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Exhibitions

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1929

Los Angeles Museum, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA (now the Los Angeles County Museum of Art). Participates in December exhibition of the "Younger Painters".

1930

Santa Monica Public Library, Santa Monica, CA, "Younger Painters Club."

1937

Raymond and Raymond Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,  group show "Exhibition of Contemporary Southern California Artists."

1937

Chamber of Commerce Gallery, Santa Barbra, CA, "Federal Art Project - Works Progress Administration Exhibition of Oils, Watercolors and Lithographs." October 19th to November 15th, 1937.

1940

Crocker Art Gallery [now Crocker Art Museum], Sacramento CA, "Trends of Western Art" (April).

1948

Barnsdall Arts and Craft Center, Hollywood, CA, Don Totten, Paintings & Drawings (November). 

1950

Kerwin Stationers, Hermosa Beach, CA, Original Paintings by Don Totten (June).

1953

Women's American ORT, Forth Annual Art Exhibition & Sale, Beverly Hills, CA. (December) - Ceramics.

1957

Compton Public Library, Compton, CA, Don Totten, Paintings.

1958

Compton Public Library, Compton, CA, Don Totten, Ceramic Paintings.

1959

Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Hollywood, CA. Exhibits with Arnold Schifrin, Harvey Young, and Bernard Zimmerman at the opening of the new municipal gallery (July).

1959

Downey Art Museum, Downey, CA. Exhibits with Schifrin, Young & Zimmerman (September).

1960

Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena CA, Thomas Leavitt, Director. Exhibits with Doris Dean and Marium Stein (March).

1960

Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, Solo Exhibition.

1960

Whittier Art Association Gallery, Whittier, CA, Solo Exhibition (September).

1960

Paul Plummer Galleries, La Cienega Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA, Solo Exhibition (October).

1960

Norm’s Restaurant - Sunset & Vermont, Hollywood, CA, with Barnsdall faculty.

1961

South Gate Art Association, participates in group exhibition (January). 

1961

Paul Plummer Galleries, La Cienega Boulevard, West Hollywood CA, participates in group exhibition (March).

1962

Paul Plummer Galleries, La Cienega Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA,  Solo Exhibition (January).

1962

Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA,  Solo Exhibition (February).

1962

The Bay Cities Jewish Community Center, Santa Monica, CA, Exhibits with Schifin & Young and Zimmerman (September).

1962

Marymount College, Palos Verdes, CA (September).

1962

Dana Library, Long Beach, CA.

1963

Palos Verdes Community Art Association, Palos Verdes, CA, with two other artists (March).

1963

First Annual Invitation Exhibit of Contemporary Art, Westwood, CA.(November).

1963

Los Angeles Art Association Gallery, La Cienega Boulevard, West Hollywood CA, "Ten Artist Invitational Show." (December).

1964

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, (June).  Museum headed by pioneering director Thomas Leavitt who had shown Don’s work at the Pasadena Art Museum in 1960. Don suffers a massive stroke during the exhibition, which ends his career.

1964

Esquire Theater Gallery, Pasadena, CA, Retrospective Exhibition (November).

1997

Palos Verdes Art Center, Beckstand Gallery, Palos Verdes, CA, Solo Exhibition, "Don Totten - Los Angeles Modernist" (March-April).

2006

Barnsdall Art Center, Hollywood, CA, "Otis: Nine Decades of Los Angeles Art"  Painting included in exhibition (January-April).

2008

Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA., "A Seed of Modernism - The Art Students League of Los Angeles,1906-1953" Painting included in exhibition. 

2016

Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, "Fall Permanent Collection Exhibition" Painting included in exhibition.

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