biography of John Augustus DOMINIQUE (1893-1994)

Birth place: Virserum, Sweden

Addresses: Los Angeles, CA; Ojai, CA

Profession: Painter, etcher

Studied: California School of Des.; Portland Art Assn School, 1913; San Francisco Inst. of Art, 1915-16; Van Sloan School of Painting, 1917; Santa Barbara School of Arts, 1921 & 1927-29; also with Colin Campbell Cooper, Armin Hanson & Carl Oscar Borg.

Exhibited: Free Lance Art League, Los Angeles, 1923, 1925; Santa Barbara AC, 1924; Portland Art Museum, OR, 1936; Oakland Art Mus., CA, 1928, 1941; Calif. State Fair, 1930-31; Hollywood Lib., 1930; Oregon State Fair, 1936-41 (prizes); LACMA,1944; Glendale AA, 1950; California Watercolor Soc., Pasadena Art Mus., 1961; Charles & Emma Frye Art Mus., Seattle, WA, 1962; Ventura AA, 1964; Calif. WC Soc., 1969. Awards: Covered Bridge (painting), 1940 & Oregon Landscape (painting), 1941, Oregon State Fair; Peach Tree in Bloom (painting), Glendale Art Assn., 1950.

Member: California AC; Laguna Beach AA; Glendale AA; Council All. A.; Oreg. SA; Portland (Oreg.) AA; Los Angeles AA; California Nat. Watercolor Soc.; Ojai Art Center

Work: Univ. Virginia Art Gallery, Richmond.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, watercolors.

Sources: WW73; Arthur Millier, article, in: Los Angeles Times, Oct 8, 1933; Maxine Buren, article, in: Oregon Statesman, Oct 9, 1938; Melba Meredith, article, in: Olai Valley News, July 5, 1962; WW47. More recently, see Hughes, Artists of California, 152.