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

John McLaughlin in front of one of his paintings, ca. 1975. Photo by Frank J. Thomas. Courtesy of the Frank J. Thomas Archives

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Historic Map Locations

• Explore the historic Los Angeles art scene related to this type of work.

Styles & Materials

• Hard Edge
• Painting

Time Periods & Venues

• 1950s
• 1960s
• 1970s

Works of Art

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  #18–1961, 1961, John McLaughlin. Oil on canvas. 48 x 60 in. Private Collection

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  # 8, 1966, John McLaughlin. Oil on canvas. 48 x 60 in. The Marilynn and Carl Thoma Collection. Image courtesy of Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York

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  Abstract Classicists meet at Lorser Feitelson’s studio in Los Angeles, May 10, 1959