Thelma Paddock Hope
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Thelma Paddock Hope was an American portrait and landscape artist and poet who lived most of her productive life in Corona del Mar, California. She was an early member of Zonta International
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with her family in 1908 and began art studies that year. She spent one year at the Otis Art Institute
and two years at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Annual Exhibition in December 1933. From 1940 to 1947, she was a studio painter of background canvases for MGM Studios
and lived in Beverly Hills. She moved to Corona del Mar and later settled in Newport Beach
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. The couple had three children: Fredric Paddock Hope (d. 1998), Stephen Hope, and Marcia Hope Young.
SHERMAN PADDOCK orchardist Pomona? CA. Violin maker LA. Killed car accident.
Sherman's wife Elizabeth Acerman. Had three daughters:
Three Daughters of Sherman and Elizabeth Paddock:
RUTH __________Gibbs. (sister of Thelma and Phoebe) Had an earlier daughter JEAN killed car accident AND who had some relationship with the Luce family (Time Mag) and was a correspodent in SE ASIA???? Close friends with cousin Marcia.
PHOEBIE _____ (Sister Thelma and Ruth)
THELMA PADDOCK HOPE (wife of Fredric Hope) Met husband at Chicago Art Institute. Married to
Thelma married FREDRIC PUTNAM HOPE. Art director at MGM; hired by Cedric Gibbons; died of aneurism after recovery from pneumonia in hospital circa 1936-7 when eldest child, Marcia, was 12 years old.
Three children of Thelma and Fredric:
STEPHEN HOPE: served in Air Force band in 50s. Dixieland band member. Music Editor for studios (Burbank) Lived in Hollywood Hills. Daughter, Stephanie, and son, Christian, Betty his wife (daughter of Portland OR sea captain.)
FREDRIC HOPE: brother of Marcia Ellen Hope and Stephen __Hope Fred Hope Served in Korean War designing bridges for the US Army. Married Diana Wheeler (daughter of Lyle Wheeler art director MGM and who used his many academy awards as doorstops, it is reported). They were childhood sweethearts (both their parents academy award art directors at MGM). Had 4 children: Freddie, Lisa, Burrr, and Heather (last two twins--boy and girl) Family raised in Manhattan Beach CA. Fred Hope art director helped design Pacific Ocean Park (POP) in Long Beach (part interest in one of rides), worked for numerous Disney projects; did art direction for various TV series. (TFJ)
MARCIA ELLEN HOPE Scripps (sp?) College (Pomona).
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Zonta International
Zonta International is an international service organization founded in Buffalo, New York in 1919 with the mission of advancing the status of women.Currently, Zonta International is headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois...
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Early life and education
Born on a farm near La Porte, Indiana, she moved to southern CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
with her family in 1908 and began art studies that year. She spent one year at the Otis Art Institute
Otis College of Art and Design
Otis College of Art and Design is an art and design college in Los Angeles, California.The school's programs, accredited by WASC and National Association of Schools of Art and Design, include four-year BFA degrees in illustration, fine arts, graphic design, architecture, landscape design, interior...
and two years at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Career
Thelma Hope became known primarily for her portraits and scenes from her world travels, as well as California and Hawaiian landscapes. She had two paintings displayed in the California Art ClubCalifornia Art Club
The California Art Club , founded in 1909, is one of the oldest and most active arts organizations in California. It celebrated its centennial in the spring of 2010. The California Art Club originally evolved from the Painters Club of Los Angeles...
Annual Exhibition in December 1933. From 1940 to 1947, she was a studio painter of background canvases for MGM Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...
and lived in Beverly Hills. She moved to Corona del Mar and later settled in Newport Beach
Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, south of downtown Santa Ana. The population was 85,186 at the 2010 census.The city's median family income and property values consistently place high in national rankings...
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Marriage and children
She married art director Fredric HopeFredric Hope
Fredric Hope was an American art director. He won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for the film The Merry Widow.He was born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania and died in Hollywood, California....
. The couple had three children: Fredric Paddock Hope (d. 1998), Stephen Hope, and Marcia Hope Young.
Family History
(more information is requested in this category)SHERMAN PADDOCK orchardist Pomona? CA. Violin maker LA. Killed car accident.
Sherman's wife Elizabeth Acerman. Had three daughters:
Three Daughters of Sherman and Elizabeth Paddock:
RUTH __________Gibbs. (sister of Thelma and Phoebe) Had an earlier daughter JEAN killed car accident AND who had some relationship with the Luce family (Time Mag) and was a correspodent in SE ASIA???? Close friends with cousin Marcia.
PHOEBIE _____ (Sister Thelma and Ruth)
THELMA PADDOCK HOPE (wife of Fredric Hope) Met husband at Chicago Art Institute. Married to
Thelma married FREDRIC PUTNAM HOPE. Art director at MGM; hired by Cedric Gibbons; died of aneurism after recovery from pneumonia in hospital circa 1936-7 when eldest child, Marcia, was 12 years old.
Three children of Thelma and Fredric:
STEPHEN HOPE: served in Air Force band in 50s. Dixieland band member. Music Editor for studios (Burbank) Lived in Hollywood Hills. Daughter, Stephanie, and son, Christian, Betty his wife (daughter of Portland OR sea captain.)
FREDRIC HOPE: brother of Marcia Ellen Hope and Stephen __Hope Fred Hope Served in Korean War designing bridges for the US Army. Married Diana Wheeler (daughter of Lyle Wheeler art director MGM and who used his many academy awards as doorstops, it is reported). They were childhood sweethearts (both their parents academy award art directors at MGM). Had 4 children: Freddie, Lisa, Burrr, and Heather (last two twins--boy and girl) Family raised in Manhattan Beach CA. Fred Hope art director helped design Pacific Ocean Park (POP) in Long Beach (part interest in one of rides), worked for numerous Disney projects; did art direction for various TV series. (TFJ)
MARCIA ELLEN HOPE Scripps (sp?) College (Pomona).
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Published works
- Old Newport; The Seaport Years by Ramona Duarte Castle, illustrated by Thelma Paddock Hope (Newport Harbor Civic League, 1970; reprinted by Sandpiper Press, 1974)
External links
- http://www.askart.com/askart/h/thelma_paddock_hope/thelma_paddock_hope.aspx