Hanson Duvall Puthuff

Background

Puthuff, Hanson Duvall was born on August 21, 1875 in Waverly, Missouri, United States. Son of Alonzo Augustus Duvall and Mary (Lee) Puthuff.

Education

Puthuff studied at the Art Institute of Chicago before moving to Colorado in 1889 to study at University of Denver Art School.

Career

He traveled to Los Angeles in 1903 and for 23 years worked as a commercial artist painting billboards while painting landscapes in his leisure. In 1926, he abandoned commercial art and devote full-time to fine art and exhibitions. He is nationally famous for his lyric interpretations of the Southern California deserts.

Puthuff died in Corona del March on May 12, 1972.

Puthuff was one of the cofounders of the California Art Club and the Laguna Beach Art Association. In 2007, the Pasadena Museum of California Art featured California Colors: Hanson Puthuff, the first solo museum exhibition of his work.

In conjunction with the exhibit, the Museum republished the artist"s autobiography.

Achievements

• Hanson Duvall Puthuff has been listed as a notable artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Mason, Modern Woodman.

Connections

Married May Percival Longest, October 4, 1910. Children: Duvall Joseph Percival, Lee Churchhill, Robert Hanson, Paul Meredith, Mathilda Latham.

Father:

Alonzo Augustus Duvall Puthuff

Mother:

Mary (Lee) Puthuff

Spouse:

May Percival Longest

child:

Mathilda Latham Puthuff

child:

Lee Churchhill Puthuff

child:

Robert Hanson Puthuff

child:

Paul Meredith Puthuff

child:

Duvall Joseph Percival Puthuff