Glamour of the Gods Exhibition @ Santa Barbara Museum of Art until October 5 2008

An exhibition of photographs from Glamour of the Gods will be on display at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

Glamour of the Gods is a survey of Hollywood portraiture from the industry’s golden age, the period from 1920 to 1960. All the photographs are drawn from the extraordinary archive of the John Kobal Foundation in London.

John Kobal was the last century’s pre-eminent authority on Hollywood photography and was the first collector and later author who systematically sought to understand photography’s important role in creating and marketing the great stars central to the Hollywood mystique. Garbo, Dietrich, Cooper and Bogart are among the famous faces featured and in many cases these are the career defining images of their era.

Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation
until October 5
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street, Santa Barbara CA 93101-2746