Mannheim, Jean (1863-1945).

Reminiscence by Jean Mannheim (1863-1945) 39" x 34", Oil/Canvas, Signed Est.: $15,000 - $20,000 Sold by John Moran Auctioneers for $82,500 on 2/18/2003 ARTIST WORLD RECORD

Painter.

Born in Kreuznach on the Nahe, Germany on Nov. 18, 1863.

After being drafted into the German army, Mannheim deserted and fled to France where he studied art at Ecole Delecluse, Academie Colarossi, and with DeLancey and Bouguereau.

Having learned book binding early in life, he used this trade to support himself while studying art in Paris. Upon immigrating to Illinois in the 1880s, he painted portraits in Chicago and taught in the Decatur art school.

Shortly after he turned of the century, he accepted a position at Frank Brangwyn's school in London where he remained for two years.

After returning to the U.S., he taught at the Denver Art School and, in 1908, made his final move to Pasadena and built a home in the Arroyo Seco.

Mannheim maintained a studio in the Blanchard Building in Los Angeles where he exhibited and taught, and in 1913 founded the Stickney Memorial School of Fine Arts in Pasadena.

In Paris, his work consisted mainly of figure studies, and it was not until his move to the U.S. that he began painting the brighter landscapes for which he in nationally know.

He died in Pasadena on Sept. 6, 1945.

Member: Laguna Beach AA; Pasadena FA Club; Long Beach AA; Calif. Art Club.

Exhibited: Del Monte Art Gallery; Paris Salon; NAD; Blanchard Gallery, 1909; LACMA, 1915, 1917, 1922; GGIE, 1939 (oil, self-portrait).

Awards: Gold medal, Seattle Expo, 1909; gold and silver medals, Panama-Calif. Expo, San Diego, 1915.

Works held: Laguna Museum of Art; Long Beach Museum of Art; Springville (UT) Museum of Art; Denver Museum. SCA; Ben; WWA 1918; AAA 1919-29; Impressionism, The Calif. View; PAP; Los Angeles Painters of 1920s; Ber; Overland Monthly, Sept. 1933; WWAA 1936-41; So. Calif. Artists 1890-1940; WWWA; Calif. Design 1910.