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.

Fraymart Gallery

In 1948, before Felix Landau established his influential gallery on La Cienega Boulevard, he opened the Fraymart Gallery at this location on Melrose Avenue, which featured a redwood interior designed by the distinguished local architect Gregory Ain.

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