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May 25, 2005 · Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90245215/frederick_charles-leavitt: accessed ), memorial page for Frederick Charles Leavitt (28 Jun 1924–25 May 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 90245215, citing Arroyo Grande Cemetery, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA; Maintained by Big Sur Baby ...
Charles Wellford Leavitt (1871–1928) was an American landscape architect, urban planner, and civil engineer who designed everything from elaborate gardens on Long Island, New York and New Jersey estates to federal parks in Cuba, hotels in Puerto Rico, plans of towns in Florida, New York and elsewhere. New York publisher Julius David Stern ...
Mar 13, 2021 · William Leavitt has devoted the bulk of his fifty year career to deciphering the social indicators innate to the landscape and aesthetics of Southern California. From domestic interiors to decommissioned power stations to SoCal’s ubiquitous joshua trees, Leavitt captures the ache of a distinctly urban isolation in conversation with compelling ...
Nov 9, 2022 · Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000, Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, Los Angeles 1998 Chairs, Plazas, Faces, Gardens, Rooms: Paintings by Five Artists, curated by William Leavitt, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica TransFiction I: Point Blank, Charim Klocker, Vienna 90069, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
William Leavitt (born 1941) is a conceptual artist known for paintings, photographs, installations, and performance works that examine "the vernacular culture of L.A. through the filter of the entertainment industry...drawing on 'stock environments' and designs of films as well as the literature of the place." [1]
From monumental opalescent canvases by Mary Corse to quippy word-works by Ed Ruscha, discover available works by Los Angeles’ most influential artists, whether born into the sunshine city or self-adopted later in life.
William Leavitt, an influential figure in the Los Angeles art scene, is known for a varied practice that includes performance, tableaux, paintings, photographs, and works on paper.
