THE PRESIDENTS OF
THE CALIFORNIA ART CLUB
An extensive listing of all
the different leaders that the California Art Club has had. Click the
name or photo to find out more information on each President, including
samples of their artwork, biographies, memberships, and more.
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1st President, Frank
Rennsselear Liddell
2nd President, William
Wendt
3rd President, Benjamin
Chambers Brown
4th President, William
Wendt
5th President, Channel
Pickering Townsley
6th President, Jack
Wilkinson Smith
7th President, Dana
Bartlett
8th President, Edwin
Roscoe Shrader
9th President, Edgar
Alwin Payne
10th President, Edwin
Roscoe Shrader
11th President, Julian
Ellsworth Garnsey
12th President, Paul
Starrett Sample
13th President, Robert
Merrell Gage
14th President, Edwin
Roscoe Shrader
15th President, Frank
Tenney Johnson
16th President, Ralph
William Holmes
17th President, Paul
Lauritz
18th President, John
Hubbard Rich
19th President, Benton
Francis Scott
20th President, Edward
Oscar Withers
21st President, Edward
Emile Chiapella
22nd President, Innocenzo
Daraio
23rd President, Charles
James Gladstone Argall
24th President, Philip
Kran Paval
25th President, Frank
Leslie Sandford
26th President, Walter
Frederick Seeley
27th President, Jose
Drudis-Biada
28th President, Horace
Edmund Huey
29th President, Victor
Stanley Matson
30th President, Herbert
Dickens Ryman
31st President, Victor
Carl Houser
32nd President, Joseph
Morgan Henninger
33rd President, M.
Hale Brown
34th President, Robert
Schaar
35th President, Kaffy
Reinhardt
36th President, Henry
Ketting Olivier
37th President, Jean
Blanchard
38th President, Henry
Ketting Olivier
39th President, Renato
Contini
40th President, Carol
Rensen
41st President, Sig
Vogel
42nd President, Carol
Rensen
43rd President, Charles
I. Harris
44th President, Peter
Seitz Adams
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William WENDT
(1845 - 1946)
2nd and 4th CAC President, 1911 - 1914, 1917-1918
Channel
Pickering TOWNSLEY
(1867 - 1921)
5th CAC President, 1919
Photo courtesy Millard Sheets Library, Otis College of Art and Design
Jack Wilkinson SMITH
(1873 - 1949)
6th CAC President, 1920 - 1921
Photo courtesy of Jean Stern, The Irvine Museum
Edwin Roscoe SHRADER
(1878 - 1960)
8th, 10th and 14th CAC President; 1924 - 1926, 1927 - 1930, 1934
Photo courtesy Millard Sheets Library, Otis College of Art and Design
Edgar Alwin PAYNE
(1883 - 1947)
9th CAC President, May - Dec. 1926
Photo courtesy Evelyn Payne Hatcher
Frank
Tenney JOHNSON
(1874 - 1939)
15th CAC President, 1935 - 1938
Photo courtesy of Jean Stern & Lois Ashe
Paul LAURITZ
(1889 - 1975)
17th CAC President, 1942 - 1943
Photo courtesy AskART.com
Jose DRUDIS-BIADA
(1890 - 1985)
27th CAC President, 1959
Photo courtesy Mount Saint Mary's College
Robert
SCHAAR
(b. 1932)
34th CAC President, 1969 - 1970
Photo courtesy Schaar Galleries
Carol
RENSEN
(n.d.)
40th, 42nd CAC President, August 1985
- 1989, 1990
Charles
I. HARRIS
(b. 1922)
43rd CAC President, Jan. 1991 - 1993
Photo courtesy the artist
Peter Seitz ADAMS
(b. 1950)
44th CAC President, Oct.
1993 - present
Photo courtesy of ALFA
Select
a CAC President:
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1st President, Frank
Rennsselear Liddell
2nd President, William
Wendt
3rd President, Benjamin
Chambers Brown
4th President, William
Wendt
5th President, Channel
Pickering Townsley
6th President, Jack
Wilkinson Smith
7th President, Dana
Bartlett
8th President, Edwin
Roscoe Shrader
9th President, Edgar
Alwin Payne
10th President, Edwin
Roscoe Shrader
11th President, Julian
Ellsworth Garnsey
12th President, Paul
Starrett Sample
13th President, Robert
Merrell Gage
14th President, Edwin
Roscoe Shrader
15th President, Frank
Tenney Johnson
16th President, Ralph
William Holmes
17th President, Paul
Lauritz
18th President, John
Hubbard Rich
19th President, Benton
Francis Scott
20th President, Edward
Oscar Withers
21st President, Edward
Emile Chiapella
22nd President, Innocenzo
Daraio
23rd President, Charles
James Gladstone Argall
24th President, Philip
Kran Paval
25th President, Frank
Leslie Sandford
26th President, Walter
Frederick Seeley
27th President, Jose
Drudis-Biada
28th President, Horace
Edmund Huey
29th President, Victor
Stanley Matson
30th President, Herbert
Dickens Ryman
31st President, Victor
Carl Houser
32nd President, Joseph
Morgan Henninger
33rd President, M.
Hale Brown
34th President, Robert
Schaar
35th President, Kaffy
Reinhardt
36th President, Henry
Ketting Olivier
37th President, Jean
Blanchard
38th President, Henry
Ketting Olivier
39th President, Renato
Contini
40th President, Carol
Rensen
41st President, Sig
Vogel
42nd President, Carol
Rensen
43rd President, Charles
I. Harris
44th President, Peter
Seitz Adams
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