LORSER FEITELSON 1898 - 1978

Lorser Feitelson was born in Savaannah, George and raised in New York City where he was home-schooled by his art-loving father. Feitelson studied in Paris in 1919 and also made numerous trips to Corsica, Italy. He returned to the United States in 1927 and moved to Los Angeles. With Stanton Macdonald-Wright, he was assigned to oversee the WPA murals project on the West Coast.

In the mid-1940s Feitelson developed the use of biomorphic abstraction or Magical Forms, which were a bridge between the figuration of his early romanticism and post-surrealism.

From 1956 to 1963, as Feitelson hosted a television series on NBC called Feitelson on Art.

In 1959 Feitelson was featured in the landmark exhibition Four Abstract Classicists at the San Francisco Museum of Art with his peers Karl Benjamin, Frederick Hammersly. The exhibition later traveled to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It was curated by Los Angeles-based critic and curator Jules Langsner, who coined the phrase Hard Edge Color Forms to describe the style.

Feitelson’s aesthetic expression evolved into ever more minimalist form, employing challenging palettes and sensuous, tapering lines in a flat field. He taught life drawing classes at Art Center College of Design until his retirement in the late 1970s.
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Painting in the Auxiliary Collection:

Untitled Drawing
Signed “Feitleson, ‘44
Ink, 20” x 15”, 1944
1999 Gift of the Francis Line Estate

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Museum Closure

CCMA is following State, County and City of Ontario guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. The museum is currently

closed to the public until further notice.

During closure, please direct inquiries to CCMA board chairman Nancy DeDiemar (nancy91762@gmail.com)

or 909-214-3459.

CCMA is continuing to accept applications for Art at Airport while closed.

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Statement of Support

CCMA is an arts organization with the word community as part of its name. And so we grieve with communities of color in our city, our country and the world, for the death of George Floyd and all the others before him who have been disadvantaged, suffered and died because of the color of their skin.

As we have seen over the past few weeks, collective grief can be channeled into positive actions that change institutions and systems to create a more just society. CCMA intends to be part of that change.

Events at the Museum

No events are currently scheduled.

Art at Airport

CCMA is managing the public art program at Ontario International Airport. Exhibits featuring the art of 20 regional artists may be seen in the passenger arrival/departure area of Terminals 2 and 4.

Visual artists interested in participating in the program can click on the EXHIBIT tab above for more information and the application form. CCMA is accepting artist applications during the museum closure period.

Life Drawing Session at CCMA
Postponed Until Further Notice

Live model
Sessions are the third Thursday of the month
10 am to 3 pm
$15 -- open to all

Open Studio at CCMA
Postponed Until Further Notice

Fridays from 11 am – 3 pm

Where artists meet to create and share their artwork in an unstructured environment.

Open Studio at CCMA is a place for artists to come together and create art in the presence of other artists. It is intended to foster creativity, exchange, conversation, encouragement and freedom of artistic expression. All artists are welcome and invited to participate. Every Friday from 11 am to 3 pm at the museum.

CCMA in the News

Ontario Connects

View highlights of Sheets, Sheets & Caughman CCMA/OMHA exhibition
Art for Living and Living for Art
by clicking on the title

Joe Blackstock

Inland Valley historian Joe Blackstock visits CCMA to view the nine paintings of the Barbara Line Memorial Collection. Click here to view article.

IEShineOn.com

IEShineOn, an online source for events and activities in the Inland Empire, featured CCMA. To view the article, click here.

Suzanne Sproul

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin columnist Suzanne Sproul reports on the Sheets, Sheets & Caughman exhibit Art for Living and Living for Art. To view the article, click here . Read about CCMA's 75th anniversary in 2016 by clicking here.

David Allen

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin columnist David Allen visits CCMA's outdoor sculpture at the front of the museum. The sculpture was created by Fullmer Construction superintendent Gary Rue entirely from materials leftover from construction the parking lot next door. Click here to see a photo and read David's blog.

Trevor Summons

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Foothills Reader

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