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.

Ed Bereal Studio (1960–62)

From 1960 to 1962, artist Ed Bereal worked in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, where colleagues such as Melvin Edwards remember visiting him.

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