married Conrad Buff. (H) - MARSHALL, Albert Sumner (1891 – 1970)
Studying at the Art Institute in San Francisco, he moved to Los Angeles in 1926 where he was active. (Exh. with the CAC 1933-35) (H) (M) (B, joined May 1932) - MARSHALL,
SaraCAC Exhibitions: 35th Annual (1944) - MARTCHENKO, Eunice (d. 1985)
Lived in North Hollywood and Los Angeles. Her maiden name was Stoller. She passed away in July 1985. (R, 1964) (B, Oct. 1985) - MARTIN, Grace
Artist Member, lived in Santa Monica. (R, 1964) - MARTIN, Steve
Associate Member, lived in Sherman Oaks. (R, 1964) - MARTIN, Robert Joseph (1888 – 1971)
A student of Robert Henri in NYC, he was active in Los Angeles 1918-19. (Exh. with the CAC 1919, s-1919) (H) (M) - MARTIN, Theresa
Member. (B, joined Mar. 1987) - MARTINELLI, Mrs. Constance
Associate Member, lived in Los Angeles. (R, 1964) - MARTIN-NICHOLS, Pegus
(Exh. with the CAC 1933-35) (M) (A) - MARTINEZ, Alfredo Ramos (1872 – 1946)
Martinez won a scholarship to the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, and then studied in Paris for 14 years. Later appointed Director of the Academia Nacional, he was one of David Alfaro Siqueiros’ instructors. In 1929 he moved to Los Angeles, where he lived until his death in 1946. Martinez was present at a CAC meeting in 1932 when Siqueiros was the guest of honor and speaker. Martinez soon became a member of the CAC, probably at that meeting. (Exh. with the CAC in 1938) (B, joined July 1932) (H) (M) - MARTINEZ, Irma
Member. (B, joined Jan. 1986) - MATERN, William A. (1867 – 1923)
An Associate Member of the short-lived Painters’ Club of Los Angeles, Matern joined the CAC as an Associate Member at their second monthly meeting on February 5, 1910 at Franz Bischoff’s house in South Pasadena. (LAT) (PCLA Minutes – elected to membership sometime prior to Dec. 1, 1908) - MATSON, Victor Stanley (1895 – 1972)
29th CAC PresidentPainter and etcher, known for his desert paintings and Sierra scenes. He studied painting with Jack W. Smith and Sam H. Harris. An Honorary Artist, Matson lived in South Pasadena. (R, 1964) (B, joined Oct. 1960) - MATSON, Dorothy (Mrs. Victor)
Honorary Member, lived in South Pasadena. (R, 1964) She passed away in 1987. (B, Oct. 1987) - MAUBERT, Barton
CAC Exhibitions: California Art Exhibit (1928, Bullock’s) - MAXWELL, Everett Carroll
Curator (with the L.A. County Museum), contributing writer (on CAC Annuals in Fine Arts Journal), Honorary CAC Member (elected Feb. 27, 1910). Maxwell curated the Second Annual Exhibition of the Painters’ Club of Los Angeles, but it doesn’t appear he was ever a member of that group. Maxwell also served on the new L.A. County Museum’s Art Committee (beginning 1913) with Mrs. Henrietta Housh, Julia Wendt, Marion Wachtel, Rob Wagner and Edgar Kellar. (Antony Anderson, Art and Artists, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 27, 1910; Antony Anderson, Art and Artists, Los Angeles Times, Dec. 28, 1913; Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1914) (LAT) - MAY, Beulah (1883 – 1959)
A student with W. M. Chase; she was active in Santa Ana, taught at UC, and after 1924 she managed an orange ranch. She first appears with the CAC during their 7th Annual. Beulah May was part of a group of CAC artists including Edgar Payne, Anna Hills, and Granville Redmond that gathered for a moonlight picnic in Laguna Beach in 1918. (Santa Ana Daily Register, July 23, 1918, p.5, California Art Club Members Enjoy Moonlight Picnic on Cliffs) CAC Exhibitions: 7th Annual (1916) (Exh. with the CAC 1916-23, 1925-26, s-1917, s-1919) (H) (M) (A) (LAT July 23, 1918, p.5, California Art Club Members Enjoy Moonlight Picnic on Cliffs) - MAYHEW, Nell Cole Danely Brooker (1875 – 1940)
Taught at the College of Fine Arts (USC) and Chouinard. Mayhew first appears with the CAC in their Spring Exhibit of 1914. CAC Exhibitions: Spring Exhibition (1914); 8th Annual (1917), Spring Exhibition (1918); Spring Exhibition, 10th Annual (1919), 11th Annual(1920) (H) (M) (A) - McBRIDE, Evangeline Ackley (1858 – 1928)
Settling in Pasadena in 1897, she studied art with Henry Joseph Breur and William Merritt Chase. CAC Exhibitions: California Art Exhibit (1928, Bullock’s) (Exh. with the CAC 1920, 1927) (H) (M) - McBRIDE, Mrs. J. H.
(Exh. with the CAC in 1924) (M) - McBURNEY, James Edwin (1868 – 1955)
A painter, illustrator and muralist, McBurney was born in Lore City, Ohio. He studied in New York at the Pratt Institute, with Twachtmann and Charles Davis, and in Philadelphia at the Drexel Institute and the Brandywine School of Art with Howard Pyle. He studied at Academies Colarossi and Castelucho in Paris From 1901-1913 he gave private lessons and taught at a local high L. A. school; one of his students was Mable Alvarez. He also conducted art classes at Laguna Beach, which along with other artists summer classes helped develop the art colony at Laguna Beach. He was also a muralist in the 1915 Pan American Exposition in San Francisco. In 1919, he left California to teach briefly at the A.E.F. University in Beaune, France, and then went to Chicago, where he had an opportunity to paint murals. Working there until his death on March 2, 1955, he founded an art school, was Art Director for the Chicago Art District and for the City Parks and Recreation, and was active in the WPA Mural projects there. CAC Exhibitions: 1st Traveling Exhibit (1915) (H) - McCANNE, James W.
Artist Member, lived in North Hollywood. (R, 1964) - McCULLEY, Beatrice Maurine
Artist Member, lived in Palm Desert. (R, 1964) - McCULLOCH, Fay
Artist Member, lived in Los Angeles. (R, 1964) - McELROY, Virginia M.
Artist Member, lived in San Gabriel. (R, 1964) (letter & petition) - McKAY, Thomas Hill (1874 – 1941)
Born in Scotland, he exhibited at the Glasgow Art Institute, the Scottish Academy, and the Royal Academy in London before arriving in Los Angeles in 1923. CAC Exhibitions: California Art Exhibit (1928, Bullock’s) (Exh. with the CAC 1925-26) (H) (M) - McKENZIE, Claudia M. Barkdull (1888 – 1976)
She lived in Los Angeles in the 1930’s, and was also a resident of San Francisco and Anaheim in later years. (Exh. with the CAC in 1938) (H) (M) - McLAUGHLIN, Gilbert
Artist Member, lived in Reseda. (R, 1964) - McLEAN, William. E. (F.?)
Member. The McLeans married Aug. 6 1955 in Lone Pine. (B, July 1955) - McLEAN, Mrs. William. E. (F.?)
Artist Member, lived in Lone Pine. (R, 1964) The McLeans married Aug. 6 1955 in Lone Pine. (B, July 1955) - McLOUTH, Farley Doten (n.d.)
(Exh. with the CAC in 1923, early Annuals) (H) (M) - McMANAMAN, Kathryn Herndon (1887 – ?)
Sculptor, portrait painter. Born in Iowa on July 24; McManaman was a graduate of Monrovia (CA) High School in 1906 and College of Fine Arts at USC in 1909. Her studies continued in NYC at the Henri School and with DuMond and Chase at the ASL. She first appears with the CAC in their 4th Annual Exhibition (1913). In 1922 she wed J. O. Johnson of Seattle and resided in Monrovia until at least 1932. Her work includes portraits in oil and statues of prominent local people. (H) CAC Exhibitions: 4th Annual (1913) - McPHAIL, Annie Christine Belle (1898 – 1985)
A painter and teacher, she taught at UCLA for 40 years. (Exh. with the CAC in 1929) (B, joined Feb. 1930) (H) (M) - MEADOWS, Cora Dell Teter (1868 – 1946)
She studied with Joseph Pennell, at the ASL/NYC, and at the Academie Julian in Paris. She became active in Los Angeles in 1905 and first appeared with the CAC in their Spring 1918 Exhibit. CAC Exhibitions: Spring Exhibit, 9th Annual (1918); 13th Annual (1922); Building Fund Exhibit (1922); 15th Annual (1924) (H) (M) (A) - MEEKER, Elizabeth
Artist Member, lived in Sun Valley. (R, 1964) - MEGARGEE, Lawrence Alonzo (“Lon”) (1883 – 1960)
Studying at most of the major east coast art schools , he moved to Los Angeles in 1909 and worked as the art director for Paramount Studios for several years. He work consists mostly of western subjects. He first appears with the CAC during their 7th Annual. CAC Exhibitions: 7th Annual (1916). (Exh. with the CAC 1916, 1919-20, s-1917, s-1918, s-1919) (H) (M) (A) - MEIER, Barton
CAC Member. 1st President of the L.A. Co. Employee’s Art Club. (B, Dec. 1952) - MEIER, Mrs. Barton (d. 1993)
Honorary Life Member. (CAC Bulletin) Lived in Los Angeles. (R, 1964) (B, passing, Mar. 1993) - MERWIN, Antoinette DeForest Parsons (1861 – 1941)
Studying at the ASL/NYC and in Paris with Collins, Courtois and Whistler, she moved to Los Angeles during the 1920’s. (Exh. with the CAC 1924, 1926, 1928) (H) (M) CAC Exhibitions: 15th Annual (1924); 17th Annual (1926); California Art Exhibit (Bullock’s), 19th Annual (1928) - MESSICK, Benjamin Newton (1891 – 1981)
A student of F.T. Chamberlin, Clarence Hinkle, Pruett Carter and Donna Schuster; he painted Regionalist pictures of urban life in the 1930’s. (H) - MEYER, Beatrice S. (Mrs. Herbert)
Artist Member, lived in Hollywood. (R, 1964) - MEYER, Herbert
Associate Member, lived in Hollywood. (R, 1964) (B, joined Oct. 1960) - MILBURN, Oliver (1883 – 1932)
After becoming wealthy in the oil and homebuilding industries, he began taking classes at Chouinard and Otis. (Exh. with the CAC 1928-32) (H) (M) - MILES, Donald E. (1912 – 1990)
Artist Member. A student of Sam Hyde Harris and Henry L. Richter, he began painting in 1932. Wife Lillian. (H) (M) (letter) (B, passing, Jan. 1991) - MILES, Harold Whiting (1887 – 1963)
He was the art director for Cecil B. DeMille’s “King of Kings” and “The Ten Commandments.” (Exh. with the CAC 1919-23) (H) (M) - MILES, Melinda
Artist Member. (Jan. 3, 1979; Sept. 5, 1979; March 1, 1981 letters) - MILLER, Barse (1904 – 1973)
Barse Miller studied at the National Academy of Design in NYC, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, and with Henry Snell and Hugh Breckenridge. After further study in Europe, he moved to southern California in 1924 and began teaching at Chouinard School of Art. During WWII he served as an artist-correspondant for Life magazine. Miller made headlines in 1932 when he exhibited a painting, Apparition Over Los Angeles, that lampooned the nationally-known Los Angeles-based evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. He also created a red and white fresco at USC in 1940 that wraps around the upper exterior of Harris Hall and depicts the symbolic history of civilization, climaxing with industry and science over the front doorway. Miller served as 1st Vice President of the CAC during 1932. Also during this time he was a part of Mexican muralist David Siquieros’ Fresco Block class at Chouinard School of Art which assisted Siquieros in creating his first mural in Los Angeles, Street Meeting, on an exterior wall of the school. Miller is also mentioned in “Artistwocky” in the Dec. 1928 CAC Bulletin. (Exh. with the CAC 1925-29, 1931) (H) (M) - MILLER, Evylena Nunn (1888 – 1966)
A lifelong student and teacher, she ventured to Japan to study with Jippo Araki. An Artist Member who lived in Santa Ana, her first appearance with the CAC was during their Second Traveling Exhibit in 1916. Evylena Nunn was part of a group of CAC artists including Edgar Payne, Anna Hills, and Granville Redmond that gathered for a moonlight picnic in Laguna Beach in 1918. (Santa Ana Daily Register, July 23, 1918, p.5, California Art Club Members Enjoy Moonlight Picnic on Cliffs) CAC Exhibitions: Second Traveling Exhibit (1916) (Exh. with the CAC 1923-30, 1933-35, 1937) (H) (M) (A) (R, 1964) - MILLER, Harry
Member, passed away early 1988. (B, passing, Mar. 1988) - MILLER, Henry
Patron Member, lived in Los Angeles. (R, 1964) - MILLER, H. Howard
Artist Member, lived in Sepulveda. (R, 1964) - MILLER, Mary Virginia
Associate Member, lived in Sherman Oaks. (R, 1964) - MILLER, Virginia
Member. (B, joined, Apr. 1985) - MILLER, Meredith
Associate Member, lived in Reseda. (R, 1964) - MILLER, Richard Emil (1875 – 1943)
Popular artist and teacher, became well-known for his paintings of women, particularly outdoors. He first appears with the CAC during their 7th Annual. CAC Exhibitions: 7th Annual (1916) (H) (M) - MILLER, Ruth Blanchard (1904 – )
Studying in New York, Paris, and Italy, she moved to Los Angeles in 1922 and studied at Otis and the Stickney School. She later taught portraiture at Stickney. (Exh. with the CAC 1928-29) (H) (M) (A) - MILLIER, Arthur Henry Thomas (1893 – 1975)
A painter and etcher, he became the second art critic for the L.A. Times in 1926 (after Antony Anderson). (H) Honorary Life Member, c/o L.A. Examiner (R, 1964) - MILLIS, Carl
Sculptor Member. (B, joined Feb. 1955) - MINER, Frederick Roland (1876 – 1935)
Associate Member of both the Painters’ Club of Los Angeles (elected Jan. 5, 1909) and of the CAC (joined Feb. 5, 1910). He studied at the ASL/NYC under John Carlson and moved to California in 1897. William Wendt offered criticism for some of his works. (Exh. with the CAC 1918, s-1919) CAC Exhibitions: 1st Annual Chautauqua Exhibit (1910); 2nd Annual (1911); 9th Annual, Spring Exhibition (1918); Spring Exhibition (1919); 11th Annual (1920); Building Fund Exhibition (1922); 15th Annual (1924) (H) (M) - MITCHELL, Alfred Richard (1888 – 1972)
As a youngster he prospected for gold and drove stagecoaches in Nevada. Moving to San Deigo in 1908 he studied under Maurice Braun, and then went to the PAFA for further instruction. (Exh. with the CAC 1925) (H) (M) - MITCHELL, David G.
Artist Member, lived in Los Angeles. (R, 1964) - MITCHELL, Laura Marie DesBarres (1883 – 1965)
Before moving to Los Angeles in 1909, she studied with Kenyon Cox, George Bridgman, and Lucia Fairchild Fuller at the ASL.She painted life-size portraits as well as miniatures. (Exh. with the CAC 1921 [12th], 1922-23, 1925) (H) (M) - MITCHELL, Lloyd Jenning (1909 – 1978)
Raised in the Ozarks, he left home in his teens and came west, where he worked briefly as an extra in western movies. He studied at Chouinard and served in the Navy during WWII. (H) (M) Artist Member, lived in Temple City. (R, 1964) - MOCINE, Ralph Fullerton (1875 – 1953)
Active Member. Studied in Europe and at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute. He exhibited locally and worked in commercial art. Mocine probably joined the CAC sometime prior to hosting their fifth monthly meeting at his San Pedro studio on April 30, 1910. (H) (Antony Anderson, Los Angeles Times, May 1, 1910) CAC Exhibitions: 1st Annual; 2nd Annual (1911) - MODRA, Theodore B. (1873 – 1930)
Studied in Paris and Munich and with Henri in NYC. He was director of the L.A. County Fair in Pomona from 1921-1930 and was an early instructor to Millard Sheets. Modra first appears with the CAC in their 6th Annual Exhibition. (In Memorium, Nov. 1930 Bulletin). CAC Exhibitions: 6th Annual (1915); Building Fund Exhibition (1922) (Exh. with the CAC 1915, 1920-21, 1923-26, 1928, 1930, s-1918) (H) (M) (A) - MONTALBODDI, Raffaello (1879 – 1972)
Assistant to Carolus-Duran in Paris. An Active Member, Montalboddi first appears with the CAC in their 3rd Annual Exhibition. CAC Exhibitions: 3rd Annual (1912) (H) - MOORE, Richard B.
Artist Member, lived in Redondo Beach. (R, 1964) - MOORE, Tom D.
Associate Member, lived in Los Angeles. (R, 1964) - MOORADIAN, Kosrof T.
Artist Member, lived in Inglewood. (R, 1964) - MOOSHIAN, Jeroma
Artist Member, lived in Hollywood. (R, 1964) - MORFORD, Myra L.
Patron Member, lived in Los Angeles. (R, 1964) - MORGAN, George T.
Associate Member, lived in Pacific Palisades. (R, 1964) - MORRIS, Adelaide (1881 – 1974)
A student in Paris, Colorado, and at UCLA, she taught at the latter until 1938. (Exh. with the CAC in 1918) (H) (M) - MOSER, Julon
Artist Member, lived in Ventura. (R, 1964) - MOSES, Walter Farrington (1874-1947)
Artist Member; Managing Director of the CAC in 1922. (Antony Anderson, Of Interest to Artists, Los Angeles Times, Dec. 17, 1922) - MOTT-SMITH, May (1879-1952)
Painter, sculptor, craftsman. Born in Honolulu, HI on March 17 into an artistic family. May’s father, an Englishman, went to Honolulu after the CA Gold Rush and designed the silver crown worn by Lunalio, the last of the royal line of Hawaii. Her brother, Harold Meade Mott-Smith, became an artist of note on the islands. May studied at Academie Colarossi in Paris and the Mark Hopkins Institute in S.F. She worked in that city but also maintained studios in L.A. and N.Y. Mott-Smith first appears with the CAC in their Spring Exhibition of 1914. She died on June 5. CAC Exhibitions: Spring Exhibition (1914) (H) (A) (LAT) - MOULTON, Mike
Artist Member. CAC Exhibitions: 64th Annual (1973); 66th Annual (1975); 85th Annual (1994) - MUGNAINI, Joe (d. 1992)
A popular demonstrator with the CAC and many other southland art groups, Joe taught at Otis Art Institute from the 1950’s through the 1970’s. He died in January 1992 at the age of 79. (A) (B, Mar. 1992) - MUNSELL, Richard (1903 – 1963)
The nephew of artist Pruett Carter, he settled in Los Angeles during the 1930’s and taught painting at Chouinard. He also used the pseudonym “Richard M. Chambers” for his paintings. (Exh. with the CAC 1935-36, 1938) (H) (M) (A) - MURDOCH, Helen (Murdock) (1862 – 1956)
Member. Her career began in Boston but she worked for many years in London and Rome. She celebrated her ninetieth birthday on Sept. 21, 1952, and passed away in March 1956 at age 94. (B, Oct. 1952; Apr. 1956) - MURPHY, Lawrence M. (1872 – 1947)
His father, a wealthy banker, disinherited him after he became an artist. He studied in Paris and in NYC with Bridgman and DuMond; after settling in L.A. he taught at the ASL, UCLA, and Chouinard. His first appearance with the CAC was during their 6th Annual. CAC Exhibitions: 6th Annual (1915) (H) (M) - MURPHY, Marjorie Connor (1888 – 1980)
An artist and teacher who lived in Santa Barbara. She taught at the Santa Barbara School of Arts. CAC Exhibitions: An Exhibition of the California Art Club of Los Angeles (1920-21, San Diego); Building Fund Exhibition (1922); 15th Annual (1924) (H) (M) - MYERS, Ruth Larimer (d. 1958)
Member. (B, May 1958)