Biography: James Patrick (1911-1944), Born: Cranbrook, British Columbia; Studied at Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles); Member: California Water Color Society. James Patrick grew up in Southern California and attended high school in Hollywood. In the late 1920s, he received a three-year scholarship to study at the Chouinard Art Institute. During the...... read more
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Painted in El Segundo, a typical scene in the foothills of Southern California. The artist seemed to be searching for that hidden beauty that can be found almost anywhere one looks if so inclined. Like so many of the "scene painters", the subject could be anything including the otherwise banal.
Shown in a one-man show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in March of 1942.
Courtesy of son Ian Patrick
