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Thomas L. Hunt  1882-1938

Painter. Born in London, Ontario, Canada on Feb.11, 1882, the son 
of artist John Powell Hunt. 

The younger Hunt studied art under his father, with Hugh H. Breckenridge, 
and in various American and European art centers. Much of his early life 
was spent in Cleveland, OH where he was in the construction business and, 
when not building homes, painted in his leisure. 

In 1924 he moved to Southern California and continued the same activities

 in Hollywood and San Bernardino. Three years after his arrival he built a 

studio in Laguna Beach where he taught classes, exhibited locally, and was 
instrumental in establishing the art museum there in 1929. 

Hunt died at Santa Ana Valley Hospital on April 17,1938 following an 
ulcer operation and is buried in Mountain View Cemetery in San Bernardino. 

Using a highly colorful palette, he painted decorative canvases of 
harbor scenes, landscapes, and coastal scenes.

Member: San Diego Art Guild; 
Calif. Art Club; Painters & Sculptors of LA; Laguna Beach M. Exhibited:
SFM, 1924; LACMA, 1927. Awards: first prize, Calif. State Fair, 1923; 
first prizes, Laguna Beach M, 1927,1935; Thomas award, Pasadena Art Inst., 
1933; prize, San Diego FA Guild, 1933. Works held: Bowers Museum, 
Santa Ana; Kansas City Museum; Laguna Museum of Art. 1 So. Calif. 
Artists 1890-1940; MW; SCA; Fld; PAP; Santa Ana Daily Register;
4-20-1938 (obit