Hartford Artists Colony (Site)-Lloyd Wright, arch. (Los Angeles, California)

 site - to be removed, park, architecture - Do not use this category, place with historical importance, arts centre, cultural center / centre

Huntington Hartford and his Foundation bought this land along with the Murphy Ranch portion (150 acres total) and commissioned landscape architect-architect Lloyd Wright (son of F.L. Wright) to design new and remodel existing buildings for an Artists' Colony in 1948. It opened in 1951, with writers, poets, painters, artists, musicians, and composers were awarded 1 to 6 month scholarships. Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth, Christopher Isherwood, and Max Earnst were a few there.
Hartford closed it for financial reasons in 1965. The City of Los Angeles bought the land in 1973. The 1978 Mandeville Canyon brushfire destroyed the structures here and at the Murphy Ranch.
L.A.Times Link:
www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-lostla10-2009jan10,...
Photos credit: Life Magazine 1951.
Charles E. Young Library / Department of Special Collections, UCLA.