biography of Hanson Duvall PUTHUFF (1875-1972)

Birth place: Waverly, MO

Death place: Corona del Mar, CA

Addresses: La Crescenta, Eagle Rock, CA

Profession: Landscape and portrait painter

Studied: AIC; Univ. Art School, Denver, 1893.

Exhibited: AIC, 1907-15; Alaska-Yukon Expo, Seattle, 1909 (prize); Paris Salon, 1914 (med.); LACMA, 1914 (solo), 1917 (solo), 1929; Pan-Calif. Expo, San Diego, 1916 (2 medals); Calif. AC, 1916 (prize); San Francisco AA, 116; State Fair, Sacramento, 1918 (gold), 1919 (med.); PAFA Ann., 1919; Laguna Beach AA, 1920 (prize), 1921 (prize); Southwest Mus., Los Angeles, 1921 (prize); Springville, Utah, 1924 (prize), 1926-28 (prize, each yr.); Painters of the West, 1925 (med.), 1927 (gold), 1930 (med.); Riverside, CA, 1927 (prize); Pac. Southwest Expo, 1928 (med.; Chicago Gal. Assn., 1930; GGE, 1939

Member: Calif. AC; Laguna Beach AA; Los Angeles WC Soc.; P.&S. Club, Los Angeles; Berkeley Lg. FA; Pasadena Soc. Artists; San Fran. AA; Palette & Chisel, Chicago; SC; Southern States Art League.

Work: Hackley Mus., Muskegon, MI; Municipal Coll., Denver; Springville MA, Utah; Los Angeles County Coll., LACMA; Laguna Beach MA; Pasadena AI; Municipal Art Gal., Phoenix; Los Angeles public schools.

Comments: Realistic Calif. landscape painter. Specialty: Southern California deserts. He worked as a commercial artist until after 1926, when he devoted all his time to fine art and exhibitions.

Sources: WW40; Hughes, Artists in California, 451; 300 Years of American Art, 723; Falk, Exh. Record Series.