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The Chouinard Art Institute was a professional art school founded in 1921 by Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (1879–1969) in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. In 1961, Walt and Roy Disney guided the merger of the Chouinard Art Institute and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music to establish the California Institute of ...
Founded in 1921, the Chouinard Art Institute was a leading professional art school in Los Angeles until it was absorbed into CalArts. It was established by its namesake, artist and educator Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (1879–1969), for the training of both fine art practitioners and commercial artists.
Apr 15, 2014 · A new documentary film is the latest chapter in an ongoing effort to keep alive the memory of the defunct Chouinard Art Institute as a foundation slab in L.A.’s rise to art world prominence.
- Staff Writer
Jul 1, 2001 · In 1935, the school was reincorporated as Chouinard Art Institute. The building was financed by an investment company and leased to the school. It was an affordable arrangement at the time,...
- SUZANNE MUCHNIC
Jun 23, 2021 · To celebrate the beauty and function of the original Chouinard benches, the exhibition also includes an edition of newly built replicas of the artists’ benches. The Chouinard Art Institute was founded in 1921 by artist and educator Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (1979-1969).
Jan 4, 2012 · Chouinard Art Institute has come to life for the third time in 90 years -- this time on the Web, where the high overhead costs that eventually sank the original, highly influential school in 1972...
Feb 8, 2012 · Chouinard’s vision for her Institute was the establishment of an important art school on the West Coast, convinced that “even though the talents and ambitions of individuals vary greatly, the same intellectual and spiritual development is necessary to the portrait painter and commercial illustrator alike.”
