California Art from the Permanent Collection: Part II, 1930s to 1950s was the second of three successive exhibitions that focused on art from the Laguna Art Museum permanent collection, which holds works ranging from the early nineteenth century to present day.

Part II, 1930s to 1950s delved into the early development of modernism in Los Angeles. The fourteen painters and sculptors represented in Part II were: John Altoon, Edward Biberman, Dorr Bothwell, Nicholas Brigante, Hans Gustav Burkhardt, Francis De Erdely, Phil Dike, Keith Finch, Oskar Fischinger, Peter Krasnow, David Levine, Dan Lutz, Lee Mullican, and Peter Voulkos.