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strong>Please join us on April 21\, 2021\, 7pm.
\nPaul Rever
e Williams’s inspirational story has fascinated historians for the simple
fact that his journey was so improbable. The orphan son of an African Amer
ican fruit-and-vegetable merchant\, he was repeatedly told he had no chanc
e of ever realizing his childhood dream of becoming an architect. And yet\
, he ignored the naysayers to reach the pinnacle of his chosen profession\
, while overcoming widespread discrimination throughout early- to mid-twen
tieth century America. The odds against him succeeding were enormous.
$60 Hardcover copy of the book from Angel City Press
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\nMaster Architects of Southern California 1920-1940\, a new twelve-volume seri es by Marc Appleton and Bret Parsons showcases the work of the Golden Era’ s most important residential architects as originally featured in the earl iest issues of The Architectural Digest. Featuring some of the earliest known photographs of the work of legendary architects\, th e series is devoted to the era when oil titans\, film industry moguls\, ba nkers\, and successful entrepreneurs who were new to the region hired the most accomplished and talented architects they could find.
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. A prime Hancock Park 1927 Mediterranean Revival Architectural Masterpiec
e has been fully renovated\, restored\, decorated and enhanced into its pr
esent pristine condition by the legendary design firm of Ron Wilson Inter
iors and its owner\, Joseph Guidera as his personal residence. This disti
nctive estate has all the hallmarks of a truly unique and special property
: built in the 1920s for a direct descendant of Los Angeles oldest origina
l Spanish land grant holding families\, designed for large-scale entertain
ing and yet with many smaller intimate personal spaces in a grand period r
evival style by noted architects\, constructed by a local well know builde
r of most prestigious luxury homes of the era\, and now restored to all of
its former glory.
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presents its first
\nPatrick J. Watson was born in 1876 to his parents\, C olonel James Alexander Watson of Scotland and Maria Dolores Dominguez on t he old Manual Dominguez Rancho\, which encompasses much of present day cit ies of Torrance\, Wilmington\, Compton\, Carson\, San Pedro and the South Bay area of Los Angeles. This was the first Spanish land grant in CA from King Carlos of Spain. Patrick Watson was the vice president of the Watson Land Co and in 1923\, he sold his share of the original Rancho property to The Pan American Oil Company which was a subsidiary of the Doheny Company . In the mid-1920s\, Patrick Watson & his wife\, Miss Mamie O’Farrell of S an Francisco\, were looking to move off of the original Rancho property an d decided to build a new home for themselves in the fashionable and develo ping area of Hancock Park.
\nPatrick hired the notable Architectural firm of Hunt & Burns to design his new family estate on a large double ac cess lot located on a prominent corner in the new district of Hancock Park . During their tenure together\, Sumner P. Hunt and Silas R. Burns built some of the most beautiful buildings in the Los Angeles area including: < a href='https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/5029' targ et='_blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'>Automobile Club of Southern Californ ia\, Headquarters – 1921-1923\, Children’s Hospital\, Los Angeles – 19 10\, The Wilshire – Ebell Club\, Cl ubhouse – 1926-1927\, Los Angel es Public Library\, Vermont Square Branch – 1913\, McKinley House\, Lafayette Park\, Los Angeles\, CA – 1 917\, Scripps College\, Claremo nt\, CA – 1929\, The Los Angeles Tennis Club – 1927 and The Wilshire Country Club – 1919.
\nFor his new home\, Patrick Watson would enlist the services of the Sweden-born master builder C.J. Nordquist who had a well-deserved reputation for buil ding some of the grandest homes and public buildings in Los Angeles.
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Wednesday\, Se ptember 22nd. 7:00 PM. In 1933\, “Fortune” magazine suggested to the Ameri can fashion industry that they could benefit from the showmanship demonstr ated by the Hollywood designers in order to compete with the French coutur iers. The Hollywood designer “Fortune” most praised was Adrian of M-G-M. I t was a logical choice as Adrian’s design for Joan Crawford in the 1932 fi lm “Letty Lynton” dominated the fashion industry for the next two years. J oin us for Adrian\, American Designer\, Hollywood Original by Richard Matu konis-Adkins.
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\nDespite offers to go into the retail business as early as 19 28\, Adrian did not enter the commercial fashion world until 1942\, after leaving M-G-M\, but taking his fame with him. In 1944 he would win the pre stigious Coty Award for fashion design. One of the reasons he did so was h is innovative Trompe l’oiel painted imagery on fabric\, a tasteful solutio n to the L-85 fabric restrictions of World War II. So proud of the award w as Adrian that he added the line “American Designer” to all his advertisem ents in the prestigious fashion magazines.
\nBy 1952\, he had achiev ed all his dreams. He was famous\, successful\, married to a lovely woman\ , movie star Janet Gaynor\, father to a son\, Robin\, had traveled to Afri ca\, and was working happily in fashion\, theatre\, and fine art. Unfortun ately\, a weak heart demanded he give up his fashion business. His “retire ment” however\, was hardly inactive.
\nAttendance at a film festival in Brazil in 1952 led the Adrians to build – by hand – a home outside the new capital of Brasilia. They spent half their year in Brazil and half in Los Angeles. Janet made a return to movies in 1957\, and Adrian designed his first stage production since 1924\, a musical version of his film hit “Grand Hotel”. Dual offers came to Janet and Adrian to continue theatrical work\, her to star in “Midnight Sun” with Arthur Hill\, and for Adrian to design for the musical which became “Camelot” and for which he was awarde d a posthumous Tony Award\, shared with Tony Duquette\, who completed the production after Adrian suddenly died three months into the assignment.
\nThe nostalgia boom began just a few years after Adrian’s passing\, b
ut the surviving pieces of his film work were soon commanding high prices
at auctions\, with the Judy Garland-worn ruby slippers becoming the most v
aluable of all movie artifacts. Also\, his couturier work began to be pres
ented in museum exhibitions all over the world.
\nAccording to their
son\, Robin\, neither Janet nor Adrian dwelt in the past. He would probabl
y be a little surprised at the attention his work still receives\, but wou
ld nonetheless be pleased about it\, I’m sure.
I have studied Adri an and his work for the last two decades\, with the result being my book\, “Adrian – American Designer\, Hollywood Original” and I am pleased to be able to share new information with those familiar with his work and to int roduce him to new audiences who know the designer\, but not as much about the man.
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