Born in Decatur, Illinois, Dan Lutz studied at the Chicago Art Institute*. In 1931, he received a fellowship to paint in Europe. Then he earned a BFA degree from the University of Southern California and in the 1930s and 40s taught at the Chouinard Art Institute*.

In the 1930s, he developed with opaque watercolors, a bright abstract style that differed from many California artists. He did many Social Realist* paintings of lower class life in Los Angeles and visual interptetations of African-American spirituals.

Sources:
Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art
Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940



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Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last.

Dan Lutz (1906-1978)...
Born: Decatur, IL
Studied: Chicago Art Institute
Member: American Watercolor Society, California Water Color Society, Philadelphia Water Color Club.

Dan Lutz grew up in Illinois. He attended the Chicago Art Institute for four years and in 1931, received the James Nelson Raymond Traveling Fellowship which enabled him to study and paint in Europe. After returning to the United States, he settled in Southern California.

Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, he primarily produced watercolors featuring regional subjects. After 1950, he concentrated on abstract works painted with oils on canvas. He taught art at the University of Southern California in the 1930s and at the Chouinard Art Institute in the 1940s. In the 1950s and 1960s, he lectured occasionally, while continuing to paint.Biographical information:

Interview with Dorothy Lutz Fleurat, 1983.

Ann. exhibited LBAC, in PSCA, No. 8.