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.

Lee Mullican Home and Studio

Lee Mullican moved to Santa Monica in 1952. He first painted out of his family’s rustic home in Santa Monica Canyon, which was next door to Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy.

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Works of Art

  • Untitled (Venice)

    Untitled (Venice), 1967, Lee Mullican. Oil on canvas. 80 x 120 in. Estate of Lee Mullican, Courtesy of Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles. © Estate of Lee Mullican

Explore the Archive

  • Video: Luchita Mullican on Lee Mullican

    Video: Luchita Mullican speaks about the work of Lee Mullican, July 2011