Olof Dahlstrand
Painter

 "Landscapes of the Mind" -  March 2011 Solo Show  (Opens March 3rd)


 "Dark Canyon, Utah" - Pencil Drawing


"Pathway"- Watercolor

Born: November 26, 1916, Wauwatosa (Milwaukee), Wisconsin

Cornell University:

• Bachelor of Architecture, 1939 • Tau Beta Pi, Gargoyle, and Quill and Dagger honor societies. • Recipient of Charles Goodwin Sands and William Beckwith Brown medals for excellence in architectural design. • First Prize, 1939 Collaborative Competition, sponsored by the alumni of the American Academy in Rome. • On art staff of the Cornell Widow, 1936-37, art editor 1939.

Registered architect in Wisconsin and California; NCARB Certificate. (Now retired)

Taught architectural design at Layton School of Art, Milwaukee, for two years in 1947-48.

Employed in architectural offices in Wisconsin 1939-46. Private practice in Milwaukee 1946-48. Employed in architectural offices in San Francisco 1948-59, including Fred Langhorst and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.

Private architectural practice in Carmel, California 1959-1984 (now retired). Projects include office buildings, theaters, shopping centers, banks, schools, retail stores, service stations, apartments and residences.

Illustrator and architectural delineator:

Illustrations of many projects by other architects, including:

• Golden Gateway Redevelopment, San Francisco, 1960. • University of California at Santa Cruz, master plan and first four projects, 1965-66. • John F. Kennedy Gravesite, Washington, D.C., 1964.* • U.S. Naval Academy Master Plan, 1965. • Lake Buena Vista Community (for Walt Disney Productions), Orlando, Florida, 1972. • U.S. Senate Hart Office Building, Washington, D.C., 1974.

*Note: Kennedy gravesite drawings needed special dispensation to be able to be exhibited in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., since no living artist had previously been exhibited there.

Recipient of prizes for drawings and paintings:

Monterey County Fair: • First Prize, graphics, 1967 and 1968. • Third Prize, graphics, 1969 and 1972 • Fourth Price, graphics, 1965 and 1971. • Hon. Mention, graphics, 1966 and 1970 • Award of merit, Watercolor painting, 1980 and 1981.

Watercolor Competitive, Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History: • First Prize, 1976 • Best of Show, 1986.


"Sea view" Watercolor


"Minuendo in Blues" 16x20 - Acrylic

Member Carmel Art Association.

Exhibits of drawings and paintings:

• Milwaukee Art Institute, 1937, 1947. • San Francisco Museum of Art, 1950. • John F. Kennedy Gravesite drawings exhibited at National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Boston Museum of Art 1964-1965 • Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1982. • Sunset Cultural Center, Carmel, one man shows 1985, 1996. • Monterey Museum of Art - juried all media exhibitions, 1987 and 2003.

Panelist at 1986 Mackesey Seminars, Cornell University College of Architecture, Art and Planning.

Member of Board of Trustees:

• Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1978-82, 1984-89. • Colonial Monterey Foundation, 1984-86.

Member American Arbitration Association panel of construction industry arbitrators - 1963-1984

INVOLVED OVER 38 YEARS IN THE AFFAIRS OF CARMEL and has long standing commitment to the well being of the community

• Chairman -Newly formed Traffic and Parking Committee 1966-1968 • Member of Carmel City Planning Commission, 1968-72, 1986-89 (appointed by Clint Eastwood). Chairman: 1971, 1972, 1988.

• Member of City of Carmel General Plan Review Committee - 1986-89 • Carmel City Councilman, 1972-76.

• Member of Design Traditions Committee, appointed by Mayor Ken White - 1996 until completion (about 1998 or 1999) • Served on committee to study issues and make recommendations to Council concerning the vulnerability of firehouse to earthquakes (appointed by Mayor McCloud)

ART WORK

From 1948 to present have been engaged in freelance painting and drawing, primarily landscapes and historical sites in the western United States. Includes: Pacific coast from California to British Columbia, western deserts, mining areas, railroads and ghost towns.

ARCHIVES

In February 2008 all architectural drawings, photographs and files were acquired by the archives of the College of Environmental Design at the University of California at Berkeley. The work was considered historically important mid-twentieth century modern architecture in the San Francisco Bay Area.


These images are samples of the artist's work. Please contact the CAA for additional images of current work for sale in the gallery.
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