JAMES JARVAISE (1924 - 2015)

Jarvaise was born in , but later lived in Chicago, Pittsburgh, and eventually moved to Los Angeles in 1946. He was educated at Carnegie Tech. in Pittsburgh, PA.. Ecole Dart/ Biarritz, France with Fernand Léger, and earned a B.F.A from the University of Southern in 1952, studied at Yale in 1953 and earned an M.F.A. in 1954 from the University of Southern California. Jarvaise relocated to Santa Barbara in 1969 and from 1991 forward served as Head of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Oxnard College.

Museum of Modern Art curator Dorothy Canning Miller selected James Jarvaise for inclusion in the 1959 Sixteen Americans exhibition. The caliber of his work (he was selected in the class of Jay deFeo, , , , and ) was and is unquestionable. This exhibition had the potential to propel his career to great heights. However, while Jarvaise's phenomenal gifts were showcased on the West Coast, a teaching job, a growing family, and a desire for a less urban lifestyle rearranged Jarvaise's priorities. Despite obvious talent and a promising beginning, Jarvaise did not become a household name. This however, did not deter him from continuing with his art.

In 2012, Louis Stern Fine Arts set out to remedy Jarvaise' obscurity with their "James Jarvaise And The Hudson River Series" exhibition.

His most recent exhibition, "James Jarvaise: Collages Redux" at Louis Stern Fine Arts featured a selection of his latest work from 1989-2013. The show earned him a positive review on KCRW ArtTalk by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp. The review praises the work for being the most youthful art on exhibit in April 2015. James Jarvaise was 91, and energetically attended the opening.

His and collages can be found at the Smithsonian in Washington DC, and the MoMA in New York.

CHRONOLOGY

1924 Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on February 16 to James Alexis (1888-1965) and Suzanne (Conlin) Jarvaise (1890-1978). (His father, born in Turkey of French parents, was a man of many interests. A scholar of Greek studies, who spoke five languages, he was a collector of antiques. As a result of his various interests, the family, which included his sisters, Julia and Catherine, spent time in such places as New York City and Chicago, but Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania remained its main residence until 1940.)

1933-1934 Attends Carnegie Institute of Technology, Department of and Design (now Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; studies under Sam Rosenberg

1937 Graduates from Henry Clay Frick Elementary School and begins high school at Taylor Allderdice

1940 Family moves to Los Angeles where he enters John Marshall High School 1942 Graduates from John Marshall High School

1943 Enlists in the Army on April 23 in Los Angeles; receives training at Camp Roberts, California; he is selected for the Army Air Corps and receives training at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln

1944-1945 Is shipped overseas to Heidelberg, Germany with the United States Army Air Corps, where he remains until the war ends

1945-1946 Remains in Europe and travels through France and Germany Studies briefly with Fernand Leger in his studios in and Biarritz, France; meets Matsumi “Mike” Kanemitsu while studying in Paris

1946 Returns to the Los Angeles

1946-1952 Enters the University of Southern California in the fall, studying at College of Letters, Arts and Science’s Fine Arts Department under Francis de Erdely and Edgar Ewing Meets future wife Olive Lorraine Weber (1924-2011), who prefers Lorraine, while both are attending USC. She is a Literature major

1950 Marries Lorraine Weber in Inglewood, California and resides in Manhattan Beach. They have five children, Anna Alexis, Jeanne Marie, Julie Lorraine, James Laurens, and Jean Rene.

1952 Graduates with Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, University of Southern California, College of Letters, Arts and Science, Fine Arts Department His Crystal Lamp receives purchase award ($1500) at Annual Exhibition “Art Schools U.S.A.” Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts in November

1953 Is invited to attend Rico Le Brun’s Art Workshop at Yale University; sits in on classes of Josef Albers

1953-1954 Lorraine receives a teaching assignment from the U.S. Air Force in France; he travels with her and studies throughout Europe

1954 He and Lorraine return to U.S. in August Completes a Master of Fine Arts, University of Southern California, College of Letters, Arts and Science, Fine Arts Department.

1956 The family live in Tujunga, California

1956-1957 Serves as lecturer for classes in the fundamentals of drawing and painting at the University of Southern California, College of Letters, Arts and Science, Fine Arts Department in the Fall semester.

1957-1962 Teaches at USC. Courses include Drawing from Life I, II, III, Design I and Painting Workshop.

1960 Family lives in Altadena Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., purchases “Hudson River Series” painting for its permanent collection.

1962 Is a guest instructor during the summer at Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

1963 Takes a sabbatical leave and travels to Spain; teaches at the Chrystal Palace, University of (two terms) in connection with the International Art Exposition.

1964 Is a guest instructor during the summer at Pennsylvania State University.

1965 Teaches at Occidental College Teaches painting fundamentals at Chouinard Art School/California Institute of Art as a visiting instructor for 16 weeks, beginning November 29.

1966-1968 Teaches at Chouinard Art School/CalArts, Occidental College, and University of Southern California.

1967 Untitled painting is used to illustrate Anthony Boucher’s article, “Criminal At Large,” New York Times, January 15, 1967.

1969-1970 Family moves to Santa Barbara, California Is Artist in Residence at the University of California, Santa Barbara Serves as Chairman of Seminar Committee and is a member of Screening Committee at the University of California, Santa Barbara

1972 Family lives in Santa Barbara Teaches at Brooks Institute School of Fine Arts, Santa Barbara

1973 Teaches and serves as Department Chair of the Fine and Performing Arts, and Communication Departments at Oxnard College

2004 Retires from Oxnard College

th 2011 Lorraine passes away on December 9

2015 Passes away on June 19 in Santa Barbara

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1950 Solo exhibition (graduate student). Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, December 3 - 7.

1952 James Jarvaise: Watercolors, Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, April 20 - May 3.

1955 James Jarvaise, Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, May 22 - June 11.

James Jarvais, Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, September 18 - October 1.

1957 Collages by James Jarvaise, Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, January 28 - February 16

1958 James Jarvaise: Hudson River School, Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, January 27 - February 15.

1960 James Jarvaise: Recent Paintings, Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, January 25 - February 13.

1961 James Jarvaise: Selected paintings from his Hudson River Series (1957-1960), Gallerie Thibaut, New York City, October – November.

1961-1962 Recent Paintings: James Jarvaise, Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, December 11, 1961-January 6, 1962.

1963 James Jarvaise, Gallery San Jorge, University of Madrid, Spain.

1964 Paintings from Spain: James Jarvaise, Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, February 24 - March 14.

1965 Paintings by James Jarvaise, Presented by the Department of Art, courtesy of the Felix Landau Gallery, Occidental College, Los Angeles, April 5 – 30.

1967 Leaf Paintings by James Jarvaise, Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, February 6- March 4.

James Jarvaise: Oil Paintings on Leaves of Metal Assembled in Combinations of Low and Reliefs – Executed During the Past Three Years, Landau-Alan Gallery, New York, May 2-27.

1974 James Jarvaise, Ruth Schaffner Gallery, Los Angeles, April 29 - May 18.

2012 James Jarvaise and the Hudson River Series, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, September 22- November 10.

2015 James Jarvaise: Collages Redux, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, March 12 – April 25.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1948 Roots of Contemporary Art, Modern Institute of Art, Beverly Hills, November 21- 30.

1949 Fifth Annual City of Los Angeles Art Exhibition, Greek Theater, Griffith Park, October 16-30. California Centennials Exhibition of Art: An Official Event of the California Centennials Commission: Section I: “Historic California”; Section II: “Artists of California, 1949, Los Angeles County Museum, September 30 - November 13.

1950 Thirty-fifth Annual National Orange Show Exhibition of Art: Paintings and by Southern California Artists, San Bernardino, California, March 9-19. Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum, July 1- August 31. Exhibition, Oakland Art Museum.

1951 Seventieth Annual Art and Sculpture Exhibition, Art Association, San Francisco Art Museum, February 28-April 8 Thirty-sixth Annual National Orange Show Exhibition of Art: Paintings and Sculpture by Southern California Artists, San Bernardino, California, March 8-18 Fifty-seventh Annual Exhibition of Western Art, , May 14- July 8 Five-person exhibition (all USC graduate students), Graywood Gallery, Manhattan Beach, California, May 20-June 5. Survey of Pacific Coast Painting. Walnut Creek Festival, California. “Art Schools U.S.A.” Annual Exhibition, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts, November. Survey of Pacific Coast Painting, City of Los Angeles Art Department. City Hall Tower Gallery, November 20- December 7. Thirty-first Annual Exhibition, California Water Color Society, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, December 9-30.

1952 62 “Under 34,” Los Angeles Art Association, May 18– 31. Fifty-eighth Annual Exhibition of Western Art, Denver Art Museum, June 2– 3. California State Fair and Exposition Art Exhibition, Sacramento, July – August. Exhibition of Eight Artists, Los Angeles Art Association, November. Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum, Exposition Park, June 28- August 10. Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Exhibition, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.

1952-1953 Watercolors, Drawings and Prints 1952, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 5, 1952-January 1953.

1953 Seventy-second Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco Museum of Art, February 5-March 1 Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, University of Illinois, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Galleries, Architectural Building, Urbana, March 1-April 12. Three-Person Exhibition with John Leeper and Paul Julian, Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, March 29- April 18. Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum, May 8- June 21. Twenty-third Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, D.C., March 15- May 3. Watercolors, Drawings and Prints 1952, Metropolitan Museum, New York City, December. Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Exhibition, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.

1954 Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego. Exhibition, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.

1955 Artists West of the Mississippi, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, March 25- May 9. Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum, May 13-June 26. Twentieth Annual Mid-Year Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, July 1 – September 1. All-California exhibition. Laguna Beach Festival of Arts, July-August. California State Fair and Exposition Art Exhibition, Sacramento, July-August. American Paintings from the Collection of Butler Institute of American Art Flint Institute of Arts, Flint Michigan, September 20-October 8. Painters of Los Angeles, Downtown Gallery, New York, New York, September 13- October 1. Fifteenth Annual Art Exhibit, Chaffey Community Art Association, Chaffey Memorial Library, Chaffee Community College, October. Alumni of the University of Southern California art department exhibition. Harris Hall, October 30-November 9. Exhibition, Seattle Art Museum. Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Exhibition, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Exhibition, Maeght Gallery, Paris France.

1956 Forty-first National Orange Show Exhibition of Art: Painting, Photography, Sculpture, San Bernardino, March. Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum, May 2-June 3. The Valley Center of Arts’ Outdoor Exhibition, Show 2, Brown Center Patio, Tarzana, California, May 27-June 3. 6 x 5 [Six Paintings by Five Painters] with Richard Diebenkorn, Leon Goldin, Leonard Edmondson, and Orrel P. Reed, Upstairs Gallery, Harris Hall, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, September 16-October 1. Thirty-fifth Annual Exhibition of Art, Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, September. Sixteenth Annual Invitational Exhibition. Chaffey Junior College, Ontario, California, October. Scope in Collecting [25th Anniversary Exhibition], Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts, October 19- December 24. Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Exhibition, Downtown Gallery, New York.

1957 Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, University of Illinois, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Galleries, Architectural Building, Urbana, March 3-April 7. Fifteen American Painters, Long Beach Museum of Art, May 3-31. Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum, May 22-June 30 California State Fair and Exposition Art Exhibition, Sacramento, July-August. Second Pacific Coast Biennial Exhibition of Paintings and Watercolors, Santa Barbara Museum of Art September 10-October 13. Forty-four paintings from the Coca-Cola Company’s Contemporary Collection, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, September 26-October 10. Five-Person Exhibition with Leon Goldin, Robert Irwin, John Paul Jones, Jack Zajac, Heller Gallery, New York City. Exhibition arranged by Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, December. Group Exhibition, Poindexter Gallery, New York, December. Exhibition, Oakland Art Museum. Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Exhibition, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Exhibition, University of Southern California.

1957-1958 Second Pacific Coast Biennial Exhibition of Paintings and Watercolors, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, October 26-January 1. 1957 INTO ’58. Los Angeles Art Association, December 1957-January 15, 1958.

1958 Arts of Southern California—II: Painting, Long Beach Museum of Art, January 5- February 2. California Painting (58 exhibiting artists), Scripps College Art Galleries, Claremont, California, February 1-13. Drawings by Ten Southern California Painters. Art Gallery Santa Monica Public Library, January 25-February 24. Paintings, Collages and Drawings. Five-person Exhibition with John Paul Jones, Leon Goldin, Jack Zajac, and Robert Irwin. John Heller Gallery, New York City, February 18-March 8. Second Pacific Coast Biennial Exhibition of Paintings and Watercolors, Portland Art Museum, February 20-March 20. Sixty-eighth Annual Exhibition, University of Nebraska Art Gallery, Lincoln, March 1-30. Sixty-fourth Annual for Western Artists, Denver Art Museum, June. International Exhibition of Paintings, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October-December. Artists in Transition: Barnsdall Park Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, November- December.

1958-1959 University of Southern California Faculty exhibition. SC Upstairs Gallery, December 7, 1958-January 6, 1959. Sixteen Americans. , New York City, December 16. 1958- February 15, 1959.

1959 Eleven West Coast Artists. Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, June 7-13. Chautauqua Art Association Chautauqua, New York, August 1- 14. Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum, August 4- September 6. 11th Annual Exhibition of the San Gabriel Valley Art Association. Pasadena Art Museum, October. Living with Design, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts, October 22-23. Exhibition, Bolles Gallery, San Francisco (AAA).

1960 Fifty Paintings by Thirty-seven Painters of the Los Angeles Area, University of California, Los Angeles Art Galleries, March 21-April 10. Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity, Los Angeles County Museum, August 17- September 25. Hudson River School Series #103. (Oil on canvas, 70” x 55”) ($1500) 66th Annual Invitational Exhibition of American Painting. Denver Art Museum, September 11- October 28. Exhibition, Albright- Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York.

1961 Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 18-June 4. Five-Person Exhibition with Howard Warshaw, Joyce Treiman, John Paul Jones and Paul Wonner, Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, February. Forty-sixth National Orange Show Art Exhibit, San Bernardino, California, March 76. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie L. Johnson, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, March 3-28. Art of Collage, tenth exhibit in Arts in Southern California series, Long Beach Museum of Art, October 8-29. Two-Person Exhibition, Gump’s Gallery, San Francisco.

1962 Exhibition of the Fine Arts Faculty, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, February 8-March 2. A Selection of East Coast and West Coast American Painters, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, March. Four Artists, Four Directions, 3 Media: John McLaughlin, Sueo Serisawa and John Paul Jones. Organized as part of the Fine Arts Festival and in conjunction with the 75th Anniversary of Occidental College, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, April 30-May 25. Exhibition of Eight Figurative Painters, New Pavilion Gallery, Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor at Balboa, October-November Director’s Choice; Lorser Feitelson, Frederick Wight, James Jarvaise, Long Beach Museum of Art. Exhibition, American Embassy, London, England.

1963 Forty-One Contemporary Paintings by 28 Artists, Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles Collection, Downey Museum of Art, December 15-31. Exhibition, Art of the Americas and Spain, Madrid-Barcelona, Spain.

1964 International Exhibition of Paintings, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October-December. Exhibition, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, New York. Exhibition, Director’s Choice, World’s Fair, New York.

1965 The Figure: West Coast, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, March 39. Exhibition of works by present and former member of the faculty of the art department. Specially organized for the inauguration of Dr. Richard Richard Gilman as President of the College, October 25 (one day exhibition). Exhibition, Larry Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Exhibition, J. B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art.

1966 First International Drawing and Print Invitational, Gallery 66, Los Angeles, February-March. American Painting, 1966, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, (May 16- June 12). Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, Lytton Center of the Visual Arts, Los Angeles June 28-July 29. Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, Stanford Museum, , California, Fall 1966. Exhibition, Chouinard Art School Gallery/California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles. Exhibition, Palm Springs Desert Museum.

1967 Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, Occidental College, Los Angeles, February 27-March 30. Thirteenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture (biennial), Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, March 5-April 9. Paintings by Frederick Hammersley and James Jarvaise, Chouinard Art School Gallery, Los Angeles, April. Visual Arts Project of the San Bernardino, Inyo and Mono County School Artmobile, Oyster House Restaurant, Los Angeles, June. Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, California State College, Long Beach, September 24-October 14. Fifteen Painters and Fifteen Sculptors of International Reputation, Fountain Gallery, Portland, Oregon in conjunction with the University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, September 12-October 8. California Art Festival: 37 Museums 67 Artists, Lytton Center of Visual Arts, Los Angeles, California, October 1-November 26. Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, California State Polytechnic College, Kellogg-Voorhis, Pomona, October 22-November 10. 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Treasurers of the Inventory: 17 Loves,” Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, New York, October 21-November 18; Treasures from the Inventory 2, November 25- December 2. Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, San Fernando Valley. Exhibition, University of Southern California Exhibition, Chouinard Art School Gallery/California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles Exhibition, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

1968 Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, Fresno State College, January 4-19. Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, Stanislaus State College, Turlock, California, January 28- February 17. Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, Sonoma State College, Rohnert Park, February 25-March 10. Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, Chico State College, March 24-April 14. Faculty Graphics and Drawing Exhibition: Drawings, Prints, Collage, Mixed Media, Chouinard Art Gallery, Los Angeles, April. Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, San Jose State College, April 28-May 12. Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, Fine Arts Gallery, California State College, Los Angeles, June 9-23. Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, California State Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo, July 7-August 2. Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, California State College, Hayward August 11-September 6. Painting, Sculpture, Graphics, and Ceramics by the Faculty of the Department of Art, Occidental College, Los Angeles, September 20-October 10. Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, Sacramento State College, September 22-October 20. Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, Humboldt State College October 27-November 22. Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, California State College, Dominguez Hills, December 1-27. Annual Faculty Exhibition, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, December. Exhibition, Alan Gallery, New York.

1969 California Landscape: Then and Now, La Jolla Museum of Art (now Museum of Contemporary Art of San Diego), June 13-July 13. Sculptural Graphics. California State College, Los Angeles, July. Exhibition, Chouinard Art School Gallery/California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles. Exhibition, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, New York. Exhibition, Alan Gallery, New York.

1970 Annual Faculty Exhibition, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, October). Exhibition of paintings, Athenaeum, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California.

1972 Abstract Expressionism: The First and Second Generations in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, January 19-February 20. Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Exhibition, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, New York. Exhibition, Santa Barbara Art Institute.

1972- 1973 Two Decades of Art Museum Council Gifts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ahmanson Gallery, November 11-January 7.

1973 Exhibition, Ventura College.

1973-1974 The Private Collection of Martha Jackson, University of Maryland Department of Art, June 22-September 30; The Finch College Museum of Art, October 15- November 30; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, January 8-February 10.

1974 22nd Annual All City Outdoor Art Festival. Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, June. Twentieth Annual All-California Show. Laguna Beach Museum of Art, July 21- August 25. Art for Young Collections. Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Los Angeles, September 6- 13. Four-Person Exhibition with Joe Goode, David Patterson and Peter Plagens, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, October 6-26.

1975 Nine From California, Courtesy Ruth S. Schaffner Gallery, Occidental, College, Los Angeles, California, February 24- April 4.

1980 Virginia Steel Scott Memorial Collection, Laguna Beach Museum, April-June 23. 50’s Abstract: A Summary of L. A. Painting, 1957-1960. Conejo Valley Art Museum, Thousand Oaks, California, October-November 9.

1990 Functionists High with Hans Burkhardt, Connor Everts, Claire Flakenstein, Ynez Johnston, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Helen Lundeberg, Emerson Woelffer, June Wayne, American Gallery, Los Angeles, May 20-June 17, 1990.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS

Cummings, Paul, A Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1966 [First Edition].

Cummings, Paul, A Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1971 [Second Edition]

Who’s Who in American Art, New York: R.R. Bowker, 1966. Who’s Who in American Art ,New York: R.R. Bowker, 1970. Who's Who in American Art. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1973. Who's Who in American Art. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1976. Who's Who in American Art. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1978.

Who Was Who in American Art:400 years of artists in America. Second edition. Three volumes. Edited by Peter Hastings Falk. Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1999.

EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, University of Illinois, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Galleries, Architectural Building, Urbana, March 1-April 12, 1953. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1953.

Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, University of Illinois, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Galleries, Architectural Building, Urbana, March 3-April 7, 1957. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1957.

Fifteen American Painters; Long Beach Museum of Art, May 1-31, 1957, Los Angeles: Felix Landau Gallery, 1957.

James Jarvaise: The Hudson River School Series, January 27-February 15, 1958. Los Angeles: Felix Landau Gallery.

Paintings, Collages and Drawings: Leon Goldin, Robert Irwin, James Jarvaise, John Paul Jones, Jack Zajac, John Heller Gallery, February 18-March 8, 1958. New York: John Heller Gallery, Inc., 1958.

Miller, Dorothy C. (ed.), Sixteen Americans, The Museum of Modern Art, December 16.1958-February 15, 1959. New York, Hartford, CT: Connecticut Printers, Inc., 1958.

James Jarvaise: Recent Paintings, Felix Landau Gallery, January 25-February 13, 1960. Los Angeles: Felix Landau Gallery, 1960. Fifty Paintings by Thirty-seven Painters of the Los Angeles Area, University of California, Los Angeles, March 21-April 10, 1960. Los Angeles: University of California Art Galleries, 1960.

James Jarvaise: Recent Paintings, Felix Landau Gallery, December 11, 1961-January 6, 1962. Rome: Istituto Grafico Tiberino, 1962.

Paintings from Spain: James Jarvaise, Felix Landau Gallery, February 24-March 14. Los Angeles: Felix Landau Gallery, 1964.

Contemporary California Art from the Lytton Collection, Lytton Center of the Visual Arts, Los Angeles,.June 28-July 29, 1966. Los Angeles: Lytton Center for the Visual Arts, 1966.

Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, March 5-April 9, 1967. Urbana, Chicago and London: University of Illinois Press, 1967.

James Jarvaise: Oil Paintings on Leaves of Metal Assembled in Combination of Low and High Relief – Executed During the Past Three Years, Landau-Alan Gallery, May 2- 27, 1967. New York: Landau-Alan Gallery, 1967.

Leaf Paintings by James Jarvaise, Felix Landau Gallery, February 6-March 4, 1967. Los Angeles: Felix Landau Gallery, 1967.

James Jarvaise Collages, 1990-2010.

Functionists High with Hans Burkhardt, Connor Everts, Claire flakenstein, Ynez Johnston, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Helen Lundeberg, Emerson Woelffer, June Wayne, American Gallery, Los Angeles, May 20-June 17, 1990.

Works from the Mid-Twentieth Century: James Jarvaise and the Hudson River Series, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, September 22 - November 10, 2012.

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

“Art Events: New Exhibitions,” Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1950, E5. “Painting by SC Student Winner,” Los Angeles Times, November 11, 1951, E7.

Millier, Arthur, “In the Galleries: Virile Drawing Found in Grayson’s Exhibit,” Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1952, E4.

Millier, Arthur, “Critics Praise, Rap Latest Met Exhibit: Watercolors, Drawings and Prints Held Both Exhilarating, Shocking,” Los Angeles Times, January 4, 1953, D10.

Langsner, Jules, “Art News from Los Angeles,” “Trio and Lutz,” ARTnews, April 1953, (Vol. 52, #2), 55.

Millier, Arthur, “In the Galleries: Finely Tuned Colors Sing Out in Paintings by Brice,” Los Angeles Times, May 29, 1955, C5.

Nordland, Gerald, “6 X 5,” Frontier, October, 1956, 23-24. Millier, Arthur, “In the Galleries: Line, Form and Texture Mark New Jarvaise Work,” Los

Angeles Times, February 3, 1957, E5. Langsner, Jules, “Art News from Los Angeles,” “Jarvaise, Davies collages,” ARTnews,

March 1957 (Vol. 56, #1) 50. “Oil Painting of Saddle Wins Exhibition Award: Edgar Ewing’s Work gets $2500

Goldwyn Prize at Open,” Los Angeles Times, May 22, 1957, B1.

Millier, Arthur, “Is It Influence or Plagiarism?,” Los Angeles Times, June 9, 1957, F6.

“News and Views of Art,” Los Angeles Times, December 22, 1957, D7.

Langsner, Jules, “In the Galleries: Varied Approaches Mark Art Association Exhibition,” Los Angeles Times, December 29, 1957, D8.

Millier, Arthur, “In the Galleries: Faculty Exhibit at Art Institute Wins Plaudits: Jarvaise Landscapes.” Los Angeles Times, February 2, 1958, E5

Aston, Dore, “Diebenkorn’s Avant-Garde Paintings Indicate a San Francisco Movement,” New York Times, February 25, 1958, 55

Langsner, Jules, “Art News from Los Angeles” “New Work by Cremean, Jarvaise,” ARTnews, March 1958 (Vol. 57, #1), 53. Seldis, Henry J., “Art: Artists Show New Styles: Southlanders Reveal Greater Freedom in Barnsdall Display,” Los Angeles Times, November 2, 1958, F5.

Langsner, Jules, “Art News from Los Angeles,” “California who’s who,” ARTnews, December 1958 (Vol. 57, #8), 49.

Seldis, Henry J.,” Iń the Galleries: Hansen’s Images a Powerful Creed.” Los Angeles Times, June 7, 1959, E5.

Preston, Stuart, “Art: ‘Sixteen Americans.’” New York Times, December 16, 1959, 50.

“Californians Win Spots in Modern Art Show,” Los Angeles Times, December 27, 1959, Millier, Arthur, “In the Galleries: Aussie and Pacific Coast Works Display Similarities,”

Los Angeles Times, January 31, 1960, F7. Langsner, Jules, “Art News from Los Angeles,” “Jarvaise, Woelffer, Kanemitsu,”

ARTnews, March 1960 (Vol. 59, #1), 51. Kessler, Charles S., “Nationwide Reviews: Los Angeles” Jarvaise, Manzella, Rosen,”

Arts Magazine, April 1960 (Vol. 34, #7), 18. Langsner, Jules, “Art News from Los Angeles,” “Brouhaha, 1960,” ARTnews,

September 1960 (Vol. 59, #5), 51. Preston, Stuart, “Art: Pure Impressionist,” New York Times, October 30, 1961, 16.

“Reviews and Previews,” “James Jarvaise [Thibaut],” ARTnews, November 1961, (Vol. 60, #7), 19.

Nordland, Gerald, “Nationwide: Los Angeles,” “West Coast in Review,” Arts Magazine, December 1961 (Vol. 36, #3), 64.

Seldis, Henry J.,” Iń the Galleries: Co-existence of Canvases,” Los Angeles Times, December 15, 1961, A11.

Wurdemann, Helen, “Directors’ Choice, Los Angeles: Feitelson, Wight, Jarvaise,” Arts in America, Winter 1962, (Vol. 50, No. 4), 126.

“More Art News,” Los Angeles Times, June 24, 1962, A27. Seldis, Henry J. “In the Galleries: A First for Balboa,” Los Angeles Times, October 26,

1962, C4. “Art Works on Display,” Los Angeles Times, April 29, 1962, GB11. Seldis, Henry J., “In the Galleries: Jarvaise Paintings Reflect Haunting Influence of Spain,” Los Angeles Times, February 28, 1964, D7.

“Art News: Lebrun Memorial Exhibition on View in N.Y.,” Los Angeles Times, November 14, 1965, B43.

Wilson, William,”Iń the Galleries,” Los Angeles Times, February 10, 1967, D9. Langsner, Jules, “Art News from Los Angeles,” “Jarvaise, Powell,” ARTnews, May 1967

(Vol. 66. #3) 24. “Art News,” Los Angeles Times, June 11, 1967, N37.

Kosuth, Joseph, “Reviews Museums and Galleries” “James Jarvaise,” Arts Magazine, Summer 1967 (Vol. 41, #8), 64.

“Reviews and Previews” “James Jarvaise [Landau-Alan],” ARTnews, Summer 1967 (Vol. 66, #4), 20.

Seldis, Henry J., “Art Walk: A Critical Guide to the Galleries: La Cienega Area,” May 2, 1974, E5.

Wilson, William, “A Sketchy Art Festival,” Los Angeles Times, June 28, 1974, F1.

“Art Award,” Los Angeles Times, August 11, 1974, SF-B3.

ARCHIVAL SOURCES

California Institute of Arts Archives, 1914-1989. California Institute of Art Library, Valencia, California

Dorothy Canning Miller Papers, 1929-1984, Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York, New York, 1989.

Museum of Fine Arts Archives, Boston. Artists’ files.

University of Southern California, University Archives and Manuscripts, Doheny Memorial Library, University Park, Los Angeles, California.

Passenger Lists of Vessals Arriving in New York, 1820-1897. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, National Archives, Washington D.C. August 17, 1954 “Queen Elizabeth” Departed August 12, 1954, Cherbourg, France . United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [Archival data base on-line], National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64, College Park, Maryland. Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2005.