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

Ronald Davis installations

Installation view of Ronald Davis's Dodecagons and Cubes series at Nicholas Wilder Gallery in Los Angeles, 1969. Image courtesy of Ronald Davis

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Works of Art

  • Black Tear

    Black Tear, 1969, Ronald Davis. Molded polyester resin and fiberglass. 60 ½ x 136 in. The Robert A. Rowan Collection, Pasadena, California. © Ronald Davis

Explore the Archive

  • Video: Ronald Davis

    Video: Ronald Davis speaks about his work, June 2011

  • Video: Joe Goode, Charles Cowles, Ed Moses, and Hans Neuendorf

    Video: Joe Goode, Charles Cowles, Ed Moses, and Hans Neuendorf speak about Nicholas Wilder and his gallery, 2009–11

  • Ronald Davis's studio

    Interior view of Ronald Davis's studio at Pico Boulevard and 4th Avenue in Los Angeles, 1966–72. Photo by Bob Jaye. Courtesy of Ronald Davis

  • Ronald Davis's studio on Pico Boulevard

    Ronald Davis's studio at Pico Boulevard and 4th Avenue in Los Angeles, 1966–72. Photo by Bob Jaye. Courtesy of Ronald Davis

  • Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Ron Davis exhibition

    Exterior view of Nicholas Wilder Gallery at the time of Ronald Davis's first solo exhibition in 1965. Image courtesy of Ronald Davis

  • Ronald Davis

    Ronald Davis in 1963. Photo by Steve Sokol. Image courtesy of Ronald Davis