Pageant of the Masters re-creation of “Atlas” by Heliodorus.

In 1933, a parade of local volunteers costumed as characters in famous works of art – "Whistler’s Mother," "Mona Lisa" and "Atlas," among others – marched downtown along the Coast Highway to the location of the 2nd Festival of Arts, where they later appeared, one at a time, inside a tiny, booth-like set, holding their poses as tableaux vivants - “living pictures.” This was the early beginnings of the Pageant of the Masters.