The Hard-Edged Genius of Karl Benjamin: Selections from the Family Collection Karl Benjamin (1925-2012) is one of the major artists whose career was nurtured in the Pomona Valley. His significance in art history emerged from the now-iconic exhibition Four Abstract Classicists (1959).  The exhibit traveled from California to Europe establishing  Benjamin (with his colleagues, Fred Hammersley, Lorser Feitelson and John McLaughlin) as leading figures of...

Florence Arnold (1900-1994) is an important woman artist who was mentored by Karl Benjamin.  Embracing a hard-edge abstract style, Arnold developed her personal form of geometric abstraction. We proudly exhibit the four canvases of Arnold’s historically significant series, Theme in a Square (1977) from our permanent collection.  They provide clear evidence of Arnold’s personal creativity as well as Karl Benjamin’s rich and varied legacy.