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| Richard Neutra, Galka Scheyer House, 1935 |
KCRW reports that an unnamed German art collector has purchased the Richard Neutra-designed home of art dealer Galka Scheyer and plans to operate it as an artist's residence. Sculptor Beatriz Cortez, displaced by the Eaton fire, has been living in the home since March.
Scheyer promoted the "Blue Four": Vassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, and Alexej Jawlensky. Her collection of modern art was donated to the Pasadena Museum, now the Norton Simon Museum.
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| Richard Neutra, Galka Scheyer House, Los Angeles, California, Perspective Study, 1933. Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Vassily Kandinsky, Heavy Circles, 1927. Norton Simon Museum, Galka Scheyer collection |
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Julius Shulman's photo of Case Study House #22, with early 1960s LA spread out as seen from a hilltop perch in Hollywood, is emblematic of the region.
When I look at that photo I think, whoa, LA's public art museum barely existed and was still hidden among the fossils and dioramas in Exposition Park. And downtown LA back then was sort of AWOL, decades from the existence of its cultural entities.
In 2025, by contrast, LA's signature industry of "Hollywood" is scattering throughout the US and world. That combined with the massive fires several months ago will hypothetically make fundraising tougher for non-profits similar to LACMA.