Ralph Hammeras (1894-1970) (Hollywood)

Hollywood artist who visited Cambria in 1953 and made a presentation to Allied Arts.

“Mr. Hammeras of Norwegian descent was born in Minneapolis, and has been interested in painting all his life. His family moved to Seattle, Washington and then to California and he studied art in both places. Needing more money one summer he applied for a job at Twentieth Century-Fox studios and was hired as a scenery painter. He decided to make himself indispensable, and later became head of that department. He has now been with the studios for 35 years.

The majority of his landscapes which were exhibited Sunday are of desert scenes, and he is known as the ‘desert painter.’ He has a real fee...