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Santa Barbara School of the Arts

college of art in California, US (1920–1933)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ7419244 ↗
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Santa Barbara School of the Arts was a college of art founded in Santa Barbara, California, by artist Fernand Lungren (1857–1932) in 1920. Faculty members included Edward Borein, who taught etching, and John Marshall Gamble (1863 – 1957), who also served as President of the School Board. Several of the school's pupils would later become well-known, including Douglass Ewell Parshall. The school closed in 1933.

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The public source identifies “Santa Barbara School of the Arts” as college of art in California, US (1920–1933). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Santa, Barbara and School.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1857, 1932, 1920, 1863—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1920. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Santa, Barbara and School providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Santa Barbara School of the Arts” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.