Woelffer, Emerson, 1914-2003

Emerson Woelffer, 1914, was a Painter and educator of Los Angeles, Calif.

One of the leading senior modernists working in Los Angeles, Woelffer was invited in 1960 by Mitch Wilder to head the fine arts department at Chouinard Art Institute where he taught until it was moved to Valencia and transformed into California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).

Surrealist and Dada painter, teacher, and art collector; Los Angeles, California.

Born in Chicago. Moved to Los Angeles in 1959. Taught at the Chouinard Art Institute and the Otis Art Institute. Collector of primitive art. One of Southern California<U+2019>s most respected senior modernists, Emerson Woelffer (b. 1914) came to Los Angeles in 1959 to teach at Chouinard Art Institute (now California Institute of Art). He later taught at various Southern California institutions, most notably at Otis School of Art and Design. In 1961 he was a Tamarind Fellow. He continued to teach at Otis until his retirement in 1992.

Painter, educator; Los Angeles, Calif. Born 1914.

One of the leading senior modernists working in Los Angeles, Woelffer was invited in 1960 by Mitch Wilder to head the fine arts department at Chouinard Art Institute where he taught until it was moved to Valencia and transformed into California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).