Clarence Hinkle (1880-1960) Chinese Boy signed 'Hinkle' (lower center), signed again and inscribed 'SANTA BARBARA' (on the turnover edge) oil on canvas 36 x 30in framed 43 x 36in Painted in 1938. Footnotes: Provenance Private collection, Southern California. Exhibited Oakland, Oakland Art Gallery, Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings, March 6 - April 3, 1938, no. 41 (as 'Shelly Dong (Chinese)'). Los Angeles, Los Angeles Museum, California Art Club, 29th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, November 18 - December 31, 1938, no. 29. Awarded first prize, probably for portraiture. San Francisco, San Francisco Art Association, June 1939. Los Angeles, Foundations of Western Art, Second Annual Review of California Art, June 1939. Santa Barbara, Faulkner Memorial Art Gallery, Ninth Annual Exhibition of Paintings, Santa Barbara Artists, August 1939. San Francisco, Golden Gate International Exposition, California Art Today, May 25 - September 29, 1940. Laguna Beach, Laguna Art Museum, Clarence Hinkle, June 10 - October 7, 2012, no. 82. Literature 'California Art Club Awards Announced, First Honor for Portraits,' Los Angeles Examiner, December 1, 1938, illustrated. 'Prize Paintings,' Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express, December 3, 1938, illustrated. A. Millier, 'Brush Strokes,' Los Angeles Times, December 18, p. C7. 'California's Prize Art Goes on Display,' Los Angeles Times, June 11, 1939, p. C9. A. Millier, 'Santa Barbara Artists Stage Good Annual,' Los Angeles Times, August 13, 1939, p. C7. J. Blake and S. M. Anderson, Clarence Hinkle, Laguna Beach, Laguna Art Museum, 2012, pl. 82, pp. 43, 44, 70, 152, 168, illustrated. The portrait depicts Clarence Hinkle's friend and student Shelly Dong.