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488:' work showed her husband's influence. He often worked on her pastels and paintings, and his bolder, more confident, stroke can be discerned, according to his biographer. Eleanor Lukits was outgoing, and drew her husband into the social whirl of Los Angeles, where she cultivated patrons and portrait sitters. The couple showed their work together extensively and she participated in many of the exhibitions for women artists of the Southland in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1948, as she and her husband were transferring gasoline from one container to another in their basement, the vapors were ignited by a pilot light. Both Eleanor and Theodore were burned, but her internal injuries led to her death in the hospital. 492:

organizations in the 1950s and early 1960s. From 1952 to 1990, Lucile Lukits helped her husband run his school and business affairs, and her assistance helped put the school on firmer financial footing. After her husband's death, Lucile Lukits took over management of her husband's artwork and estate before passing the responsibility on to his students. In 1997, feeling the effects of Parkinson's disease, she moved to Utah to be closer to her family. She died in Utah in 2003 at the age of ninety-four. There were no children from either of Lukits' marriages.

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brushes and palettes, and designed and carved frames. Lukits was responsible for keeping the "Beaux-Arts" methods of the French academic system alive in the western United States, and several of his students went on to prominent careers. His works are displayed in many public collections. He was a member of a number of professional art organizations and won many awards in competitions. Lukits has been the subject of a number of solo museum exhibitions since his death, and his work has been included in a number of other museum exhibitions devoted to

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Lukits began his professional career as an illustrator while still in his teens. He was a still life painter, muralist and founder of the Lukits Academy of Fine Arts in Los Angeles for more than sixty years. He had the reputation of a craftsman who made his own paints from raw pigments, constructed

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Lukits exhibited at a number of the premier Los Angeles galleries during the 1930s. In February 1931, he had an exhibition at the Desert Gallery in Palm Springs. In June he had a large exhibition of landscapes, still lifes and portraits at the Stendahl Galleries. In 1935 he had a solo exhibition

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In addition to art students, Lukits taught Hollywood makeup artists. The prominent makeup artist Louis Hippe (1909–1967) advocated the study of drawing and anatomy under Lukits in order to understand the planes and facial structure of the human head and how it would appear under artificial light,

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Several years later, Lukits began dating Lucille Greathouse, a Disney animator and also one of his students. They were married in 1952 after a short courtship. Lukits and his second wife lived a quieter social life, but they exhibited and were active with a number of Southern California's art

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In 1990, Lucile and Theodore Lukits, who was then in declining health, donated a large collection of his work to the Jonathan Art Foundation in Los Angeles. This collection, which includes a large selection of his pastels as well as a number of portraits, has been loaned out to museums for

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From the mid-1920s through the early 1930s, Lukits had a number of solo exhibitions in southern California. The fall of 1926 may have been his most successful season. He had an exhibition at the Southby Salon on Larchmont Boulevard that opened on September 23. The review in the

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Lukits made many studies and portraits of Mexican and Mexican-American sitters, some of which were preparatory works for mural projects. These works were the subject of two different exhibitions at Mission San Juan Capistrano, in 1998 and 1999. The second exhibition, titled

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Lukits began at the Art Institute of Chicago with evening, weekend and summer classes because he was unable to enroll as a full-time student until he turned eighteen. Lukits studied with a number of instructors at the institute, but his main teachers and mentors were the

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in 1934, and another portrait in 1936. In 1937, the couple eloped to Santa Barbara and were married. In 1940, they purchased a comfortable Spanish-style home on Citrus Avenue, just south of Wilshire Boulevard, adjacent to the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art has a notable collection of plein-air pastels by Theodore Lukits. These have been central to two exhibitions at SAMA, one in 1999, devoted to landscape pastels, and the other in 2008, which featured watercolors and pastels.

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portrait and landscape painter. His initial fame came from his portraits of glamorous actresses of the silent film era, but since his death, his Asian-inspired works, figures drawn from Hispanic California and pastel landscapes have received greater attention.

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Lukits met the aspiring artist and actress Eleanor Merriam (1909–1948) in 1931 when she came to study with him. She became one of his favorite models. He painted a well-exhibited pastel portrait of her in 1932, a prize-winning artistic oil portrait titled

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In November he had a showing in the salon of the Hollywood restaurant the Montmatre Cafe. His work included portraits, landscapes and marines. Along with Count Tolstoy and the actress Dolores Del Rio, he was the guest at a pair of receptions.

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One of his students, Kalan Brunink, followed his lead and became principal artist of the famed Old Town Olvera Street, Los Angeles and has a notable collection of Spanish-Mexican-American paintings and Mission San Juan Capistrano works.

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Lukits opened the Lukits Academy in early 1924 and continued teaching until his retirement at age ninety. He was a well-known plein-air painter, choosing the pastel medium for more than one thousand sketches he did on location in the

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Bellah, Suzanne, The Pastels of Theodore Lukits, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California, 1991 (essays by Suzanne Bellah; recollections by Peter Adams, Tim Solliday; biographical essay by Peter Adams and Suzanne Bellah of Carnegie

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Another painter Lukits was influenced by was Housep Pushman (1877–1966). He first met the Armenian artist in 1916 in Chicago, where he had an exhibition at the Art Institute of his figurative works and Asian-themed still lifes.

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1998 – Group Exhibition – California Plein-Air Painting: Selections from the Johnathan Art Foundation and the Jonathan Club Collection, Gallery at 777, June 23, 1998 – September 11, 1998 (works by Manheim, Lukits, Adams,

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Circular of Instruction of the School of Drawing, Painting, Modeling, Decorative Designing, Normal Instruction, Illustration and Architecture. Art Institute of Chicago, 1914–1915 (Lukits appears in summer school evening

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The exhibition focused on Lukits' Asian-inspired work, and included stylized portraits, plein-air landscape pastels with Japanese art influences, and a few still lifes of Asian antiques. This exhibition opened at the

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2002 – Group Exhibition – 92nd Annual California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition - Selection of Paintings by Historic Artists of the CAC, June 30 – August 25, 2002, Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena, California

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1998 – Solo Exhibition– Theodore Lukits: An American Orientalist, The Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, California, December 12, 1998 – February 21, 1999 (series of Asian works on exhibit, lecture by Jeffrey Morseburg)

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that was never completed. This series of pastel and oil studies depicted many of the horsemen and young Latino actresses who came to Los Angeles to work as riders, stuntmen and extras in Hollywood films.

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Stern, Jean & Morseburg, Jeffrey, California Art Club: 90th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, 2000, Exhibition Catalog, California Art Club, Pasadena, California, 2000 (biography and

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1962 – Group Exhibition, Tri-Club Exhibition, Painters and Sculptors Club, Women Painters of the West, Artists of the Southwest, Greek Theatre, (Lukits judged, was H.C., exhibited demonstration sketch)

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1926 – Solo Exhibition, Annual Winter Exhibition, Portraits and Paintings by Theodore Lukits, Cafe Montmatre Salon, Hollywood, California November 25, 1926 (39 works including portraits and landscapes)

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Stavig, Vikki, The Revitalization of the California Art Club, California Art Club: 91st Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Exhibition Catalog, California Art Club, Pasadena, California, 2001 (reproduced

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2000 – Group Exhibition – 90th Annual California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition – Paintings by Historic Artists of the CAC, June 4 – July 30, 2000. Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena, California (

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See Lucile Lukits (1909–2003), Lukits Academy tuition records, 1952–1990, Lukits archive for records of students, unnumbered. Also web references to many of these artists as students of Lukits.

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1952 – Group Exhibition, Tri-Club Exhibition, Painters and Sculptors Club, Women Painters of the West, Artists of the Southwest, Greek Theatre, (Lukits was H.C., exhibited untitled portrait)

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1926 – Solo Exhibition, Exhibition of Portraits and Paintings by Theodore Lukits, Cafe Montmatre Salon, Hollywood, California November 4, 1926 (23 works including portraits and landscapes)

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A Catalog of the Officers and Students of Washington University, Pg. 324, Washington University in St. Louis, 1911 (Lukits is listed as Theodore Lukits Jr. 2630 Geyer Avenue, St. Louis)

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Since his death in 1992, Theodore Lukits' work has been the subject of solo exhibitions in California museums. His work has also been part of many other museum exhibitions devoted to

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Indyke, Dottie, "Nature's Moods Plus Portraits of the Stars", unknown publication, Santa Fe, New Mexico, February–March, 1996 (preview of Lukits' exhibition at Santuario de Guadalupe)

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He won every major award at the Art Institute, including the Bryan Lathrop Traveling Scholarship. He paid for his studies by painting illustrations for major publications such as

267:(1848–1936) at some point in his Chicago years, presumably as an assistant on a mural project in the Midwest, but it is not known when. He also studied with the realist painters 188:. His father, Theodore Lukits, Sr., was a butcher, and his mother was a homemaker. He came to the United States at age two when his family immigrated in 1899, and he grew up in 635:

1937 – Group Exhibition, International Aeronautical Art Exhibition, Los Angeles Museum, Los Angeles, California, February 5–19, 1937 (won E.K. Hill Trophy for Best of Show for

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1939 – Group Exhibition, Portraits, Ebell Salon of Art, Ebell Club, Los Angeles, California, March, 1939 (exhibited portrait with Von Schneidau, Foster, Bensco, Rich, Foster)

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1938 – Group Exhibition, Ebell Salon of Art, Ninth Competitive Exhibition of California Artists, Los Angeles, May 1938 (exhibited Kurtzworth portrait with Payne, Wendt, etc.)

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1950 – Group Exhibition, Tri-Club Exhibition, Painters and Sculptors Club, Women Painters of the West, Artists of the Southwest, Greek Theatre, (Lukits judged and exhibited

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1953 – Group Exhibition, Tri-Club Exhibition, Painters and Sculptors Club, S.F.V. Professional Artists Guild, Artists of the Southwest, Greek Theatre, (Lukits exhibited

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1938 – Solo Exhibition, Theodore Lukits, Women's Club of Hollywood, Hollywood, California, April 24- May 1, 1938 (unveiled Kurtzworth portrait and showed 25 other works)

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Frederick Magnus Brand Memorial Prize Winner, Annual Report, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1918 (bound annual – Lukits won Magnus Brand Memorial Prize for Composition)

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1939 – Group Exhibition, 21st Annual Exhibition, Laguna Beach Art Association, August 8–9, 1939 (Lukits exhibited with Smith, Puthuff, Harris, Procter, Brandt, Warner)

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Ancestry.com, U.S. Department of Immigration and Naturalization, Department of State Records. U.S. census records reveals Lukits Sr. was a butcher and sausage maker.

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Ancestry.com, online research site, Lukits family history, U.S. Department of Immigration and Naturalization, Department of State Records, Immigration, Citizenship

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Kalan Brunink (1947-2009), fine artist (California Art Club), caricature (Olvera Street artist), illustrator, muralist, personal care assistant for Theodore Lukits

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1937 – Group Exhibition, Ebell Salon, Eighth Competitive Exhibition of California Artists, Los Angeles, California, May, 1937 (portrait of Eleanor Merriam titled

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Scholarships, Annual Report of the Trustees of the Art Institute of Chicago, Volume 41–44, Pg. 47, 1919 (mention of the Lathrop Traveling Scholarship for $ 800)

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1931 – Solo Exhibition, Stendahl Galleries, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, June 1–13, 1931, (27 works including decorative portraits and landscapes)

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1995 – Solo Exhibition – Pastels of Theodore Lukits, Los Angeles Fine Arts Building, Los Angeles, January 12 – March 31, 1995 (pastels and Grand Canyon works)

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1937 – Group Exhibition, Exhibition of Twenty Paintings by Twenty California Painters, Desert Inn Gallery, Palm Springs, California, April 1937 (Lukits' work

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1937 – Group Exhibition, Friday Morning Club, October, 1937 (Lukits lectured with Willy Pogany and Frank Tenney Johnson on the topic of Old Master Painting)

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Morseburg, Jeffrey, Theodorelukits.org, official Lukits website, essays and biographical information (various essays on Lukits, extensive archival sources)

956:: Watercolors and Pastels from the Permanent Collection, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, March 21 – September 14, 2008, Loretto, Pennsylvania (Lukits' 447:

at the Barbara Hotel in Santa Barbara. In 1937 he was invited to participate in a special exhibition at Harriet Day's Desert Inn Gallery in Palm Springs,

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1937 – Group Exhibition, October Ebell Salon Exhibition, October, 1937 (Lukits exhibited with Kosa Jr., Schuster, Warner, Borg, Tenney Johnson, Parshall)

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1937 – Group Exhibition, Fourth Annual Exhibit of Paintings, Clearwater Junior High School, Clearwater, California, March 8–21, 1937 (Lukits exhibited

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1928 – Solo Exhibition, Edgewater Beach Club, Santa Monica, California, September, 1928 (22 works including portraits, landscapes and a maritime work)

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1937 – Group Exhibition, Paul Francesco Lupo Studios, Hollywood, 1937 (exhibited portraits along with Geza Kende, John Hubbard Rich, Hernando Villa)

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1937 – Group Exhibition, Mission Inn Riverside, California, February 20–21, 1937 (works by Lukits, Schuster, Askenazy, Yens, Foster, Warner, etc.)

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The last generation of students that Theodore Lukits taught in the 1970s and 1980s included a number of notable figures. The plein air pastelist

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Catalog of Copyrights, Artists, Pt. 4, Volume 21–22, Pg. 16, United States Government Printing Office, Washington D.C., 1926 (copyright listing)

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Miller's presence back in the U.S. is not well known but established by the 1910 U.S. census, which shows him in St. Louis, ancestry.com records

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1937 – Group Exhibition, Women's City Club of Long Beach (small group show with Jack Smith, Frank Tenney Johnson, Edgar Payne; Lukits exhibited

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1998 – Group Exhibition – 89th Annual California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition, works by historic artists of the California Art Club (Lukits'

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1938 – Solo Exhibition, Ken-Mar Salon, Hollywood, California, April 25, 1938 (exhibition of Lukits portraits in conjunction with musical event)

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1930 – Solo Exhibition, Ainslie Galleries, Los Angeles, California, November 1–30, 1930 16 (16 works including figurative works and landscapes)

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Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania, April 4 – May 30, 1999 (exhibition catalog with essays on Lukits and his students)

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1937 – Solo Exhibition, Lukits Studio, Los Angeles, California, November 4, 1937 (exhibition and unveiling of Laura June Williams portrait)

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Dini, Jane & Morseburg, Jeffrey, California Art Club: 91st Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, 2001 (biography and

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stated, "About 100 people attended. The event of the evening was the first showing of the artist's striking portrait of Ethel Wade."

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1942 – Group Exhibition, Annual Exhibition, Painters and Sculptors Club of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (won First Prize for

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1953 – Group Exhibition, San Fernando Professional Artists Guild, May 1–31, 1953, Sherman Oaks Galleries, Los Angeles, California

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1938 – Group Exhibition, 11th Annual Purchase Prize Exhibition, Gardena High School, April 19 – May 4, 1938 (Lukits exhibited

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1931 – Solo Exhibition, Desert Paintings by Theodore Lukits, Desert Art Gallery, Palm Springs, California, February 1–28, 1931

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Stendahl brochure listed below, records in Archives of American Art. Stendahl represented Guy Rose and William Wendt as well.

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Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, SAMA, collection of plein-air pastels includes works by Theodore Lukits and his students

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1937 – Group Exhibition, California Art Club Exhibition, Municipal Art Commission Galleries, February, 1937 (exhibited

2387:"Lukits Portraits Accorded Praise", Hollywood Citizen News, Saturday, April 16, 1938 (news clipping, reproductions of 2233:, San Juan Capistrano, California, November, 2001 (Spanish-language article on Lukits for Mission San Juan exhibition) 408: 508:(b. 1950) apprenticed with Lukits for seven years from 1970 to 1977; and the western and plein air landscape artist 2561: 1996:

Artists of the World, A Bio-Biographical Dictionary, Index A-Z, Pg. 384, 2000 (biographical dictionary – listing)

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East Coast Ideals ~ West Coast Concepts: The Living Legacy of the Boston School and the California Impressionists

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East Coast Ideals ~ West Coast Concepts: The Living Legacy of the Boston School and the California Impressionists

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East Coast Ideals ~ West Coast Concepts: The Living Legacy of the Boston School and the California Impressionists

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Art Institute of Chicago, Circular of Instruction, 1913–1914, 1914–1915, 1915–1916, and 1917–1918 list his name.

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1926 – Solo Exhibition, Theodore Lukits, The Southby Art Salon, Hollywood, California, opened September 23, 1926

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Blashfield delivered the Scammon lectures in Chicago in 1912 and did a number of mural projects in the Midwest.

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in Fullerton, where it was combined with some of Lukits' Hispanic-themed works for a new exhibition title,

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Morseburg, Jeffrey, Catalog Essay Manuscript for Jonathan Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California, 2010

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Brandstatter, Eddie, Brochure for Lukits' Exhibition at the Montmatre Cafe, 1926 (exhibition brochure)

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Paul Kocalis (b.1951) Fine artist (California Art Club), portraiture, scenic artist, plein-air painter

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California Art and Architecture, Volume 36, 1929 (lists past Lukits exhibitions held during the year)

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After he arrived in California he rapidly became known for his portraits of early Hollywood figures

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1935 - Solo Exhibition, Barbara Hotel, Santa Barbara, California, Circa 1935 (exhibition featuring

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Website for Mission San Juan Capistrano, site of Theodore Lukits exhibitions and some of his works

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Painters and Sculptors Club of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s

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and a number of other makeup artists followed him to Lukit's atelier in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Historic L.A. site with Location of Montmatre Cafe, site of Lukits exhibitions in the 1920s

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Woodard, Josef, "Oriented East, Strong Asian influence is seen in Oxnard art exhibitions",

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Chevalier, Paul, "Lukits Art Collection donated to Jonathan", July, 1990 (magazine article)

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Website dedicated to the plein-air pastel painter Arny Karl, student of Theodore Lukits

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Index to Artistic Biography: A Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers

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and figurative art. In 1998, a traveling show was organized under the auspices of the

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in Oxnard, California; the Muckenthaller Cultural Center in Fullerton, California; and

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exhibition at Mission San Juan Capistrano, Traditional Fine Art Online website preview

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Rice, Ruth, "Melding Two Into One, Art Exhibition Combines Pastels and Watercolors",

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Lindsay, Estelle Lawton, "Santa Barbara Quake Restores $ 20,000 Treasure to Padres",

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San Fernando Valley Professional Artists Guild, Los Angeles, California, 1940s, 1950s

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Mission San Juan Capistrano was the site of another Lukits exhibition in 2001 titled

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Co-Ordinating Committee for Traditional Art, Los Angeles, California, 1940s, 1950s

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2001 – Group Exhibition – 91st Annual California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition -

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Morseburg, Jeffrey, unpublished manuscript for biography on Theodore Lukits, 2009

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Howard Morseburg Galleries, Los Angeles, California, portrait commissions (1970s)

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1935 – Group Exhibition, Biltmore Salon, Hotel Biltmore, Los Angeles, California

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Goode, Stephen H., American Humanities Index, Volume 16, Part 2, Pg. 1871, 1991

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Theodorelukits.org website archive, tuition receipts, letters of recommendation

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During his student days, Lukits shared a studio with the Swedish-born painter

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Who's Who in American Art, 1940–1941, Page 407 (biographical entry on Lukits)

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1930 – Group Exhibition, Ebell Salon, Los Angeles, California, March, 1930

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Lukits, Lucile, Lukits Academy tuition records, 1952–1990, Lukits archive

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From the Desert to the Sea: Paintings by Historic Artists and CAC Members

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Mr. Harry G. Daniels, 1943 (businessman, H.G. Daniel's Artist's Supply)

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when he was fifteen to attend the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the

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American-International Fine Arts Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1930s

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Theodore Lukits: An American Orientalist Catalog at the CAC gift shop

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Kievits Gallery, Vista del Arroyo Hotel, Pasadena, California (1920s)

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Mandarins to Mariachis: An Exhibition of Paintings by Theodore Lukits

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Jonathan Club, Life Artist Member, Los Angeles, California 1931–1992

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Jeffrey Morseburg, West Hollywood, California, estate representation

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of one of her films and reproduced in newspapers in Los Angeles and

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Lukits also attended Barnes Medical College to study human anatomy.

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Real estate listing for Lukits' former Hancock Park home and studio

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American Federation of Fine Arts, New York, New York, 1920s, 1930s

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Chevalier, Paul, "Art Committee Uncovers Last Club Life Artist",

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Chester Russell Williams (1921–1994), American and British artist

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American International Academy, Baltimore, Maryland, 1920s, 1930s

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Kievits Gallery, Flintridge Hotel, Flintridge, California (1920s)

814:, Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, California (the Jonathan Foundation's 232:(1874–1944) who founded the school in 1902. He also studied with 2409:, April 24, 1938 (announcement of Kurtzworth portrait unveiling) 2298:

Lindsay, Estelle Lawton, "Brush Blots out Damage Quake Caused",

2076:, January 13, 1934 (weekly review, Reproduction of Sierra Scene 399:

Lukits has been the subject of retrospective exhibitions at the

2184:, Display Advertising, Pg. 128, April, 1998 (advertisement for 2091:, February 17, 1934 (weekly review, reproduction of the marine 2062:, November, 1926 (Illustration of the Dolores Del Rio Portrait) 1285:(b. 1950), Plein-Air Painter and figurative artist, President, 1897:, Volume II, Pg. 531, 1947 (biographical dictionary – listing) 1221:

Hollywood Association of Artists, Hollywood, California, 1940s

1209:

International Artists League, New York, New York, 1920s, 1930s

1176:

Painters and Sculptors League, Chicago, Illinois, 1910s, 1920s

1107:

Southby Salon, Hollywood, California, Los Angeles (late 1920s)

383:. In the early 1930s Lukits also did a series of paintings of 2580: 2174:

Gjertson, Stephen, "Theodore Lukits: A Light in the Desert",

2025:, Hughes Publishing, 2001 (biographical dictionary – listing) 1924:, Dustin Publishing, 1977 (biographical dictionary – listing) 1917:, Volume 2, Pg. 173, 1974 (biographical dictionary – listing) 1904:, Volume 39, Pg. 80, 1967 (biographical dictionary – listing) 1767:

San Juan Capistrano catalogs listed below, also TFAOL website

1224:

Santa Monica Art Association, Santa Monica, California, 1940s

835:, Carnegie Museum; Oxnard, California, March 8 – May 18, 1997 2542:

at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton, California

2147:, September, 1942 (image of Lukits' portrait of Mal Milland) 1203:

McDowell Club of Allied Arts, Los Angeles, California 1920as

1043:

Colonel Oliver Hershman, 1926 (businessman, newspaper owner)

2566: 2478:

McKinnon, Lisa, "Artist's Sketches Push Pastel to Limit",

2380:

Reuter, Herman, "Painter Real Colorist, Reviewer States",

2133:, April, 1938 (article on Lukits exhibition in April 1938) 1215:

Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, California 1930s

1206:

American Artist's League, New York, New York, 1920s, 1930s

2422:"Art, Music Mingle when Ray Millands Entertain Friends", 2069:, December 30, 1933 (weekly review, Lukits work on cover) 2250:, unpublished handwritten essay, c. 1992, Lukits archive 1922:

Dictionary of Artists in Southern California Before 1930

1608:

Montmatre catalogs in Lukits archive, Theodorelukits.org

1309:

Albert Londraville (1922-2015), illustrator, fine artist

1200:

International Artists Club, Hollywood, California, 1920s

1119:

Ainsle Galleries, Los Angeles, California (1920s, 1930s)

1110:

Montmatre Cafe Salon, Hollywood, California (late 1920s)

2526:

Official educational website devoted to Theodore Lukits

1218:

Riverside Art Association, Riverside, California, 1930s

1197:

Laguna Art Association, Laguna Beach, California, 1920s

1137:

Doug Jones Gallery, La Jolla, California (1960s, 1970s)

1260:

Nantucket Historical Society, Nantucket, Massachusetts

1122:

Isley Galleries, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles (1930s)

2557:

Historic membership roster of the California Art Club

2417:

Mrs. Harry Muir Kurtzworth and Her Daughter Constance

2272:

Historic Membership Roster of the California Art Club

1979:, November, 1999 (short essay in small color catalog) 1943:

American Artists' Signatures and Monograms: 1800–1989

1233:

Artists of the Southwest, San Francisco, 1940s, 1950s

1104:

J. W. Young Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (1910s, 1920s)

438:, oil on canvas, 80" × 40" (1926), private collection 2171:, April 1991 (column on Carnegie Museum exhibition) 2072:

Clover, Madge, "Lukits Exhibit at Barker Brothers",

1551:; other reference works below list Mucha and Barnes. 1318:

Frank Ordaz, Jr., illustrator, animator, fine artist

1269:

The Southern Alleghenies Museum, Loretto, California

1266:

The Jonathan Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California

1227:

Valley Artists Guild, Los Angeles, California, 1950s

1125:

Desert Art Gallery, Palm Springs, California (1930s)

516:

exhibitions that have been mounted after his death.

2659:

Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States

2457:"School Head Addresses East Los Angeles Art Club", 1984:

Mallett's Index of Artists: International Biography

1871:, Pg. 264, 1935 (biographical dictionary – listing) 1431:

Morseburg, Theodore Lukits, CAC Newsletter articles

1034:

The Southby Children, 1926 (dual juvenile portrait)

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Vose Galleries, Boston (1929–1941) 1082:Mrs. William Wyler, c. 1945 (socialite) 1049:Charles Fieldler, c. 1926 (businessman) 994:121 South Normandie, Los Angeles, 1930s 988:1193 Leighton Avenue, Los Angeles, 1922 973:2620 Geyer Avenue, St. Louis, 1907–1910 259:(1866–1949) and the figurative painter 2512:From Charles Burchfield to Peter Adams 1539:AIC Circular of Instruction, 1918–1919 1315:(1901–1956), illustrator, art director 979:341 E. 42nd Street, Chicago, 1913–1914 976:1700 12th Street, St. Louis, 1911–1912 954:From Charles Burchfield to Peter Adams 192:. Lukits began formal studies at the 176:Lukits was born Nicolae Teodorescu in 2004:reproduced with other historic works) 1277:Prominent students of Theodore Lukits 1272:The Irvine Museum, Irvine, California 391:, as studies for a mural project for 7: 2499:Kirkman, Chuck, "Art Show Opening", 2464:Morseburg Jeffrey, Lukits obituary, 2454:, September 27, 1948 (news clipping) 2447:, September 26, 1948 (news clipping) 2440:, September 10, 1948 (news clipping) 2011:exhibited with other historic works) 1714:, Carnegie Art Museum, p. 4-5 (1991) 1683:Morseburg, CAC, December, 1998, p. 8 1461:, 1940–1941, Lukits entry, page 407. 1180:American Artists Professional League 970:1804 S 13th Street, St. Louis, 1900s 2361:Stevens, Otherman, "Now and Then", 2160:Chevalier, Paul, "Lukits on Loan", 2143:"The Private Life of Ray Milland", 2123:, February 6, 1937 (weekly review, 1723:See Solliday's "Recollections'" in 1652:Morseburg, CAC, December 1998, p. 4 2468:, February 2, 1992 (news clipping) 2405:Millier, Arthur, "Brush Strokes", 2055:, October, 1918, Chicago, Illinois 1628:Twenty Paintings by Twenty Artists 449:Twenty Paintings by Twenty Artists 208:(1866–1958). 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