Oakland, The Oakland Museum, Granville Redmond, December 3, 1988 January 29, 1989, no. 60, traveling exhibition, Laguna Beach, Laguna Art Museum, March 9 April 30, 1989, Washington D.C, Gallaudet University, July 1989.In 1898, he returned from Paris and settled in Los Angeles, where he painted many scenes in and around Laguna Beach, Catalina Island, and San Pedro. While living in Los Angeles, Redmond became friends with Charlie Chaplin, whom he helped in perfecting his pantomime techniques. Chaplin gave Redmond a studio on the movie lot, collected many of his paintings, and sponsored him in silent acting roles including playing the sculptor in City Lights, and a feature part in You'd Be Surprised. He also got to know Los Angeles artists Elmer Wachtel and Norman St. Clair. All three paintings with Laguna Beach titles at the annual Spring Exhibition held in San Francisco in 1904. By 1905 Redmond was receiving considerable recognition as a leading landscape painter and bold colorist. Although he recognized the public's preference for his brightly colored poppy pictures, he generally preferred to paint darker, more poetic scenes. It has often been suggested that Redmond's paintings have a distinctly quiet solitude to them, a reflection of his inability to hear