CARLOS LEONHAEUSER (American, active 1910-1 “Study for a Public Comfort Station” c.1912
$3,000
Ink and ink wash, 33 ½ x 24 1/2 inches
Signed lower right
The San Francisco Architectural Club (SFAC) was founded in 1901 by draftsmen to help budding architects receive training in the informal Atelier Method where older experts taught the practical side of architecture to students who had no hope or wish to study Beaux-Arts in an established school abroad.
The San Francisco Architectural Club Atelier program was one of the earliest accredited programs of study in the Bay Area. An annual seminar for those about to take the California state architectural certification examination was a popular and well-attended educational feature for many years. Another of the club’s activities was the annual loan exhibition meant to showcase the year’s most interesting architectural work and to educate the public about new developments in architecture. This drawing was one of four exhibited by Leonhaeuser in 1914. Other SFAC members familiar to those interested in the history of architecture in San Francisco include Applegarth, Bakewell, Faville, Frick, Pflueger, Polk, and Weihe.