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Institute School of Fine Arts. He was selected Painting Department chairman and as director of Seminar Projects for Santa Barbara Art Institute and was awarded Artist in Residence at Moorpark College, Moorpark, California in the seventies. He served as Professor and Department Chair for the Fine and Performing Arts, and Communication Departments at Oxnard College, Oxnard, California. During his tenure at Oxnard, James mentored dozens of aspiring young artists including
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Jarvaise: Collages Redux at Louis Stern Fine Arts. This exhibit featured a selection of his latest work from 1989-2013. The show earned him a positive review on KCRW ArtTalk by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp. The review praised the work for being the most youthful art on exhibit in April 2015. The 91 year old artist attended the public opening event. Jarvaise died peacefully at home later that same year. Jarvaise had five children.
380:, to James Alexis (1888-1965) and Suzanne (Conlin) Jarvaise (1890-1978). His father, born in Turkey to French parents, was a scholar of Greek studies, spoke five languages and was a collector of antiques, largely informing young James’ interests in arts and culture. The family, which included his sisters Julia and Catherine, spent time in New York City and Chicago, but Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania remained their main residence until 1940.
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301:; earned a B.F.A. from the University of Southern California in 1952; studied at Yale in 1953; and earned an M.F.A. in 1954 from the University of Southern California. Jarvaise relocated to Santa Barbara in 1969 and, from 1991 forward, served as Head of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Oxnard College. Here, he influenced a new generation of painters, including
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University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Jarvaise was stationed in Heidelberg, Germany with the United States Army Air Corps from 1944 through 1945. Following the war, Jarvaise traveled throughout France and Germany. While in France, he studied briefly with Fernand LĂ©ger in his studios in Paris and Biarritz, France. While studying in Paris, James befriended artist
430:. Jarvaise realized a profound relationships between the Hudson River School painters and his own abstract works. So much so, that he titled this new series the “Hudson River School Series.” This is when Jarvaise began integrating his surrounding environment into his painting practice. In a MoMA Catalog from 1959, Jarvaise referred to this series, saying:
411:’ classes. Also in 1953, Lorraine was offered a teaching assignment by the U.S. Air Force in France which allowed the couple the opportunity to travel and study throughout Europe. Upon their return to Los Angeles, James completed his Master of Fine Arts, University of Southern California, College of Letters, Arts and Science, Fine Arts Department.
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Jarvaise found renewed interest in his work during the final decade of his life. His early works were featured in a solo exhibition, titled James
Jarvaise and the Hudson River Series, that was organized and presented by Louis Stern Fine Arts. Jarvaise celebrated the last solo exhibition during
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Jarvaise accepted various teaching positions, residencies and administrative positions over the next three decades. He moved his family to Santa
Barbara, California after accepting a position at the University of California. Jarvaise accepted teaching opportunities at Santa Barbara Art Institute and
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Jarvaise family moved to Los Angeles where James graduated from John Marshall High School in 1942. After graduating, James enlisted in the United States Army on April 23, 1943, in Los Angeles. He trained at Camp Roberts, California where he was selected for Army Air Corps specialized training at
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Jarvaise taught the
Fundamentals of Drawing and Painting at the University of Southern California, College of Letters, Arts and Science, Fine Arts Department in the Fall semester of 1956/1957. Following his adjunct appointment, Jarvaise joined the faculty at USC, teaching at the university, on and
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purchased Hudson River School Series # 30 in 1957. Carnegie Museum of Art acquired Hudson River School Series # 16, 1957 the same year. The
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington DC houses several unique works by James Jarvaise. The Museum of
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His most recent exhibition, "James
Jarvaise: Collages Redux" at Louis Stern Fine Arts featured a selection of his latest work from 1989-2013. The show earned him a positive review on KCRW ArtTalk by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp. The review praises the work for being the most youthful art on exhibit in
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During this period, Jarvaise developed a mixed media collage technique that he experimented with throughout his career. Jarvaise assembled found objects, paint, industrial materials, and metals mostly in monochrome palettes of blacks, grays, whites, and beiges. Jarvaise graduated with
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Foundation Fund in 1960. Jarvaise was honored as a guest lecturer at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Additional museum recognition was bestowed upon Jarvaise in 1960 by Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y. resulting in their acquisition of
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368:(LACMA) currently has two James Jarvaise paintings in their permanent collection. The AD&A Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara acquired Hudson River School Series #59 from the Ruth Schaffner Collection in 1986.
392:(1924-2011), a Literature major. James Jarvaise and Lorraine Webber married in Inglewood, California in 1950. The Jarvaise’s had five children, James Laurens, Julie Lorraine, Jeanne Marie, Anna Alexis, and Jean Rene.
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International recognition emanated from Palacio de Cristal del Retiro, University of Madrid, in connection with the International Art Exposition of 1963 resulting in a two term teaching position .
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