Conrad Buff Curriculum Vitae
BORN: 1886, Speicher, Switzerland
DIED: 1975, Laguna Hills, CA
EDUCATION: School of Art and Crafts, St. Gallen, Switzerland
EXHIBITION HISTORY:
2007 George Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA
2004 The Not so Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2003 George Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA
2000 George Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA
1992 A Time and a Place, Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach., FL
1991 A Time and a Place,Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Los Angeles, CA
1990 A Time and a Place, The Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
1980 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1974 Southern California Artists: 1890-1940, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna, CA
1950 Commonwealth Club, Los Angeles, CA
1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, CA
1934 Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
1932 Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
1930 Zeitlin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1927 Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
1927 Stone Galleries, Monrovia, CA
1927 Carmelita House, Los Angeles, CA
1925 Modern Art Workers, Los Angeles, CA
1925 San Diego Museum, San Diego, CA
1924 California State Fair, CA
1923 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA (also 1929, 1937 and 1940)
1920-30 California Art Club
1920-37 Painters and Sculptures of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, CA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LosAngeles, CA; National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC; Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY; Orange County Museum, Orange County, CA; British Museum; Los Angeles Public Library; Barlow Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; San Diego Museum, CA; Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI; Boston Museum, Boston, MA; Irvine Museum, Irvine,CA; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
MURALS:
William Penn Hotel, Whittier, CA; Guarantee Building and Loan Association of Los Angeles, CA; Phoenix National BankMormon Church, Huntington Park, CA; Lobby, Souther California Edison Building, Los Angeles, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2003 Landauer, Susan; William H. Gerdts; Patricia Trenton. The Not so Still Life: ACentury of CaliforniaPainting and Sculpture. San Jose, CA: San Jose Museum of Art.
2002 McClelland, Gordon; Jay Last. California Watercolors 1850-1970. Santa Ana, CA: Hillcrest Press.
2000 South, William. The Art & Life of Conrad Buff. West Hollywood, CA: George Stern Fine Arts.
1998 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall. California Art: 450 Years of Painting and Other Media. Los Angeles, CA: Dustin Publications.
1996 The Irvine Museum. Impressions of California: Early Currents in Arts 1850- 1930. Irvine, CA: The Irvine Museum.
1993 Laguna Art Museum. 75 Works, 75 Years: Collecting the Art of California. Laguna, CA: Laguna Art Museum.
1992 Dominik, Janet Blake; Harvey L. Jones; Jean Stern. Selections from the Irvine Museum. Irvine, CA: The Irvine Museum.
1991 Fort, Ilene; Micheal Quick. American Art. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum.
1991 Jones, Harvey l.; Nancy Dustin Wall Moure. A Time and a Place. Oakland, CA: The Oakland Museum.
1985 McClelland, Gordon. California Watercolor Artists 1925-1955. Santa Ana, CA: Hillcrest Press.
1984 Orr-Cahill, Christina. The Art of California: Selected Works/ Oakland Museum. Oakland, CA: The Oakland Museum.
1983 Gibson, Dunn & Critcher. A Century of California Landscapes. Los Angeles, CA: Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher.
1981 McCall, Dewitt Clinton III. California Artists 1935-1956. CA: De Ru’s Fine Art Books.
1979 Laguna Beach Museum. Southern California Artists 1890-1940. Laguna, CA: LagunaArt Museum.
1977 Harmsen, Dorothy. American Western Art. Denver, CO: Harmsen Publishing Co.
1961 Ainsworth, Ed. Painters of the Desert. Palm Desert, CA: Desert Printers.