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.

From the Archive

Norman Zammitt's studio

Norman Zammitt's painting materials in his studio in Pasadena, California, 1978. Image courtesy of and © Norman Zammitt Estate

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Works of Art

  • North Wall

    Norman Zammitt executing his painting North Wall, 1976. Acrylic on canvas. 96 x 168 in. Collection of Leon Gazarian & Monique Powell. © Norman Zammitt Estate

Explore the Archive

  • Norman Zammit in his studio

    Norman Zammitt working in his studio in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles, 1965. Photo by Frank J. Thomas. Courtesy of the Frank J. Thomas Archives

  • Norman Zammitt in his studio

    Norman Zammitt working in his studio in Pasadena, California, 1976. Image courtesy of and © Norman Zammitt Estate