Explore the Era

Delve into the postwar Los Angeles art world in this online archive, which provides additional material related to the exhibitions on view at the Getty Center. Learn about hipsters and happenings, and the venues across the city where all the action took place through images from the archives and first-hand accounts with the artists.

Paul Kantor Gallery

Paul Kantor Gallery exhibited a mix of modern European and West Coast art, including exhibitions of German expressionism and solo shows for Lee Mullican and Richard Diebenkorn.

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Works of Art

  • Untitled (Venice)

    Untitled (Venice), 1967, Lee Mullican. Oil on canvas. 80 x 120 in. Estate of Lee Mullican, Courtesy of Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles. © Estate of Lee Mullican

  • Ocean Park No. 67

    Ocean Park No. 67, 1973, Richard Diebenkorn. Oil on canvas. 100 x 81 in. The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection. © The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn, Catalogue Raisonné #1482

  • Ocean Park No. 26

    Ocean Park No. 26, 1970, Richard Diebenkorn. Oil on canvas. 89 x 81 in. Nerman Family Collection. © The Estate of Richard Diebenkorn, Catalogue Raisonné #2415

Explore the Archive

  • Video: Luchita Mullican on Lee Mullican

    Video: Luchita Mullican speaks about the work of Lee Mullican, July 2011

  • Video: Sarah Bancroft on Richard Diebenkorn

    Video: Sarah Bancroft speaks about Richard Diebenkorn's Ocean Park series, June 2011