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.
Norman Rose was the proprietor of Books 55, a bookstore that operated on La Cienega Boulevard in the 1950s. Rose offered exhibition space to struggling artists, including George Herms and Robert Alexander, as well as occasional lodging and the opportunity for paid work in his San Francisco warehouse.
