News / California Scene Paintings
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Jun 25, 2014
Rex Brandt: In Praise of Sunshine, at the Laguna Art Museum
Read more →Rex Brandt: In Praise of SunshineJune 29 - September 21, 2014, at the Laguna Art Museum LAGUNA BEACH, CA - Laguna Art Museum presents a retrospective exhibition of the paintings of California landscape artist Rex Brandt (1914-2000) in its main level galleries June 29 - September 21, 2014. The exhibition is curated by Laguna Art Museum's Curator of Historical Art Janet Blake. Rex Brandt gained national renown for his watercolor paintings during the period from the mid 1930s to the 1990s. As a dedicated teacher of the watercolor medium, he conducted painting workshops both at his home in Corona del Mar, his...
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Apr 29, 2014
California Watercolorists
Read more →January 16 – May 18, 2014 Chaffey Community Museum of Art The diversity of California has lent itself to the translucent quality of watercolors. Whether a vibrant California landscape, a stylized portrait or the subtlety of a quiet scene, these works exemplify our state. The California style is celebrated with selections from the Museum collections. 217 S. Lemon Ave, Ontario, CA 91761-1623 909.463.3733 909.463.3733 info@chaffeymuseum.org Free Admission Thursday through Sunday noon — 4:00 pm http://www.chaffeymuseum.org
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Apr 29, 2014
The Lure of Chinatown: Painting California's Chinese Communities
Read more →April 12, 2014 - August 31, 2014 at the Bowers Museum Artists have a long tradition of traveling to far flung lands in search of revelation and artistic breakthrough. What happens when there is such a place right in your midst, yet completely foreign? The unique cultural customs, fascinating architecture, and rich aesthetic of the Chinese communities in San Francisco and Los Angeles inspired many 19th and 20th century artists. Featuring paintings spanning over several decades, The Lure of Chinatown: Painting California's Chinese Communities provides a captivating narrative of how the image of Chinatown transformed in reaction to changing social,...
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Jan 08, 2014
The Irvine Museum Presents CALIFORNIA SCENE PAINTINGS: 1920's - 1960's
Read more →18881 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 100Irvine, CA 92612 949.476.0294 www.irvinemuseum.org For immediate release, please: PRESS RELEASE Media Contact: Marni Farmer marni.farmer@yahoo.com 805.748.8636 THE IRVINE MUSEUM PRESENTS CALIFORNIA SCENE PAINTINGS: 1920s-1960s, A SPECIAL EXHIBITION GUEST CURATED BY GORDON MCLELLAND ON DISPLAY JANUARY 18-MAY 8, 2014 Images left to right: Phil Dike, California Holiday, 1933, The E. Gene Crain Collection; Millard Sheets, Horses and Hills, 1932, Collection of Ray Redfern; Edward Reep, Cafe, 1947, Collection of Van & Diane Simmons Irvine, CA (January 18-May 8, 2014)--From January 18 to May 8, 2014, The Irvine Museum presents California Scene Paintings: 1920s-1960s, a special exhibition guest curated by Gordon...