Milford Zornes

James Milford Zornes (January 25, 1908 – February 24, 2008) was an American watercolor artist and teacher known as part of the California Scene Painting movement.

He saw parts of Europe, including the Louvre and other art museums, but soon ran out of money and was helped back to the U.S. by an American Sailor's Relief Society.

Using watercolor and paper instead of oils and canvas made it easy for the impoverished artists to transport their materials easily and paint on site.

An active member of the California Water Color Society, he served as its president in 1941–42, when its annual exhibition was shown in San Francisco as well as Los Angeles.

After the war, he settled in Claremont, where he began teaching art at Pomona College and became a major proponent of watercolor painting in the California Style.

[3] For many years, Zornes taught watercolor painting workshops in China, Alaska, Mexico, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Hawaii and many other locations.