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The Chouinard Art Institute was a professional art school founded in 1921 by Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (1879–1969) in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. In 1961, Walt and Roy Disney guided the merger of the Chouinard Art Institute and the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music to establish the California Institute of the Arts.
Founded in 1921, the Chouinard Art Institute was a leading professional art school in Los Angeles until it was absorbed into CalArts. It was established by its namesake, artist and educator Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (1879–1969), for the training of both fine art practitioners and commercial artists.
Nelbert Chouinard (born Nelbertina Murphy; 1879–1969) was an American artist who founded the Chouinard Arts Institute (1921) in Los Angeles, California.
Oct 20, 2020 · McMillan and Ruscha were two of a collection of a half dozen Oklahoma-bred student-artists who, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, made their way to LA to attend Chouinard.
Jul 1, 2001 · Chouinard Art Institute closed its doors 29 years ago, but it refuses to die. Even if the building on Grand View Street, just west of downtown Los Angeles, is now the home of the Korean...
- SUZANNE MUCHNIC
Chouinard Art Institute was founded in 1921 in downtown Los Angeles by Nelbert Murphy Chouinard, whose goal was to establish an important art school on the West Coast. The reputation of the institution grew through the 1930s and 1940s.
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Jun 23, 2021 · The Chouinard Art Institute was founded in 1921 by artist and educator Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (1979-1969). The progressive and influential art school later merged with L.A. Conservatory of Music in 1961 to form CalArts.
