This series of seven photos were taken at the Otis Art Institute, in the stone Gothic structure that was the home of General Harrison Gray Otis, owner and publisher of the Los Angeles Times. General Otis named his house the "Bunker". Otis Art Institute began in 1918 when General Otis bequeathed this MacArthur Park property to start the first public, independent professional school of art in Southern California. Otis has long been considered one of the major art institutions in California. It is considered among the top ten nationwide, often falling somewhere in the top five. The original Gothic stone building is visible in photo 6. A female student sits on a step at the base of the structure and can be seen painting. Another student, dressed in very colorful garb, paints on an easel to the left of the building.
Otis, Harrison Gray,--1837-1917--Homes and haunts Otis Art Institute Paintings Art--California--Los Angeles Art--Study and teaching--California--Los Angeles Students--California--Los Angeles Easels--California--Los Angeles Palms--California--Los Angeles Gothic revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
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