COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Ames, Jean Goodwin (1903-1986)
Author:
Funk & Wagnalls Company.
Short Title:
Orange County A Historical Map.
Publisher:
A.A.U.W.
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
43
Obj Width cm:
60
Note:
From the description at www.raremaps.com - "Decorative whimsical map of Orange County, drawn by Jean Goodwin Ames and printed by the Santa Ana High School Print Shop in 1929. This is an early work from the press of the Santa Ana High School and Junior College Print Shop, which under the direction of Thomas Williams produced a number of sought after fine press works. The map is apparently unrecorded. Most of the imprints from this press were done in 1930 and 1931. Jean Goodwin Ames (1903-1986) was a painter, muralist, sculptor, and ceramicist. Born on an orange ranch near Santa Ana, California, Goodwin studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, Pomona College, UCLA, and Chouinard Art School. At the start of the Depression, she and her fiancé, artist Arthur Ames, were wondering how they would survive when the Federal Art Project opened up opportunities to them. She recalled later in her life that a W.P.A. mosaic assignment was the springboard to her long and successful career. Inspired by Maxine Albro's mosaics, which they had seen in San Francisco, they each designed a mosaic panel for the patio of Newport Harbor Union High School. Jean Goodwin (Ames) chose the theme of Fisher Girls (1937) and fishing nets, because of the seacoast location of the school. The financial support from this and other assignments made it possible for Goodwin to obtain a Master's degree at the University of Southern California, and become a college professor. She married Ames in 1940, and in subsequent years, they collaborated on murals and public decorations in Southern California. The practical experience gained on the Federal Art Project made it possible for her to tackle large-scale assignments in churches, department stores, and public buildings. Jean Ames was also a Professor Emeritus at Claremont while she continued to paint and work in the community. She became the chairperson of the Graduate School of Art of the Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California an exalted academic position that was extremely rare for a woman at that time. Exhibitions: Orange County Fair, 1926; SFAA, 1929; Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1933-37; Gardena (CA) High School, 1933; Foundation of Western Art (LA), 1934; San Diego FA Gallery, 1934; Calif.-Pacific Int'l Expo (San Diego), 1935; Progressive Painters of Southern Calif., 1934; American Artists Congress, 1936; GGIE, 1939; LA"
County:
Orange County (Calif.)
Subject:
Pictorial map
Full Title:
Orange County A Historical Map. Published by the A.A.U.W. Drawn by Jean Goodwin IN the Year of Our Lord 1929. Printed in the Santa Ana High School Print Shop.
List No:
8672.000
Publication Author:
Ames, Jean Goodwin (1903-1986)
Pub Date:
1929
Pub Title:
Orange County A Historical Map. Published by the A.A.U.W. Drawn by Jean Goodwin IN the Year of Our Lord 1929. Printed in the Santa Ana High School Print Shop.
Pub List No:
8672.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Height cm:
43
Pub Width cm:
60
Image No:
8672000.jp2
Authors:
Ames, Jean Goodwin (1903-1986)
