Carl Hugo Beetz, Tillie 'Kid' Herman, placarded street scene outside Boxing Arena AP1917

Carl Hugo Beetz really captures the moment. Black and white. Ink, watercolor and pencil give this Illustration depth and 30’s toughness. 16 x 16 image. Framed approx 20 x 20. Carl Hugo Beetz1911-1974 Carl Hugo Beetz was born December 25, 1911 in San Francisco, California. He was a prolific watercolorist and lithographer who worked in a Regionalist style and was extremely active in the California Watercolor Society. Beetz studied in several institutions including the Art Students League in New York under George Bridgeman, Grand Central Art School with Grant Reynard and the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco under Spencer Macky and Ray Bertrand. In 1931 the artist entered Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, California where he studied for four years under Pruett Carter and Lawrence Murphy. In 1935 Beetz became an instructor at Chouinard where he taught life drawing, anatomy and quick sketches for nine years. In one catalogue of the Institute Beetz is described as “… the