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1925 New Orleans, Louisiana - 2015 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Afro-American figurative and landscape painting, art collecting.
Following is the obituary of William Pajaud by David Colker from the Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2015. William Pajaud dies at 89; watercolorist amassed prominent collection of African American... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of William Pajaud by David Colker from the Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2015. William Pajaud dies at 89; watercolorist amassed prominent collection of African American art. Artist William Pajaud was a highly respected watercolorist, but he was better known for collecting... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of William Pajaud by David Colker from the Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2015. William Pajaud dies at 89; watercolorist amassed prominent collection of African American art. Artist William Pajaud was a highly respected watercolorist, but he was better known for collecting the works of others. Over more than 20 years — and on a shoestring budget — he painstakingly put together one of the most prominent collections of African American art in the country, with works by... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of William Pajaud by David Colker from the Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2015. William Pajaud dies at 89; watercolorist amassed prominent collection of African American art. Artist William Pajaud was a highly respected watercolorist, but he was better known for collecting the works of others. Over more than 20 years — and on a shoestring budget — he painstakingly put together one of the most prominent collections of African American art in the country, with works by Charles White, Betye Saar, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence and other well-known artists. The collection became a point of pride to the African American community in Los Angeles — busloads of students toured it. But Pajaud didn't own the collection;... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of William Pajaud by David Colker from the Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2015. William Pajaud dies at 89; watercolorist amassed prominent collection of African American art. Artist William Pajaud was a highly respected watercolorist, but he was better known for collecting the works of others. Over more than 20 years — and on a shoestring budget — he painstakingly put together one of the most prominent collections of African American art in the country, with works by Charles White, Betye Saar, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence and other well-known artists. The collection became a point of pride to the African American community in Los Angeles — busloads of students toured it. But Pajaud didn't own the collection; it was underwritten by his day job employer, Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. And when the company... Read full biography
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Keywords (23)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
Art Subject
- •Black, African Culture, Figure, Genre, Civil Rights
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Asia, Orient
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •California Watercolor Society
Art School
- •Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Allan & Susan Marion Collection
Added Description
- •Watercolor Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •California Watercolor Society-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition