Topping Guayole Seedlings, c. 1940's
by Leon Amyx
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At the start of WWII, the government started an ill-fated program in the California Central Valley to turn Guayole into rubber to help the war effort.
Exhibited: The American Scene, Regionalist Painters of California 1930-1960’s, Fallbrook Arts Center, Sept. 1999.
About Leon Amyx
| Leon Amyx (1908-1995) Born: Visalia, CA; Studied: Claremont College (California), University of California (Berkeley), California College of Arts and Crafts (Oakland); Member: California Water Color Society. Leon Amyx studied with Millard Sheets, Henry Lee McFee and Erle Loran. He taught art at Harnell College in Salinas from 1936 to 1972. During this period, he produced watercolors depicting local landscape subjects and was a prominent figure in the Central California art community. (Read More) |