Lake Chapala Artists
This blog features short biographies of the many, many authors and artists (including musicians and actors) associated with Lake Chapala. It focuses mainly on authors and artists who lived or worked in the area from 1900 to 1980, and who are no longer with us.
This index lists artists’ biographies currently (as of 5 September 2020) on this site (this companion page lists authors). This list continues to grow, so watch this space!
Seasonal / general:
- A Christmas Potpourri of Lake Chapala Links
- Early stereoscopic photos of Lake Chapala
- Ajijic’s fame as an inexpensive art center in the 1950s
Art mysteries:
- Does anyone recognize “Don Elpidio” of Ajijic (subject of a Raphael Greno print)?
- Who is the artist of this silkscreen?
- Who painted these works from 1949/1950?
- German artist Trude Neuhaus: more information needed…
- How long was muralist Marion Greenwood (1909-1970) in Chapala?
- Which photographer signed his work like this?
- Who is the Sid Sklar who exhibited in 1989?
- Who was Lilian Bruner?
- Who took this evocative 1935 photo of Lake Chapala?
Art groups and major collectives:
- Young Painters of Ajijic and Garden of Art (1970s)
- Grupo 68: an Ajijic art co-operative (1967-1971)
- Clique Ajijic: an art collective in the mid-1970s
- Clique Ajijic and friends, 1975
- The Fiesta de Arte in Ajijic in 1971
- The Ajijic Children’s Art Program (1954-present)
Movies – Lake Chapala on the silver screen
- El Escándalo (1920)
- La gran noticia (1922), directed by Carlos Noriega Hope
- El ametralladora (1943) (The Machine Gun)
- Guadalajara en Verano (1965)
- In Harm’s Way (1965)
- La invasión de los vampiros (1963)
- Ven a Cantar Conmigo (1967)
Artists:
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- George Abend (1922-1976)
- Jesús H. Abitia Garcés (1881-1960)
- Ernest Alexander (1921-1974)
- Fred Alseth (1924-2006)
- Daphne Aluta (1919-)
- Mario Aluta (1904-1985)
- Emil Armin (1883-1971)
- José Arpa Perea (1858-1952)
- Avel-lí Artís-Gener (1912-2000)
- Ignacio Arzapalo (1837-1909)
- Howard Baer (1906-1986)
- The Luis Barragan-Witter Bynner house in Chapala
- Paul Alexander Bartlett (1909-1990)
- John Macarthur (“Jack”) Bateman (1918-1999)
- Michael Baxte (1900-1972)
- Russell Seeley Bayly (1919-2013)
- Toni Beatty(?-)
- Felix Bernardelli (1862-1908)
- Lucius Seymour Bigelow (1900-1978)
- Betty Binkley (1914-1978)
- Alfredo Bolongaro-Crevenna (1914-1996)
- Esther Born (1902-1987)
- Michael Boyd (1936-2015)
- Mildred Boyd (1921-2010)
- John Brandi, painter and poet
- Hugo Brehme (1882-1954)
- Adela Breton (1849-1923)
- Abel Briquet (1833 -1926)
- Horace Bristol (1908-1977)
- John A. Bruce (1931-)
- Tom Brudenell
- Lilian Bruner (?-?)
- Norman Burton (1923-2003)
- Ernesto Butterlin (1917-1964)
- Frederick W. Butterlin (ca Jan 1905-?)
- (Hanns) Otto Butterlin (1900-1956)
- Alan, Elsa and Hilary Campbell
- Jean Caragonne (1906-1993)
- Mort Carl (1905-1985)
- Felipe Castañeda (1933-)
- Pedro Castellanos Lambley (1902-1961)
- Guillermo Chávez Vega (1931-1990)
- John Russell Clift (1925-?)
- Robert Clutton (1932-2016)
- Oscar Collier (1924-1998)
- Juan Compo (John Richmond) (1926-2013)
- Ray Cooper
- Alan Horton Crane (1901-1969)
- Marcella Crump (ca 1926-2017)
- Janet M Cummings (?-?)
- Lily Cushing (1909-1969)
- Nils Dardel (1888-1943)
- Frieda Hauswirth Das (1886-1974)
- François de Brouillette (1906-1972)
- Barbara Zacheisz Elstob (1924-1992)
- Frédèric Faideau (1880-1954)
- Tom Faloon (1943-2014)
- Ixca Farias (1873-1947)
- Sylvia Fein
- Jorge Fick (1932-2004)
- Gladys Brown Ficke (1890-1973)
- Paul Fischer (1864-1932)
- Gustel Foust (1915-2010)
- Priscilla Frazer (1907-1973)
- John Frost (1923-2015) see also Joan Van Every Frost in writers
- Richard Frush (1951-2008)
- Bill Gentes (1917-2000)
- Gerald Collins Gleeson (1915-1986)
- Winifred Godfrey (1944 -)
- Dorothy Goldner (1906-2005)
- Orville Charles Goldner (1906-1985)
- Francisco González Rubalcaba (?-?)
- Kai Gøtzsche (1886-1963)
- Jakob Granat (1871-1945)
- Raphael Greno (19009-1992) and Vee Greno (1917-1990)
- Marion Greenwood (1909-1970)
- Paul Hachten (1934-)
- Hubert Pickering Harmon (ca 1914-ca 2001)
- Sherman Harris (1909-1980)
- Frieda Hauswirth Das (1886-1974)
- Michael Heinichen (ca 1944-)
- George Heneghan (1934-1999)
- Molly Heneghan (born 1942)
- Lee F. Hersch (1896-1953)
- Emil Holzhauer (1887-1986)
- Jemison Hoskins (1920-2010)
- Dorothy Hosmer (ca 1911-ca 2009)
- Lowell Houser (1902-1971)
- Blanche Phillips Howard (1908-1976)
- John Langley Howard (1902-1999)
- Paul Huf (1967-)
- Peter Paul Huf
- Eunice and Peter Huf
- Clark Hulings (1922-2011)
- Eunice Hunt [see also Eunice and Peter Huf]
- Peter Hurd (1904-1984)
- Lona Isoard (1904-1992)
- Leandro Izaguirre (1867-1941)
- Everett Gee Jackson (1900-1995)
- Beverly Johnson (1933-1976)
- Josefa, the “mother of Mexican fashion design”
- Juan Kaiser (1858-1916)
- Todd “Rocky” Karns (1921-2000)
- David Holbrook Kennedy (1919-1942)
- Norah Kennedy (1917-2014)
- Frank Ward Kent (1912-1977)
- John Maybra Kilpatrick (1902-1972)
- Buddy Ryan Kline (B. R. Kline)
- Clinton Blair King (1901-1979)
- Everett Kinstler (born 1926)
- Ernest Walter Knee (1907-82)
- Irma René Koen (1893-1975)
- Ra Rysiek (Rick / Richard) Ledwon (?-)
- Louis Ernest Lenshaw (1892-1988)
- Charmin Schlossman Levy (1917-2002)
- Ernesto Linares / Lin Linares – see Ernesto Butterlin
- August Löhr (1843-1919)
- Clarence Ainslie Loomis (1917-?)
- Jaime López Bermúdez
- Carlos López Ruíz (1912-1972)
- Stanley B. Lothrop (1881-1944)
- Cynthia Luria (1943-)
- Roy Vincent MacNicol (1889-1970)
- Clarence Major (1936-)
- Luis Márquez (1899-1978)
- Gloria Marthai (1928-2011)
- Jim Marthai (1918-2005)
- Don Martin (1931-1989)
- Eleanor Mason-Armstrong (?-?)
- Leo Matiz (1917-1998)
- Mary Fuller McChesney, sculptor and author (b 1922)
- Robert Pearson McChesney (1913-2008)
- Anne McKeever (1928-2002)
- Ann Sonia Medalie (1896-1991)
- Violette Mège (1889-1968)
- John Liggett Meigs (1916-2003)
- Gail Michel de Guzmán (born 1935)
- Bert Miller (1915-2005)
- Sid Miller (1912-1998)
- William Colfax Miller (1911-1995)
- Harry Mintz (1907-2002)
- Arthur Monroe (1935-)
- Edward Percy Moran (1862-1935)
- Jim Moran (1908-1999)
- David Morris (1911-1999) and Helen Morris (1917-1992)
- Carl Mose (1903-1973)
- Alexander Nicolas Muzenic (1919-1976)
- Robert Neathery (1918-1998)
- Trude Neuhaus (?-?)
- David Sinclair Nixon (1904-1973)
- Eugene Nowlen (1899-1977)
- Marjorie Nowlen (1901-1998)
- Francisco Ochoa (1946-2006)
- Nancy Harris Ocrant (1931-2012)
- José Othón de Aguinaga (1873-1969)
- Bernard Oulie (1943-)
- Florentino Padilla (ca 1943-ca 2010)
- Gerry Peirce (1900-1969)
- Allen Pendergraft (1918-2005)
- Wes Penn (1935-1970)
- Walt Peters (1894-1985)
- John Kenneth Peterson (1922-1984)
- Synnove Pettersen
- Tully Judson Petty (1928-1992)
- De Nyse W. Turner Pinkerton (1917-2010)
- Max Pollack (1886-1970)
- Charles Pollock and his Chapala Series (1955-56)
- Eugenio Quesada (1927-2011)
- Georg Rauch (1924-2006)
- Phyllis Porter Rauch
- John Richmond aka Juan Compo -(1926-2013)
- Adolfo Riestra (1944-1989)
- Richard Robbins (1863-1908)
- Jo Lee Rodke (1893-1978)
- Alfred Rogoway (1900–1990)
- Abby Rubinstein (born 1928)
- Jules Rubinstein (1908-1990)
- Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802-1858)
- Jack Rutherford (born 1931)
- Sylvia Salmi (1909-1977)
- Alfredo Santos, muralist and painter
- Charmin Schlossman (1917-2002)
- Ferdinand Schmoll (1879-1950)
- Mel Schuler (1924-2012)
- Sidney Schwartzman (1917-2002)
- Winfield Scott (1863–1942), photographer
- Jorge Seimandi (1929-2013)
- Gustavo Sendis (1941-1989)
- Donald Shaw, sculptor
- Haig Shekerjian (1922-2002)
- Regina Shekerjian (1923-2000)
- Bruce Sherratt
- Cynthia Siddons (ca 1945-)
- Sid Sklar (?-)
- Alice Jean Small (1918-2009)
- Eleanor Smart (1909-1993)
- Dorian Smedley-Kohl
- Peter Smithers (1913-2006)
- Robert Snodgrass (1912-1983)
- Stanley George Sourelis (1925-2006)
- James Stegg (1922-2001)
- Louis Stettner (1922-2016)
- Jean Taylor Strange (1919-ca 2015)
- Eleanor Margarite “Tink” Strother (1919-2007)
- Charles Frederick Surendorf (1906-1979)
- Walden Swank (1933-)
- John Thompson
- Clara Schafer Thorward (1887-1969)
- Tisner – see Avel-lí Artís-Gener
- Donald Cecil Totten (1903-1967)<
- Leonie Trager, sculptor
- Mym Tuma (born 1940)
- Jacques Van Belle (c 1924-2012), postcard photos
- Margaret Van Gurp (1926-2020)
- Roland Varno (1908-1996)
- Joe Vines (?-)
- Allen Wadsworth (c 1939-)
- Carlo Wahlbeck (1933-)
- Edythe Wallach (1909-2001)
- Betty Warren (1920-1993), portraitist
- Jack Weatherington (1933-2008)
- Helmuth Wellenhofer (1935-)
- Volkmar Wentzel (1915-2006)
- Peter Woltze (1860-1925)
- Charles Lewis Wrenn (1880-1952)
- Ann Wuerslin (1930-2009)
- Lothar Wuerslin (1927-1982)
- Richard Yip (1919-1981)
- Barbara Zacheisz Elstob (1924-1992)
General / Index pages:
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