Dear kalifornia182-ga;
Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.
The answer to your question “Is Lyla Harcott, an artist of Santa
Barbara, known for any artwork, paintings, from the 1940's?” is no…but
"LYLA HARCOFF" is.
LYLA MARSHALL HARCOFF (aka LYLA VIVIAN MARSHALL) (1883-1956) was born
Lyla Vivian Marshall on October 6, 1883 near Layayette (possibly
Lafayette), Indiana. She graduated in 1904 as one of only eight women
in her Perdue class of 218 students. She went on to study at Art
Institute of Chicago and spent a year studying at Academie Moderne, in
Paris, France.
Heavily influenced by such masters as Matisse, Cézanne and the German
Expressionist Karl Hoffer (with whom she was also a professional
acquaintance) she brought her talent to Santa Barbara, California in
1927 where she opened a studio in Santa Barbara’s “El Paseo”. In the
1930’s, Harcoff established an artists' cooperative called first "The
Little Gallery" and later "The Balcony Gallery" that both sold and
rented works of art.
Here is an official list of her known exhibitions during her lifetime
(as reported by, LYLA MARSHALL LHARCOFF
http://www.sullivangoss.com/lyla_harcoff/):
1913 Chickamina Country Club, Michigan
1914 Purdue University Library, Lafayette, Indiana - Solo Exhibition
1916 "The Independents," Chicago
1917 Independent Society of Artists, Chicago
1918 Chicago Art Institute, Alumni Exhibition, Chicago (???)
1928 Santa Barbara Art League, El Paseo, Santa Barbara, California
1928 Women Artists Exhibit, Santa Barbara Art League, Santa Barbara
1929 Courvoisier Gallery, San Francisco - Solo Exhibition
1930 Faulkner Memorial Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
1930 Hoosier Salon, Marshall Field Galleries, Chicago
1931 Hoosier Salon, Marshall Field Galleries, Chicago
1931 Hoosier Salon Art Exhibit, Lafayette, Indiana
1931 Faulkner Memorial Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
1931 Sixth Annual Exhibition of Southern California Art, San Diego,
California
1932 Isley Galleries, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California
1932 Ballcony Gallery, Santa Barbara, California - Solo Exhibition
1932 Hoosier Salon, Marshall Field Galleries, Chicago
1932 Faulkner Memorial Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
1933 Lafayette Art Gallery, Lafeyette, Indiana
1933 Thayer Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
1933 Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, Indiana
1933 Faulkner Memorial Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
1934 Public Works of Art Project
1934 Balcony Gallery, De La Guerra Studios, Santa Barbara, California
1934 Hoosier Salon, Marshall Field Galleries, Chicago
1934 Purdue Memorial Union Bldg., Lafayette, Indiana - Solo Exhibit.
1935 The Little Gallery, Santa Barbara, California (???)
1935 Hoosier Salon, Marshall Field Galleries, Chicago
1937 California State Fair, Sacramento, California
1939 All California Exhibitions - Solo Exhibition
1939 Casa De La Guerra, Santa Barbara, California - Solo Exhibition
1941 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara - Solo Exhibition
1943 Thayer Gallery, Santa Barbara, California - Solo Exhibition
1944 Santa Barbara Museum Of Art, Santa Barbara, California (Prize)
1946 Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
1946 Rotunda Gallery, San Francisco
1949 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara - Solo Exhibition
1954 Geddis-Martin Studio, Santa Barbara, California - Solo Exhibition
As you can see, Ms. Harcoff was quite active in the 1930’s - 40’s. In
the 1940’s she moved her studio from El Paseo about a mile down the
road where she remodeled a horse barn so that it became a two-bedroom
house and studio. Over the door she hung a sign that read in Spanish
"Adios Caballos," which translates to English as "Goodbye Horses".
Harcoff died in 1956 but her home studio in Santa Barbara is still
maintained in it's original condition. I have included some links
below where her home, studio and artwork can be seen as well as photos
of the artist herself.
You will find that I have carefully defined my search strategy for you
in the event that you need to search for more information. By
following the same type of searches that I did you may be able to
enhance the research I have provided even further. I hope you find
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future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.
Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga
INFORMATION SOURCES
LYLA MARSHALL LHARCOFF
http://www.sullivangoss.com/lyla_harcoff/
Harcoff’s signature (for comparison)
http://www.sullivangoss.com/images/artist_page/1014943574031.jpeg?1042087280109
Etching and drawings from the 1940’s
http://www.sullivangoss.com/lyla_harcoff/#ETCHINGS
Paintings (including an image of one, CALIFORNIA, that was stolen in
the late 1970’s)
http://www.sullivangoss.com/lyla_harcoff/#PAINTINGS
The collective catalog of Lyla Harcoff
http://www.sullivangoss.com/lyla_harcoff/harcoff_catalogue_raisonne.asp
ART INFINITY
http://www.artinfinity.com/pnt_flowers.html
CALIFORNIA VIEW FINE ART
http://www.california-view.com/
SEARCH STRATEGY
SEARCH ENGINE USED:
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SEARCH TERMS USED:
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“Lyla Marshall Harcoff”
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