FRANK INGERSON AND GEORGE DENNISON:
A CALIFORNIA LOVE STORY IN ARTS & CRAFTS, 1910-1966
Presentation by Richard D. Mohr
Saturday, June 17, 2023 :: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Lecture - 10:00 a.m. at the Pasadena Museum of History
Galleries will be open prior to the lecture at 9:30 a.m. for guest walk-through
Book signing and reception - 11:00 a.m. at the Gamble House
Tickets: $10 Members | $20 Non-Members
Copies of "The Splendid Disarray of Beauty: The Boys, the Tiles, the Joy of Cathedral Oaks - A Study in Arts and Crafts Community" are available online: https://shop.gamblehouse.org/products/splendid-disarray-of-beauty. Copies will also be available for purchase at the Gamble House Bookstore the day of the event.
Frank Ingerson and George Dennison, known among their friends and in their community as “the Boys,” started fifty-five years of love and life together in 1911 by founding a summers-only art school called Cathedral Oaks on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Devoted to the American Arts & Crafts movement, it was widely influential, but lasted only four years. They went on to live a glamourous joint career as interior designers in Santa Barbara, Hollywood, then London, Paris and Rome, before returning to the Santa Cruz foothills for the last three decades of their life together in decorative arts. Married in substance one-hundred years before California law caught up to their speed, they are two of the most fascinating and admirable people you have never met – until now.
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About the speaker: Richard D. Mohr is an academically trained author with extensive journalistic experience and literary flair. In 1998, he spoke at the Gamble House on American art tiles and, in 2000, on Western lodges in rustic or Arts & Crafts styles. Mohr’s most recent book, The Splendid Disarray of Beauty: The Boys, the Tiles, the Joy of Cathedral Oaks ― A Study in Arts and Crafts Community (RIT Press, 2023) has been called “a stunning coffee table book” by the Museum of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. He and his hubby of 45 years live in Urbana, Illinois.