The Chouinard Art Institute was a professional art school founded in 1921 in Los Angeles, California, by Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (1879-1969). Born in Montevideo, Minnesota, Chouinard studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and in Munich, Germany. Believing an art school was both necessary and important on the West Coast, she devoted herself almost exclusively to her school, setting aside her own painting. In 1935, the state of California recognized her institute as a nonprofit educational university.

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  • The Chouinard Art Institute was a professional art school founded in 1921 in Los Angeles, California, by Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (1879-1969). Born in Montevideo, Minnesota, Chouinard studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and in Munich, Germany. Believing an art school was both necessary and important on the West Coast, she devoted herself almost exclusively to her school, setting aside her own painting. In 1935, the state of California recognized her institute as a nonprofit educational university. Among her early students was Anthony Heinsbergen, who went on to become a leading muralist. Nelbert Chouinard's age and health led to Walt and Roy Disney along with Lulu May Von Hagen, then chairman of the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, overseeing a 1961 merger of the Chouinard Art Institute with the Music Conservatory to create the California Institute of the Arts. Asked how to say her name, Chouinard told The Literary Digest: "Properly, oui as the French for 'Yes': almost shwee-nar'; but generally spoken shu-nard', u as in shun." (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.) (en)
  • El Instituto de Arte Chouinard fue fundado el año 1921 en Los Ángeles, California por Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (1879-1969). Nació en Montevideo, Minnesota, Chouinard estudió en el Pratt Institute en Brooklyn, Nueva York y en Múnich, Alemania. Creyendo que un instituto de arte era necesario e importante al oeste de Estados Unidos, se dedicó especialmente a su instituto, dejando de lado sus propias pinturas. En 1935, el estado de California reconoció a su instituto como una universidad sin fines de lucro. Entre sus primeros estudiantes estuvo Anthony Heinsbergen quien se convirtió en un reconocido artista de murales. La edad y salud de Nelbert Chouinard permitieron que Walt y Roy Disney junto a Lulu May Von Hagen, en ese entonces presidente del Conservatorio de Música de Los Ángeles, unieran en 1961 el Instituto de Arte Chouinard con el Conservatorio de Música para crear el Instituto de las Artes de California. (es)
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  • The Chouinard Art Institute was a professional art school founded in 1921 in Los Angeles, California, by Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (1879-1969). Born in Montevideo, Minnesota, Chouinard studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and in Munich, Germany. Believing an art school was both necessary and important on the West Coast, she devoted herself almost exclusively to her school, setting aside her own painting. In 1935, the state of California recognized her institute as a nonprofit educational university. (en)
  • El Instituto de Arte Chouinard fue fundado el año 1921 en Los Ángeles, California por Nelbert Murphy Chouinard (1879-1969). (es)
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  • Chouinard Art Institute (en)
  • Instituto de Arte Chouinard (es)
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