J. Duncan Gleason Papers, 1840-1959

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J. Duncan Gleason Papers, 1840-1959

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J. Duncan Gleason (1881-1959) was born in Los Angeles. He worked as an illustrator for the Union Engraving Company and later for New York magazines, including . He also painted impressionist style landscapes and worked as a studio artist for Warner Brothers and MGM. He became interested in yachting, and was active in the U.S. Power Association; wrote (1950) and (1958). The collection consists of scrapbooks including photographs and studies of his work, three guest books, original manuscripts of two proposed books, two additional scrapbooks on the conservative art fight and about 50 letters of his ancestors, dating from the 1840s. Ladies' Home Journal Islands of California Islands and Ports of California

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Gleason, J. Duncan (Joe Duncan), 1881-1959

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Gleason was born in 1881 and brought up in Los Angeles; in 1894 he began working at the Union Engraving Co. as an illustrator; attended art schools in LA, San Francisco, Chicago, and the Art Students League in New York from 1903-04 and spring 1906; illustrator, 1903-14 for NY magazines, including Ladies' Home Journal; returned to LA after outbreak of WWI, and painted impressionist style landscapes; married Dorothy Ferguson and moved back to NY to do magazine illustrations; about 1924 moved to Sa...