Talk:Theodore Lukits

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Partial exhibition record

• 1926 – Solo Exhibition, Theodore Lukits, The Southby Art Salon, Hollywood, California, opened September 23, 1926
• 1926 – Solo Exhibition, Exhibition of Portraits and Paintings by Theodore Lukits, Cafe Montmatre Salon, Hollywood, California November 4, 1926 (23 works including portraits and landscapes)
• 1926 – Solo Exhibition, Annual Winter Exhibition, Portraits and Paintings by Theodore Lukits, Cafe Montmatre Salon, Hollywood, California November 25, 1926 (39 works including portraits and landscapes)
• 1928 – Solo Exhibition, Edgewater Beach Club, Santa Monica, California, September, 1928 (22 works including portraits, landscapes and a maritime work)
• 1930 – Group Exhibition, Ebell Salon, Los Angeles, California, March, 1930
• 1930 – Solo Exhibition, Ainslie Galleries, Los Angeles, California, November 1–30, 1930 16 (16 works including figurative works and landscapes)
• 1931 – Solo Exhibition, Desert Paintings by Theodore Lukits, Desert Art Gallery, Palm Springs, California, February 1–28, 1931
• 1931 – Solo Exhibition, Stendahl Galleries, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, June 1–13, 1931, (27 works including decorative portraits and landscapes)
• 1935 - Solo Exhibition, Barbara Hotel, Santa Barbara, California, Circa 1935 (exhibition featuring Sierra Moonlight and Laughing Mood, hosted by John Yuke)
• 1935 – Group Exhibition, Biltmore Salon, Hotel Biltmore, Los Angeles, California
• 1937 – Group Exhibition, International Aeronautical Art Exhibition, Los Angeles Museum, Los Angeles, California, February 5–19, 1937 (won E.K. Hill Trophy for Best of Show for Portrait of Thea Rasche)
• 1937 – Group Exhibition, Mission Inn Riverside, California, February 20–21, 1937 (works by Lukits, Schuster, Askenazy, Yens, Foster, Warner, etc.)
• 1937 – Group Exhibition, California Art Club Exhibition, Municipal Art Commission Galleries, February, 1937 (exhibited Shadow of the Cross, Capistrano, and a landscape)
• 1937 – Group Exhibition, Fourth Annual Exhibit of Paintings, Clearwater Junior High School, Clearwater, California, March 8–21, 1937 (Lukits exhibited Old Ironsides, with Wendt, Gleason, Braun)
• 1937 – Group Exhibition, Paul Francesco Lupo Studios, Hollywood, 1937 (exhibited portraits along with Geza Kende, John Hubbard Rich, Hernando Villa)
• 1937 – Group Exhibition, Ebell Salon, Eighth Competitive Exhibition of California Artists, Los Angeles, California, May, 1937 (portrait of Eleanor Merriam titled Gesture)
• 1937 – Group Exhibition, Exhibition of Twenty Paintings by Twenty California Painters, Desert Inn Gallery, Palm Springs, California, April 1937 (Lukits' work Reminiscence, exhibited with Dixon, Puthuff, Braun, Pelton)
• 1937 – Group Exhibition, Tonal Impressionism, Los Angeles Art Association Gallery, Los Angeles Public Library, June, 1937 (show with Lukits, Frank Tenney Johnson, Alson Clark)
• 1937 – Group Exhibition, Women's City Club of Long Beach (small group show with Jack Smith, Frank Tenney Johnson, Edgar Payne; Lukits exhibited Gesture, Gordon Smith portrait)
• 1937 – Group Exhibition, Friday Morning Club, October, 1937 (Lukits lectured with Willy Pogany and Frank Tenney Johnson on the topic of Old Master Painting)
• 1937 – Solo Exhibition, Lukits Studio, Los Angeles, California, November 4, 1937 (exhibition and unveiling of Laura June Williams portrait)
• 1937 – Group Exhibition, October Ebell Salon Exhibition, October, 1937 (Lukits exhibited with Kosa Jr., Schuster, Warner, Borg, Tenney Johnson, Parshall)
• 1938 – Group Exhibition, 11th Annual Purchase Prize Exhibition, Gardena High School, April 19 – May 4, 1938 (Lukits exhibited Spring Symphony with Fechin, Dixon, Wendt Payne)
• 1938 – Solo Exhibition, Ken-Mar Salon, Hollywood, California, April 25, 1938 (exhibition of Lukits portraits in conjunction with musical event)
• 1938 – Group Exhibition, Ebell Salon of Art, Ninth Competitive Exhibition of California Artists, Los Angeles, May 1938 (exhibited Kurtzworth portrait with Payne, Wendt, etc.)
• 1938 – Solo Exhibition, Theodore Lukits, Woman's Club of Hollywood, Hollywood, California, April 24- May 1, 1938 (unveiled Kurtzworth portrait and showed 25 other works)
• 1939 – Group Exhibition, Portraits, Ebell Salon of Art, Ebell Club, Los Angeles, California, March, 1939 (exhibited portrait with Von Schneidau, Foster, Bensco, Rich, Foster)
• 1939 – Group Exhibition, 21st Annual Exhibition, Laguna Beach Art Association, August 8–9, 1939 (Lukits exhibited with Smith, Puthuff, Harris, Procter, Brandt, Warner)
• 1942 – Group Exhibition, Annual Exhibition, Painters and Sculptors Club of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (won First Prize for Gesture)
• 1950 – Group Exhibition, Tri-Club Exhibition, Painters and Sculptors Club, Women Painters of the West, Artists of the Southwest, Greek Theatre, (Lukits judged and exhibited Mother and Daughter portrait)
• 1952 – Group Exhibition, Tri-Club Exhibition, Painters and Sculptors Club, Women Painters of the West, Artists of the Southwest, Greek Theatre, (Lukits was H.C., exhibited untitled portrait)
• 1953 – Group Exhibition, Tri-Club Exhibition, Painters and Sculptors Club, S.F.V. Professional Artists Guild, Artists of the Southwest, Greek Theatre, (Lukits exhibited Spirit of the Missions with A.S.)
• 1953 – Group Exhibition, San Fernando Professional Artists Guild, May 1–31, 1953, Sherman Oaks Galleries, Los Angeles, California
• 1962 – Group Exhibition, Tri-Club Exhibition, Painters and Sculptors Club, Women Painters of the West, Artists of the Southwest, Greek Theatre, (Lukits judged, was H.C., exhibited demonstration sketch)
• 1991 – Solo Exhibition, Pastels of Theodore Lukits, Carnegie Art Museum Oxnard, California, March 15 – May 6, 1991 (extensive collection of works from the Jonathan Art Foundation Collection, also students)

Books and exhibition catalog references

• A Catalog of the Officers and Students of Washington University, Pg. 324, Washington University in St. Louis, 1911 (Lukits is listed as Theodore Lukits Jr. 2630 Geyer Avenue, St. Louis)
• Circular of Instruction of the School of Drawing, Painting, Modeling, Decorative Designing, Normal Instruction, Illustration and Architecture. Art Institute of Chicago, 1913–1914 (Lukits appears in summer school evening classes)
• Circular of Instruction of the School of Drawing, Painting, Modeling, Decorative Designing, Normal Instruction, Illustration and Architecture. Art Institute of Chicago, 1914–1915 (Lukits appears in summer school evening classes)
• Circular of Instruction of the School of Drawing, Painting, Modeling, Decorative Designing, Normal Instruction, Illustration and Architecture. Art Institute of Chicago, 1915–1916 (Lukits appears in evening school classes)
• Circular of Instruction of the School of Drawing, Painting, Modeling, Decorative Designing, Normal Instruction, Illustration and Architecture. Art Institute of Chicago, 1916–1917 (Lukits appears as full-time student)
• Circular of Instruction of the School of Drawing, Painting, Modeling, Decorative Designing, Normal Instruction, Illustration and Architecture. Art Institute of Chicago, 1917–1918 (Lukits appears as full-time student)
• Circular of Instruction of the School of Drawing, Painting, Modeling, Decorative Designing, Normal Instruction, Illustration and Architecture. Art Institute of Chicago, 1918–1919 (Lukits appears as graduate student)
• Scholarship Awards, Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1918 (monthly bulletin – mention of Theodore Lukits winning Lathrop Traveling Scholarship for $800)
• Scholarships, Annual Report of the Trustees of the Art Institute of Chicago, Volume 41–44, Pg. 47, 1919 (mention of the Lathrop Traveling Scholarship for $800)
• Frederick Magnus Brand Memorial Prize Winner, Annual Report, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1918 (bound annual – Lukits won Magnus Brand Memorial Prize for Composition)
• Brandstatter, Eddie, Brochure for Lukits' Exhibition at the Montmatre Cafe, 1926 (exhibition brochure)
• Catalog of Copyrights, Artists, Pt. 4, Volume 21–22, Pg. 16, United States Government Printing Office, Washington D.C., 1926 (copyright listing)
• California Art and Architecture, Volume 36, 1929 (lists past Lukits exhibitions held during the year)
• Lukits Exhibit, Desert Art Gallery, Palm Springs, California Arts and Architecture, Volume 39, Page 8, February, 1931 (lists Lukits exhibition, February 1–28, 1931)
• Mallett's Index of Artists, Pg. 264, 1935 (biographical dictionary – listing)
• Reuter, Herman, Colorists, Arts Magazine, Volume 2, Page 3, 1936 (column on colorists by Reuter states "Theodore Lukits stands alone in the department of elemental richness.")
• American Art Annual, Volume 36, Issue 2, Pg. 393, American Federation of the Arts, Washington D.C., 1947 (listing)
• Who's Who in American Art, 1940–1941, Page 407 (biographical entry on Lukits)
• International Who's Who, Volume II, Pg. 531, 1947 (biographical dictionary – listing)
• White, James Ferry, National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Volume 39, Pg. 80, 1967 (biographical dictionary – listing)
• Who's Who in California, Who's Who Historical Society, Pg. 466, 1971 (biographical dictionary – listing)
• Dawdy, Doris, Ostrander, American Artists of the West, Volume 2, Pg. 173, 1974 (biographical dictionary – listing)
• Moure, Nancy, Dictionary of Artists in Southern California Before 1930, Dustin Publishing, 1977 (biographical dictionary – listing)
• McCall, Dewitt, Clinton, California Artists 1935–1956, Pg. 72, 1981 (biographical Dictionary – Listing)
• Moure, Nancy, Publications in Southern California Art, 1,2,3, Dustin Publishing, 1984 (bibliographical references on California art – listings)
• Castagno, John, American Artists' Signatures and Monograms: 1800–1989, Pg. 232, Scarecrow Press, 1990 (dictionary of monograms and signatures – examples)
• Bellah, Suzanne, The Pastels of Theodore Lukits, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California, 1991 (essays by Suzanne Bellah; recollections by Peter Adams, Tim Solliday; biographical essay by Peter Adams and Suzanne Bellah of Carnegie Museum)
• Goode, Stephen H., American Humanities Index, Volume 16, Part 2, Pg. 1871, 1991
• Official Museum Directory, American Association of Museums, Pg, 80, 1992
• Stern, Jean, Treasures of the Sierra Nevada, Exhibition Catalog, California Art Club, Pasadena, California, 1998 (Lukits' Sierra pastel reproduced in exhibition catalog)
• Morseburg, Jeffrey, Theodore Lukits, An American Orientalist, Exhibition Catalog, Pacific Asia Museum, 1998 (essays on Lukits and his Asian subjects)
• Morseburg, Jeffrey, The Spirit of Old California, November, 1999 (short essay in small color catalog)
• Young, William, Mallett's Index of Artists: International Biography, Including Painters and Sculptors, Pg. 264, 1999 (biographical dictionary – listing)
• Tomor, Michael, PhD, Contemporary Romanticism: Landscapes in Pastel, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania, April 4 – May 30, 1999 (exhibition catalog with essays on Lukits and his students)
• Artists of the World, A Bio-Biographical Dictionary, Index A-Z, Pg. 384, 2000 (biographical dictionary – listing)
• Stern, Jean & Morseburg, Jeffrey, California Art Club: 90th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, 2000, Exhibition Catalog, California Art Club, Pasadena, California, 2000 (biography and Idle Hour reproduced with other historic works)
• Dini, Jane & Morseburg, Jeffrey, California Art Club: 91st Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, 2001 (biography and Capistrano Moonlight exhibited with other historic works)
• Stavig, Vikki, The Revitalization of the California Art Club, California Art Club: 91st Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Exhibition Catalog, California Art Club, Pasadena, California, 2001 (reproduced September Sunset)
• Hughes, Eden, Artists in California 1786–1940, Hughes Publishing, 2001 (biographical dictionary – listing)
• Havlice, Patrica Pate, Index to Artistic Biography: A Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors and Engravers, Pg. 1157, Scarecrow Press, 2002 (biographical dictionary – listing)
• Morseburg, Jeffrey, unpublished manuscript for biography on Theodore Lukits, 2009
• Morseburg, Jeffrey, Catalog Essay Manuscript for Jonathan Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California, 2010
• Morseburg, Jeffrey, Theodorelukits.org, official Lukits website, essays and biographical information (various essays on Lukits, extensive archival sources)

Periodical references (articles and illustrations)

• "Theodore Lukits, Artist of the Month", The Republic Item, October, 1918, Chicago, Illinois
• Unsigned article, "Art as a Civic Asset", The Broadway World, November, 1926 (Illustration of the Dolores Del Rio Portrait)
• Clover, Madge, "Charming Painting by Lukits", Los Angeles Saturday Night, December 30, 1933 (weekly review, Lukits work on cover)
• Clover, Madge, "Lukits Exhibit at Barker Brothers", Los Angeles Saturday Night, January 13, 1934 (weekly review, Reproduction of Sierra Scene Quietude)
• Clover, Madge, "Tranquility by Theodore Lukits", Los Angeles Saturday Night, February 17, 1934 (weekly review, reproduction of the marine Tranquility)
• Clover, Madge, "The Bandit by Theodore Lukits", Los Angeles Saturday Night, March 17, 1934 (weekly review, Reproduction of the Californio Work, The Bandit)
• California Art News, December 11, 1934 (art and culture newspaper, article on Lukits School)
• Cover illustration, Los Angeles Saturday Night, February 6, 1937 (weekly review, Portrait of Esther Rose on cover)
• Women's Club of Hollywood News, April, 1938 (article on Lukits exhibition in April 1938)
• "Theodore Lukits: Who's Who in Jonathan Members", The Johnathan, October, 1941 (magazine of the Jonathan Club)
• "The Private Life of Ray Milland", Movies Magazine, September, 1942 (image of Lukits' portrait of Mal Milland)
• Chevalier, Paul, "Art Committee Uncovers Last Club Life Artist", The Jonathan, March, 1987 (magazine article)
• Chevalier, Paul, "Lukits Art Collection donated to Jonathan", July, 1990 (magazine article)
• Chevalier, Paul, "Lukits on Loan", The Jonathan, September, 1990 (note on loan of pastels from the Jonathan Collection)
• "Pastel Paradise", Southwest Art Magazine, April 1991 (column on Carnegie Museum exhibition)
• Gjertson, Stephen, "Theodore Lukits: A Light in the Desert", Classical Realism Journal, Volume II, Issue I (6-page magazine article)
• Los Angeles Magazine, Display Advertising, Pg. 128, April, 1998 (advertisement for Oriental Still Life from George Stern Fine Arts)
• Morseburg, Jeffrey, Theodore Lukits, Part I, California Art Club Newsletter, October, 1998
• Morseburg, Jeffrey, Theodore Lukits, Part II, California Art Club Newsletter, December, 1998
• "Mandarins to Mariachis", Orange Coast Magazine, April, 1999 (preview of exhibition at Muckenthaler Cultural Center)
• "Mandarins to Mariachis", Orange Coast Magazine, Pg. 173, May, 1999 (preview of exhibition at Muckenthaler Cultural Center)
• Morseburg, Jeffrey, "Theodore N. Lukits", Para Todos Magazine, San Juan Capistrano, California, November, 2001 (Spanish-language article on Lukits for Mission San Juan exhibition)

Miscellaneous references

• Lukits, Lucile, Lukits Academy tuition records, 1952–1990, Lukits archive
• Lukits, Lucille, Theodore Lukits: The Torchbearer, unpublished handwritten essay, c. 1992, Lukits archive

Website and online references

• Ancestry.com, online research site, Lukits family history, U.S. Department of Immigration and Naturalization, Department of State Records, Immigration, Citizenship
• Merrell, Eric, Honorary Life Members of the California Art Club, CAC website, 2007–2010
• Merrell, Eric, Historic Membership Roster of the California Art Club, CAC website, 2008–2010
• Stern, Jean, Treasures of the Sierra Nevada, exhibition catalog, 1998

Newspaper references

• Lindsay, Estelle Lawton, "Santa Barbara Quake Restores $20,000 Treasure to Padres", Los Angeles Evening Express, July 22, 1925 (front page article with Lukits and unrestored painting)
• Lindsay, Estelle Lawton, "Brush Blots out Damage Quake Caused", Los Angeles Evening Express, August 12, 1925 (front page article with Lukits and restored painting)
• New York Times, "Earthquake Restores St. Francis Portrait", September 20, 1925 (clipping on Lukits' restoration of St. Francis painting for Santa Barbara Hotel)
• Los Angeles Sunday Times, "Beauty and Elegance", September 26, 1926, pg. 31 (photograph of the Ethel Wade portrait with caption of Southby Salon)
• "Lukits Weds, Artists Bare Rites in Santa Barbara", April, 1937 (clipping existent, unmarked, probably from Los Angeles Times or Herald Examiner)
• "Theodore Lukits Reveals Nuptials", April, 1937 (clipping existent, unmarked, probably from Los Angeles Times or Herald Examiner)
• "Shower Given for Mrs. Lukits", May 1937 (clipping existent, unmarked, probably from Los Angeles Times or Herald Examiner)
• "Bride Secretly Wedded Now Shower Guest", May, 1937 (clipping existent, unmarked, probably from Los Angeles Times or Herald Examiner)
• Stevens, Otherman, "Now and Then", Los Angeles Examiner, May 31, 1932 (newspaper review)
• Long Beach Press Telegram, "Posing by Critics of Art Condemned", March 16, 1938 (lecture by Lukits at Long Beach Art Association)
• Los Angeles Times, c. March, 1938 (note that Lukits will be guest artist for the Women's Club of South Pasadena)
• Reuter, Herman, "Painter Real Colorist, Reviewer States", Hollywood Citizen News, April 9, 1938 (positive review of portrait exhibition at Hollywood Women's Club)
• "Lukits Portraits Accorded Praise", Hollywood Citizen News, Saturday, April 16, 1938 (news clipping, reproductions of Laura June Williams portrait and Portrait of the Artists' Wife)
• Lusk, Freeman, possibly Hollywood Citizen News, April, 1938 (over the top review of Lukits' portrait exhibition at Hollywood Women's Club)
• Millier, Arthur, "Brush Strokes", Los Angeles Times, April 24, 1938 (announcement of Kurtzworth portrait unveiling)
• Wilshire Press, April 25, 1938, (short review of Lukits exhibition at Hollywood Women's Club and note of painting Mrs. Harry Muir Kurtzworth and Her Daughter Constance)
• "Art, Music Mingle when Ray Millands Entertain Friends", Los Angeles Times, June 2, 1942 (article on unveiling of Lukits' portrait of Mrs. Ray ("Mal") Milland)
• "Ray Millands Honor Artist at Unveiling", Los Angeles Herald Examiner, June 2, 1942 (article on unveiling of Lukits' portrait of Mrs. Ray ("Mal") Milland)
• "Explosion in Basement Burns Artist and Wife", Los Angeles Times, September 10, 1948 (news clipping)
• "Eleanor Lukits, Dies of Explosion Burns", Los Angeles Times, September 26, 1948 (news clipping)
• "Mrs. Eleanor Lukits Funeral Services", Los Angeles Times, September 27, 1948 (news clipping)
• "School Head Addresses East Los Angeles Art Club", Los Angeles Tribune, May 7, 1953 (news clipping)
• Morseburg Jeffrey, Lukits obituary, Los Angeles Times, February 2, 1992 (news clipping)
• Woodard, Josef, "In Vivid Pastel", April 4, 1991, Los Angeles Times (review of Lukits' pastel exhibition at the Carnegie Museum in Oxnard)
• McKinnon, Lisa, "Artist's Sketches Push Pastel to Limit", Ventura Press Courier, April 4, 1991 (review of Lukits' pastel exhibition at the Carnegie Museum in Oxnard)
• Indyke, Dottie, "Nature's Moods Plus Portraits of the Stars", unknown publication, Santa Fe, New Mexico, February–March, 1996 (preview of Lukits' exhibition at Santuario de Guadalupe)
• Woodard, Josef, "Oriented East, Strong Asian influence is seen in Oxnard art exhibitions", Los Angeles Times, 1998 (review of Theodore Lukits: An American Orientalist at the Carnegie)
• Kirkman, Chuck, "Art Show Opening", Ventura County Star, December 13, 1998 (photograph of Peter Adams and Jeffrey Morseburg with Lukits painting reproduced and released by AP)
• Rice, Ruth, "Melding Two Into One, Art Exhibition Combines Pastels and Watercolors", The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, April 8, 2008 (article on Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art exhibition, From Charles Burchfield to Peter Adams)

Posthumous exhibition record

• 1994 – Group Exhibition – The California Art Club: 85 Years, Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, California (the Jonathan Foundation's Marine, Late Afternoon was exhibited as one of the historic works)
• 1995 – Solo Exhibition – Pastels of Theodore Lukits, Los Angeles Fine Arts Building, Los Angeles, January 12 – March 31, 1995 (pastels and Grand Canyon works)
• 1996 – Solo Exhibition – Moods of Nature: Paintings by Theodore Lukits, February 5 – March 28, 1996, Santuario de Guadalupe, Santa Fe, New Mexico (large exhibition of estate pastels and Jonathan works)
• 1997 – Group Exhibition – East Coast Ideals ~ West Coast Concepts: The Living Legacy of the Boston School and the California Impressionists, Carnegie Museum; Oxnard, California, March 8 – May 18, 1997
• 1997 – Group Exhibition – East Coast Ideals ~ West Coast Concepts: The Living Legacy of the Boston School and the California Impressionists, Academy of Art College; San Francisco, California June 2–29, 1997
• 1997 – Group Exhibition – East Coast Ideals ~ West Coast Concepts: The Living Legacy of the Boston School and the California Impressionists, Springville Museum of Art; Springville, Utah, August 1 – September 28, 1997
• 1998 – Group Exhibition – 89th Annual California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition, works by historic artists of the California Art Club (Lukits' Portrait of Eleanor Merriam along with works by Bongart, Cooper, Parker)
• 1998 – Group Exhibition – California Plein-Air Painting: Selections from the Johnathan Art Foundation and the Jonathan Club Collection, Gallery at 777, June 23, 1998 – September 11, 1998 (works by Manheim, Lukits, Adams, Reiffel)
• 1998 – Group Exhibition – Treasures of the Sierra Nevada, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; Los Angeles, California, May 28 – August 30, 1998 (two High Sierra pastels exhibited, one reproduced in catalog)
• 1998 – Group Exhibition – Treasures of the Sierra Nevada, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, California, September 12 – October 30, 1998 (two High Sierra pastels exhibited, one reproduced in catalog)
• 1998 – Solo Exhibition – Theodore Lukits: An American Orientalist, The Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, October 17 – November 29, 1998 (series of Asian works on exhibit, lecture by Jeffrey Morseburg)
• 1998 – Solo Exhibition– Theodore Lukits: An American Orientalist, The Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, California, December 12, 1998 – February 21, 1999 (series of Asian works on exhibit, lecture by Jeffrey Morseburg)
• 1999 – Group Exhibition – Contemporary Romanticism: Landscapes in Pastel, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania, April 4 – May 30, 1999; (exhibited Sierra Moraine and featured in catalog)
• 1999 - Solo Exhibition – Mandarins to Mariachis: An Exhibition of Paintings by Theodore Lukits, May 7–31, 1999 Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, California (large exhibition of Asian and California-themed works)
• 1999 – Solo Exhibition – Theodore Lukits & The Spirit of Old California, November 18, 1999 – January 13, 2000, Mission San Juan Capistrano Museum (including California-themed works and plein-air pastels)
• 2000 – Group Exhibition – 90th Annual California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition – Paintings by Historic Artists of the CAC, June 4 – July 30, 2000. Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena, California (Idle Hour exhibited)
• 2000 – Group Exhibition – California Art Past and Present: Sponsored and Curated by the California Art Club and the Johnathan Art Foundation, October 6–8, 2000, Pasadena Women's City Club, Pasadena, California
• 2001 – Group Exhibition – 91st Annual California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition - From the Desert to the Sea: Paintings by Historic Artists and CAC Members, May 6 – July 29, 2001, Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena, California (Capistrano Moonlight exhibited)
• 2001 – Solo Exhibition – Romance of the Mission, Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, September 29, 2001 (special exhibition in courtyard of Mission San Juan Capistrano for annual benefit)
• 2002 – Group Exhibition – 92nd Annual California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition - Selection of Paintings by Historic Artists of the CAC, June 30 – August 25, 2002, Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena, California (September Sunset exhibited)
• 2008 – Group Exhibition – From Charles Burchfield to Peter Adams: Watercolors and Pastels from the Permanent Collection, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, March 21 – September 14, 2008, Loretto, Pennsylvania (Lukits' Sierra Moraine included)

Studio locations

• 1804 S 13th Street, St. Louis, 1900s
• 2620 Geyer Avenue, St. Louis, 1907–1910
• 1700 12th Street, St. Louis, 1911–1912
• 341 E. 42nd Street, Chicago, 1913–1914
• 1513 W. Madison, Chicago, 1915
• 1740 W. Adams, Chicago, 1916–1920
• 1193 Leighton Avenue, Los Angeles, 1922
• 1100 W. 49th Street, Los Angeles, 1920s, 1930s
• 121 South Normandie, Los Angeles, 1930s
• 736 South Citrus, Los Angeles, 1940–1992

Portrait commissions

• Theda Bara, c. 1920 (actress)
• Mae Murray, c. 1922 (actress)
• Alla Nazimova, c. 1922 (actress)
• Alex Maltz, c. 1922 (violinist)
• Pola Negri, c. 1922 (actress)
• The Southby Children, 1926 (dual juvenile portrait)
• Dolores Del Rio, 1926 (actress)
• Colonel Oliver Hershman, 1926 (businessman, newspaper owner)
• Mrs. Oliver Hershman, 1926
• Charles Fieldler, c. 1926 (businessman)
• Al Jolsen, c. 1928 (actor)
• Richard Keane, c. 1930 (Shakespearean actor)
• Marguerite Chapman, c. 1934 (actress; demonstration portrait)
• Thea Rasche, 1937 (aviator)
• Mrs. Ray ("Mal") Milland, 1942 (socialite)
• Mr. Harry G. Daniels, 1943 (businessman, H.G. Daniel's Artist's Supply)
• Mrs. Harry G. Daniels, 1943
• Mrs. William Wyler, c. 1945 (socialite)
• Alexander Finta, c. 1946 (sculptor)
• Peter Seitz Adams, c. 1974 (Artist)

Gallery representation

• J. W. Young Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (1910s, 1920s)
• Southby Salon, Hollywood, California, Los Angeles (late 1920s)
• Montmatre Cafe Salon, Hollywood, California (late 1920s)
• Kievits Gallery, Vista del Arroyo Hotel, Pasadena, California (1920s)
• Kievits Gallery, Flintridge Hotel, Flintridge, California (1920s)
• Ainsle Galleries, Los Angeles, California (1920s, 1930s)
• Isley Galleries, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles (1930s)
• Desert Art Gallery, Palm Springs, California (1930s)
• R.C. Vose Galleries, Boston (1929–1941)
• Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles (1930s)
• Desert Inn Gallery, Palm Springs (1930s, 1940s)
• Doug Jones Gallery, La Jolla, California (1960s, 1970s)
• Zantmann Gallery, Carmel, California (1970s)
• Howard Morseburg Galleries, Los Angeles, California, portrait commissions (1970s)
• Jeffrey Morseburg, West Hollywood, California, estate representation
• American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena, California

Art club memberships

• California Art Club, Pasadena, California, Honorary Life Member, 1920s, 1930s, 1970s
• Painters and Sculptors League, Chicago, Illinois, 1910s, 1920s
• American Artists Professional League, New York, New York, 1920s
• American Federation of Fine Arts, New York, New York, 1920s, 1930s
• American International Academy, Baltimore, Maryland, 1920s, 1930s
• American-International Fine Arts Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1930s
• Painters and Sculptors Club of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
• Laguna Art Association, Laguna Beach, California, 1920s
• International Artists Club, Hollywood, California, 1920s
• McDowell Club of Allied Arts, Los Angeles, California 1920as
• American Artist's League, New York, New York, 1920s, 1930s
• International Artists League, New York, New York, 1920s, 1930s
• Jonathan Club, Life Artist Member, Los Angeles, California 1931–1992
• Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, California 1930s
• Riverside Art Association, Riverside, California, 1930s
• Hollywood Association of Artists, Hollywood, California, 1940s
• Santa Monica Art Association, Santa Monica, California, 1940s
• Valley Artists Guild, Los Angeles, California, 1950s
• Society for Sanity in Art, Chicago, Illinois 1930
• Artists of the Southwest, San Francisco, 1940s, 1950s
• Co-Ordinating Committee for Traditional Art, Los Angeles, California, 1940s, 1950s
• San Fernando Valley Professional Artists Guild, Los Angeles, California, 1940s, 1950s

Public collections

• Nantucket Historical Society, Nantucket, Massachusetts
• California Art Club, Pasadena, California
• The Jonathan Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California
• The Southern Alleghenies Museum, Loretto, California
• The Irvine Museum, Irvine, California

Prominent students of Theodore Lukits

• Peter Seitz Adams (b. 1950), Plein-Air Painter and figurative artist, President, California Art Club
• Kalan Brunink (1947-2009), fine artist (California Art Club), caricature (Olvera Street artist), illustrator, muralist, personal care assistant for Theodore Lukits
• Entéra, fine artist, muralist, cartoonist
• Arny Karl (1940–2000), plein-air painter
• Nancy Kominsky (b. 1915), artist, British television personality
• Albert Londraville (1922-2015), illustrator, fine artist
• Corinne Malvern (1901–1956), illustrator, art director
• Frank Ordaz, Jr., illustrator, animator, fine artist
• Tim Solliday (b. 1950), western painter, plein-air painter
• Gino Rafaelli, illustrator, art director
• Mario Rueda, teacher, illustrator
• James Verdugo, fine artist
• Idelle Weber (b. 1932), contemporary artist
• Chester Russell Williams (1921–1994), American and British artist
• Paul Kocalis (b.1951) Fine artist (California Art Club), portraiture, scenic artist, plein-air painter