Venice Paintings
by
Pat Hartman
Arielle Haze views
beach art
Scott Shellstrom
Venice art
In the Old Days:
Windward Avenue
In the Old Days:
Night Scenes
In the Old Days:
Canals, Bridges
In the Old Days:
Gondolas
In the Old Days:
the Lagoon
In the Old Days:
Miniature Railroad
In the Old Days:
Market Street
In the Old Days:
Mecca Buffet
In the Old Days:
Scenic Railway
In the Old Days:
1921 Amusements
In the Old Days:
Cabrillo Ship Cafe'
In the Old Days:
Venice Pier
Unpainting the Town:
lost murals
Helen K. Garber photos
Art at the Rose Cafe'
New Venice Sign
Earl Newman
This group includes some of Earl's early photos from
the slideshow and pictures from the evening at Danny's (October 2008)
and the later evening at Sponto. Danny's has become a regular venue for
events of this kind - it's a perfect setting.
Gerry Fialka conducted the interview.A few nights later Gerry and Sponto
hosted Earl at the old Venice West where a short film about Earl's work
was shown. To be there with Earl discussing his Venice West poster from
over 45 years earlier was something very moving, very memorable. His life
is rich with incredible stories and both evenings held very fortunate
capacity crowds.
Earl worked tremendously hard to develop his art and support his family
- he is ever mindful and thankful for the freedom and opportunity he found
in Venice. We're incredibly fortunate that he has returned in recent years
to create new serigraphs, prints and posters. His talent, generosity,
humility, and hilarious wry sense of humor make for quite a guy - he's
a true Venetian treasure....... Todd von Hoffman
Earl Newman and Todd von Hoffman, 2008
The building further north of the Gas House with the "peace" symbol on it earlier housed Earl Newman's art studio and gallery. The landlord objected to his having painted a Picasso dove in the same spot. The CND symbol was not widely known in 1961, so it got by the landlord, although he certainly knew a communist dove when he saw one. Earl Newman was the "Poster King" of Venice and the Monterey Jazz Festival. His complete collection is at The Smithsonian. He learned silk screen printing on his own in his next studio, the burnt-out "Carousal" bar on the boardwalk, second door north off Dudley. He might have been the only bohemian artist in Venice to make any money, and he made a lot of it. He moved to Oregon in 1973 and bought a town in the coastal range. ........Vaughn Marlowe
EARL NEWMAN was born in 1930 in Massachusetts, earn a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art in 1956, followed by an MA from Harvard University in 1957. Moved to Berkeley, California in 1959 with a wife and two children, and settled in Venice in 1960. A third child was born at the art gallery in which they lived. He began designing and hand-silkscreen printing coffeehouse and jazz posters, doing posters for the Monterey Jazz Festival since 1963. The Smithsonian has a complete collection. Mr. Neuman lives in the mountains of western Oregon, working in a studio on his farm.
Earl Newman through the years
