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Tag: Bohemian Club

  • The Bohemian Clubs Allegorical Figures

    624 Taylor Street Nob Hill These four bas-relief, terra cotta panels are between the second and third floors of the Bohemian Club on the Post Street side. The first panel depicts Art and Architecture represented by a semi-nude turbanned male figure kneeling. In his proper left hand is a mallet which rests on the ground…

  • Flower Boxes at the Bohemian Club

    624 Taylor Street Nob Hill These planter boxes were commissioned by the architect, Lewis Hobart, for the Bohemian Club in 1933.  They were sculpted by Haig Patigian. Haig Patigian has been in this site may times, you can read all about him and his works here. Lewis Parsons Hobart was born in St. Louis, Missouri…

  • Bret Harte at the Bohemian Club

    624 Taylor Street Nob Hill The artist, Jo Mora, created and donated the sculpture to the Bohemian Club of which he and Bret Harte were members. In 1933, when the old Bohemian Club was torn down, the memorial was removed and  reinstalled on the new club in 1934, Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 6, 1902) was an American…

  • Owls and Spiders

    624 Taylor Nob Hill The Bohemian Club * As this post is about the art not the club, (a controversial group at best) I will simply copy what Wikipedia says about the Bohemian Club: “The Bohemian Club is a private gentlemen’s club located at 624 Taylor Street, San Francisco, California. Founded in 1872 from a regular meeting of journalists, artists and…

  • Arnold Genthe’s Photography at CCSF Chinatown Campus

    Washington and Kearny Chinatown Diligence is the path Up the mountain of knowledge Hard work is the boat Across the endless sea of learning This is the Washington street side of the new Chinatown campus of San Francisco City College.  This particular window is the library.  The archival photograph is by San Franciscan Arnold Genthe.…