M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES
JEAN MANNHEIM
German / American (California), 1861-1945
“STORM CLOUDS”
Signed l.l : 'J. Mannheim'
Oil on Canvasboard
Housed in a 22K giltwood hand-carved frame
Museums (9): Denver Museum; Laguna Beach Museum of Art; Long Beach Museum of Art;
Mobile Museum of Art; Museum of Art at Brigham Young University; National Portrait Gallery; Oakland Museum
of California; Springville, UT, Museum of Art; The Irvine Museum
Books: (37) including Masters of Light: California Plein-Air Paintings from The Irvine Museum (Stern);
Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery Collection; American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons (Fink)
Periodicals: (7) including American Art Review (3), Southwest Art (2), California Art Club Newsletter (2)
Image Size: 12” x 15 ½”
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We welcome and encourage all inquiries. We will make every attempt to answer any questions you might have.
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MANNHEIM, Jean (1863-1945)
Birth place: Kreuznach, Germany
Death place: Pasadena, CA
Addresses: Illinois; Pasadena, CA
Profession: Painter, teacher
Studied: Ecole Delecluse; Colarossi; with DeLancey and Bouguereau; London Sch. Art.
Exhibited: Del Monte Art Gallery; Paris Salon; National Academy of Design; Blanchard Gallery, 1909;
Seattle Exposition, 1909 (gold); San Diego Exposition, 1915, (gold, med.); Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
1915, 1917, 1922; Golden Gate Exposition, 1939
Member: Laguna Beach Art Association; Pasadena, Art Club; Long Beach Art Association; California Art Club
Work: Laguna Museum of Art; Long Beach Museum of Art; Springville, UT, Museum of Art; Denver Museum
Comments: He deserted from the German army as a young man, fleeing to France, where he began his studies
in art. He supported himself in his trade as a bookbinder, and in 1881 came to the U.S. for the first time, visiting
his sister in Chicago. He later taught in Decatur, IL, but went to teach in London, England shortly after the turn
of the century for two years. Upon his return to the US, he taught in Denver, CO, moving to Pasadena, CA,
in 1908. Besides his successful career in teaching art, he continued to paint portrait commissions, figures and
landscapes en plein-air until his death. Position: founder, Stickney Memorial School of Fine Arts, Pasadena, CA.
Teaching: Decatur, IL, art school; Frank Brangwyn's school in London; Denver Art School.
Sources: WW40; Hughes, Artists in California, 355; 300 Years of American Art, 574.
This biography is drawn from the 'Who Was Who in American Art' , the reference book on the cultural life in the United States.
Museums (9):
Denver Museum
Laguna Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach Museum of Art
Mobile Museum of Art
Museum of Art at Brigham Young University
National Portrait Gallery
Oakland Museum of California
Springville, UT, Museum of Art
The Irvine Museum
Books (37): including
Stern, Jean, Masters of Light: California Plein-Air Paintings from The
Irvine Museum
Stern, Jean; Jeffrey Morseburg, California Art Club: 90th Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
Stern, Jean, Painted Light: California Impressionists from Gardena
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall, California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media
Gerdts, William/Will South, California Impressionism
Stern, J/J B Dominik/H L Jones, Selections from the Irvine Museum
Fink, Lois Marie, American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons
Coran, James/W A Nelson-Rees, If Pictures Could Talk: Stories About California Paintings
Stern, Jean, Masterworks of California: Impressionism (Fleischer Museum)
Dominik, Janet Blake, Early Artists in Laguna Beach: The Impressionists
Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery Collection, Illustrated Checklist
Gibson, Dunn & Critcher, A Century of California Landscapes
Gerdts, William H, Down Garden Paths: The Floral Environment in American Art
Westphal, Ruth, Plein Air Painters of California: The Southland
Periodicals (7):
American Art Review, 2005 June, California Landscapes
California Art Club Newsletter, 2003 December, Impressionism in California
California Art Club Newsletter, 2002 June, The California Art Club Website
American Art Review, 1999 February, Painted Light: California
Southwest Art, 1998 December, California Impressionism
Southwest Art, 1998 March, Behind the Scenes
American Art Review, 1996 December, A Painter's Paradise (California)
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