Portraying Modernism: Fashion in the Paintings of Joseph Kleitsch

Join Laguna Art Museum for Portraying Modernism: Fashion in the Paintings of Joseph Kleitsch with costume designer Holly Poe Durbin as she takes us back in time through an exploration of fashion history inspired by the closing exhibition Joseph Kleitsch: At Home and Abroad in Old Laguna.

Although his landscapes preserve California in its historic state, the people in Kleitsch’s paintings wear fashions that capture the rush toward Modern California.  Joseph Kleitsch’s career spanned roughly 1907 to 1931, recording the very years that modernism emerged and setting the stage for California to become a defining force in American fashion. This gallery talk will highlight fashions from the paintings and use real examples to explore these important yea