Chaffey Community Museum of Art
217 S Lemon Ave
Ontario, CA 91761
Ontario, CA 91761
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Museums page for Rex Elson (Rexford) Brandt ((1914 - 2000)), known for Landscape and marine easel painting, illustration, mural. Showing 6 museum collections and exhibitions.
Rex Elson (Rexford) Brandt MUSEUMS
1914 San Diego, California - 2000 Corona del Mar, California. Known for: Landscape and marine easel painting, illustration, mural.
Born in San Diego, Rex Brandt was a painter of broad, splashy, cubist watercolors and became a foremost leader of California artists who brought national attention to California artists in the 1930s... Read full biography
Born in San Diego, Rex Brandt was a painter of broad, splashy, cubist watercolors and became a foremost leader of California artists who brought national attention to California artists in the 1930s and 1940s. Also as a teacher, he influenced countless numbers of students to become skilled in... Read full biography
Born in San Diego, Rex Brandt was a painter of broad, splashy, cubist watercolors and became a foremost leader of California artists who brought national attention to California artists in the 1930s and 1940s. Also as a teacher, he influenced countless numbers of students to become skilled in watercolor. Brandt grew up in San Diego and Riverside, and first attended Chouinard Art Institute at age 13. He also studied art at Riverdale Junior College and the University of California at Berkeley... Read full biography
Born in San Diego, Rex Brandt was a painter of broad, splashy, cubist watercolors and became a foremost leader of California artists who brought national attention to California artists in the 1930s and 1940s. Also as a teacher, he influenced countless numbers of students to become skilled in watercolor. Brandt grew up in San Diego and Riverside, and first attended Chouinard Art Institute at age 13. He also studied art at Riverdale Junior College and the University of California at Berkeley where his interest in abstraction began due to the pervasive influence there of Hans Hofmann, Abstract Expressionist. In 1937, he and Lawson Cooper organized "The California Group," a traveling watercolor exhibition that developed interest in the... Read full biography
Born in San Diego, Rex Brandt was a painter of broad, splashy, cubist watercolors and became a foremost leader of California artists who brought national attention to California artists in the 1930s and 1940s. Also as a teacher, he influenced countless numbers of students to become skilled in watercolor. Brandt grew up in San Diego and Riverside, and first attended Chouinard Art Institute at age 13. He also studied art at Riverdale Junior College and the University of California at Berkeley where his interest in abstraction began due to the pervasive influence there of Hans Hofmann, Abstract Expressionist. In 1937, he and Lawson Cooper organized "The California Group," a traveling watercolor exhibition that developed interest in the California style of watercolor. In 1947, he and Phil Dike opened a summer school of painting in Corona del Mar,... Read full biography
Rex Elson (Rexford) Brandt - Artist Info
About Rex Elson (Rexford) Brandt: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (6)
All MuseumsLos Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101The Hilbert Museum of California Art
Chapman University
167 N. Atchison Street
Orange, CA 92866