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The Cuban Exiles of Echo Park
Sculptor Sergio López-Mesa and composer Aurelio de la Vega, both prominent Cuban exiles, built distinguished careers in L.A. Their artistic contributions are memorialized throughout the city.

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From Contract to Blacklist: Hollywood Exile Experience
Suspicion of communism infiltrated the entertainment industry and émigrés working in Hollywood soon faced exile from their newly adopted homeland.

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Billy Wilder, Thomas Mann and Arnold Schoenberg: Los Angeles Exiles
Exiled artists Billy Wilder, Thomas Mann, and Arnold Schoenberg relied upon L.A. to give new breadth and meaning to their work.
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Lion Feuchtwanger: Exile in Paradise
Los Angeles was once a community of exiled artists and intellectuals. Best-selling author Lion Feuchtwanger served as a cultural link between continents and altered L.A.'s cultural landscape.
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Architectural Drawings Reveal Roots of 'California Modern'
Ruth Wallach examines hand-drawn sketches of mid-20th century Modern architecture in Southern California, an art form preserved in the archives of the Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library at USC.