Erle Loran

Erle Loran (October 2, 1905 – May 13, 1999) was an American painter and art historian. He was a professor of art at the University of California, Berkeley from 1937 to 1981, and the author of a book about French painter Paul Cézanne. His own paintings are held in museums in California and New York.

Erle Loran
BornOctober 2, 1905
Minneapolis, Minnesota
DiedMay 13, 1999
Berkeley, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Minnesota
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
OccupationPainter, art historian
Spouse(s)Ruth Schorer
RelativesSuki Schorer (stepdaughter)

Life

Loran was born on October 2, 1905 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1] He attended the University of Minnesota and graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1926.[1][2] In 1926, he was awarded the Chaloner Foundation Scholarship to study in Europe for the next four years.[2][3] He studied the artwork of French painter Paul Cézanne, and he lived in Cézanne's studio in Aix-en-Provence.[1][4]

Loran returned to Minnesota due to tuberculosis,[4] and he became a painter in his own right. He was painted landscapes and portraits, and he won the Grand Sweepstakes Prize at the 1934 Minnesota State Fair.[3] Loran was also an arts educator. He was a professor of art at the University of California, Berkeley from 1937 to 1981.[2] He authored Cézanne's Composition,[1] a 1943 book in which he compared Cézanne's paintings to what he saw in Provence.[5] Loran was also a collector of Mexican and African art from the Pre-Columbian era.[4][6]

Loran married Clyta Sisson on May 8, 1937. Clyta died of cancer in March 1982. Loran later married Ruth Schorer,[4] whose first husband was art critic Mark Schorer and daughter was ballet dancer Suki Schorer.[7] was his second wife. Loran died on May 13, 1999 in Berkeley, California, at 93.[1][4] His work is at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,[8] the Oakland Museum of California,[9] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[10] His art collection was acquired by the de Young Museum in 2008.[6] His widow died in 2010.[7]

Selected works
  • Loran, Erle (1943). Cézanne's Composition: Analysis of His Form, with Diagrams and Photos of his Motifs. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. OCLC 614357650.

References
  1. "Erle Loran, Art Practice: Berkeley". Calisphere. University of California. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  2. "Erle Loran papers, 1912-1999". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  3. "State Fair Art Award Is Given To Erle Loran. Minneapolis Artist Takes Grand Sweepstakes Prize". The Minneapolis Star. August 29, 1934. p. 2. Retrieved April 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Erle Loran". San Francisco Chronicle. May 24, 1999. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  5. Manghani, Sunil (2012). Image Studies: Theory and Practice. London: Routledge. pp. 107–109. ISBN 9780415573399.
  6. "Loran, Erle, 1905-1999". The Frick Collection. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  7. "Ruth Schorer". San Francisco Chronicle. November 20, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  8. "Erle Loran". San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  9. "Erle Loran". Oakland Museum of California. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
  10. "Erle Loran". The Met. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
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