LORSER FEITELSON
Biographical Information
Feitelson (1898-1978) was an influential figure in the Los Angeles art scene beginning in the 1920s. A teacher, his students included Reuben Kadish, Philip Guston, and Helen Lundeberg (who later became his wife). Born in Savannah, Georgia, his father was his first teacher. He attended classes briefly at the Art Students League in New York, then spent from 1919 to 1927 in Paris studying on his own. He settled in Los Angeles in 1927. In 1934 he and Lundeberg co-founded Post-Surrealism. From 1937 to 1943 he was southern California area supervisor of murals for the New Deal's Federal Art Project. None of the murals he designed is still in place. They included projects at Edison Junior High School and Hooper Avenue School in south-central Los Angeles, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (now Cedars-Sinai) in West Hollywood, and Patriotic Hall in downtown Los Angeles. He also ran a gallery, hosted a television show, and spoke often to the public on topics related to contemporary art.
Mural Credits
None of the murals designed by Feitelson remains extant
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