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Ruth Stoever Flemming Art Collection

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The Story of Newport Harbor’s Forgotten Art Collection

Newport Harbor High Alumni

 

Resurrection of the art

Daily Pilot, October 1, 2009

 

School Libraries' Art Treasures Were Overdue for Rediscovery : A Brush With History

Los Angeles Times, August 4, 1988

 

Angel, Venus, Baby

Walter Askin

Angel, Venus, Baby

Watercolor, 21” x 29”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1962

Transcendent

Kenneth Botto

Transcendent

Oil, 54” x 54”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1961

Surfboards and Umbrellas

Alexandra Bradshaw

Surfboards and Umbrellas

Watercolor, 17” x 22”

Library Purchase 1946

Light on the Jetty

Rex Brandt

Light on the Jetty

Watercolor, 22” x 30”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1946

Among The Trees

Kenneth Collins

Among The Trees

Oil, 23” x 29”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1950

Death of Summer

Keith Crown

Death of Summer

Watercolor, 30” x 22”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1963

Untitled

Edie Danieli

Untitled

Watercolor, 31” x 33”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1966

Gulls

Stark Davis

Gulls

Oil, 34” x 34”

Senior Class Gift 1936

White Beach

Phil Dike

White Beach

Oil, 20” x 24”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1948

Sunlight and Sails

Phil Dike

Sunlight and Sails

Oil, 20” x 24”

Library Purchase 1946

Forty Five

Paul Donin

Forty Five

Oil and Collage, 24” x 21”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1965

Entrances and Exits

Leonard Edmonson

Entrances and Exits

Collage, 13” x 18”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1965

Reflection

Jules Engel

Reflection

Watercolor, 22” x 30”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1956

The Breadwinner

Francis de Erdely

The Breadwinner

Oil, 36” x 27”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1952

Oregon Landscape

Edgar Ewing

Oregon Landscape

Oil, 12” x 34”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1953

Concerning Boats

Jane G. Gale

Concerning Boats

Gouache, 18” x 24”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1951

Rain Flowers

Nina George

Rain Flowers

Oil, 30” x 24”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1960

Edge of Dayton

George Gibson

Edge of Dayton

Watercolor, 23” x 29”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1953

Emerald Bay

William Griffith

Emerald Bay

Oil, 25” x 30”

Senior Class Gift 1937

Untitled

Frank Hamilton

Untitled

Watercolor, 22” x 30”

Donation 2009

Opposing Likes

Frederick Hammersley

Opposing Likes

Oil, 40” x 36”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1963

Young Boy

Ejnar Hansen

Young Boy

Watercolor, 18” x 14”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1952

In the Park

Wilbur Haynie

In the Park

Oil, 40” x 48”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1958

Arrangement in Blue, Gold and Silver

Frederick Heckman

Arrangement in Blue, Gold and Silver

Oil, 25” x 30”

Senior Class Gift 1938

Snow Scene

Thomas Hunt

Snow Scene

Oil, 28” x 30”

Senior Class Gift 1935

Rex s Castle

Joan Irving Brandt

Rex’s Castle

Watercolor, 14” x 21”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1948

Ibizi 56

Robert Irwin

Ibizi 56

Oil, 36” x 48”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1957

Interior

George James

Interior

Watercolor, 17” x 30”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1957

Eventide

Frederick Johnston

Eventide

Watercolor, 15” x 21”

Library Purchase 1946

Trellis

Felecia Kaner

Trellis

Watercolor, 25” x 31”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1958

Black Light

Irene Koch

Black Light

Oil, 38” x 30”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1959

Call of the Sea

Emil Koza, Jr.

Call of the Sea

Watercolor, 21” x 29”

Call of the Sea

Piazzo San Marco

Roger Kuntz

Piazzo San Marco

Oil, 20” x 40”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1955

Pavane for Past Regrets

Ernest Lacy

Pavane for Past Regrets

Oil, 50” x 38”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1956

Tenement District

Jack Locker

Tenement District

Oil, 24” x 18”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1949

The Harbor

Dan Lutz

The Harbor

Watercolor, 22” x 30”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1946

The Great White Peak

Edgar Payne

The Great White Peak

Oil, 43” x 43”

Senior Class Gift 1945

Beachcombers

Burt Procter

Beachcombers

Oil, 22” x 28”

Library Purchase 1948

Northwest by South

Helen Reid

Northwest by South

Watercolor, 22” x 29”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1964

The Big Sur

Larry Rink

The Big Sur

Watercolor, 25” x 41”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1961

Landscape

Paul Rivas

Landscape

Watercolor, 20” x 25”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1955

Composition

H. Vincent Robbins

Composition

Oil, 50” x 41”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1964

Restless Sea

Gounod Romandy

Restless Sea

Oil, 20” x 24”

Senior Class Gift 1939

Mt. San Jacinto by Winter

Roy M. Ropp

Mt. San Jacinto by Winter

Oil, 24” x 28”

Senior Class Gift 1942

The Home Port

Roy M. Ropp

The Home Port

Oil, 24” x 30”

Senior Class Gift 1943

Paper Lady

Richards Ruben

Paper Lady

Oil, 20” x 24”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1951

Mystical Mountain

David Scott

Mystical Mountain

Watercolor, 24” x 31”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1954

Horses by the Sea, Carmel

Millard Sheets

Horses by the Sea, Carmel

Watercolor, 22” x 30”

Senior Class Gift 1984

The Cove

Vic Joachim Smith

The Cove

Watercolor, 40” x 34”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1959

Buffoon

Fran Soldini

Buffoon

Watercolor, 23” x 15”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1950

Self Portrait and Still Life

James Strombotne

Self Portrait and Still Life

Oil, 50” x 44”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1962

Sea Fire

James Strombotne

Sea Fire

Watercolor, 18” x 24”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1960

California Valley

William Wendt

California Valley

Oil, 28” x 34”

Senior Class Gift 1944

Untitled

Guy Williams

Untitled

Oil, 51” x 51”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1966

Bouquet

Delmer J. Yoakum

Bouquet

Oil, 36” x 24”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1954

Papaya Vendor

Jack Zajac

Papaya Vendor

Oil, 50” x 26”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1953

Point Arena

Milford Zornes

Point Arena

Oil, 22” x 30”

Art Exhibit Purchase Prize 1947

The Fisherman

Arthur Ames

The Fisherman

Tile Mosaic, 8'11" x 7'11"

Federal Art Project 1937

The Girls on the Beach

Jean Goodwin

The Girls on the Beach

Tile Mosaic, 8'11" x 7'11"

Federal Art Project 1937

Abstract Based on Phil Dike s Sunlight and Sails

 

Rick Streitfeld

Abstract Based on Phil Dike's Sunlight and Sails

Stained Glass

Gift from 2013, 14, and 15 classes and NHHS Alumni