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Jean Mannheim
(b. 1863, Nahe, Germany - d. 1945, Pasadena, CA)
ARCH BEACH, LAGUNA
Oil on canvas, 34 x 39 inches
Jonathan Art Foundation collection
Purchased with major funding from the Jane Lauman Trust and Richard Reitzell
While a major part of Pasadena's Arroyo Seco art scene in the early 20th century, Jean Mannheim was also a founding member of the Laguna Beach Art Association. In the early 1920’s he built a studio near Arch Beach in Laguna where this painting was created. Acquired by JAF in 2014, this and the Guy Rose painting, "Laguna Rocks," were both featured in the Laguna Art Museum's landmark 1986 exhibition "Early Artists in Laguna Beach: The Impressionists" that rekindled interest in the early California plein air art.