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Jan 29, 2015
World of Watercolor Exhibit
Read more →YOU ARE INVITED TO WORLD OF WATERCOLOR at the Fallbrook Art Center. Opening night is Feb 7th from 5 - 7 p.m. Please join us! World of Watercolor, the 6th annual Signature American Watermedia Exhibition. Presenting works by Signature Members of U.S. watercolor/watermedia societies, juried by Stephen Quiller, AWS-DF, NWS. The exhibit also features a selection of watermedia by renowned 20th Century California artists.Presented in The Janice Griffiths Gallery and CafeOpening Reception:Saturday, Feb 7 | 5-7pmAdmission: $10Free to Premier & Friends Level MembersAddress:103 South Main StreetFallbrook, California 92028760.728.1414Open Daily:Feb 8 - Mar 22, 2015Mon-Sat 10am-4pm | Sun 12-3pmAdmission: $6Free to Members, Active Military, and visitors...
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Nov 25, 2014
Rex Brandt - Watercolor Landscape (Video)
Read more →This video was recently released by the Newport Beach Public Library. The Library hosts a collection of Rex Brandt's watercolors. This documentary explores Brandt's artistic process. See more watercolors by renowned California artist Rex Brandt.
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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
Millard Sheets Mosaics in Beverly Hills (video)
Read more →Millard Sheets led a dynamic studio of artists who created memorable art for Home Savings and Loan and other businesses throughout southern California. This video tells the story of Sheets's vision, Howard Ahmanson and Hernando Courtright as his patrons, and the meaning of this artwork for generations of residents and visitors to Beverly Hills. The two watercolors featured in this documentary are from our collection, Gaviota Range, 1932, and Path of Light, Newport Pier, 1927. Millard Sheets Mosaics of Beverly Hills from Beverly Hills Television.
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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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Mar 05, 2014
Travels with Millard Sheets, 1950 - 1986, now on display at the Laguna Art Museum
Read more →From the E. Gene Crain Collection. February 1st - June 1st, 2014 On loan from the Diane and E. Gene Crain Collection is a selection of paintings by California artist Millard Sheets (1907–1989) curated by Laguna Art Museum’s Curator of Historical Art Janet Blake, on show in the museum’s upper-level gallery. Over twenty paintings dating from 1950 to 1986 highlight the artist’s travels around the world. Sheets had wanderlust while still a student at Chouinard School of Art in 1928. After winning several prizes for his paintings, he embarked for Europe, where he spent six months traveling, painting, and studying...
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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...
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Dec 13, 2013
Hardie Gramatky's "Compo Beach Figures"
Read more →Andrew Wyeth called Hardie Gramatky one of America’s 20 greatest watercolorists. Many parents called him a gifted author and illustrator; his “Little Toot” books kept kids entertained for hours. Westporters called him “neighbor.” Though world-renowned, Gramatky loved painting local scenes. Compo Beach was a special place for him and his family. In 1971 he produced a watercolor called “Compo Beach Figures.” After winning an award in 1974, the work was purchased by Joan Neff and Fred Shearer. In 1979 they presented it to the town of Westport, as a gift. Three months later, Gramatky died of cancer. Hardie Gramatky at...
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Jul 30, 2013
Learn to paint, paint to learn: Zornes retrospective honors a century's dedication to art and life
Read more →"Winter at Mt. Carmel, Utah, 1970," by Milford Zornes, N.A. On Saturday, August 10, from 2 to 4:30 pm, the Grace Hudson Museum will host an opening reception and lecture for the exhibit "Milford Zornes: A Painter of Influence." This retrospective of the long-lived watercolorist and beloved teacher includes many heretofore unseen paintings. Zornes's daughter and son-in-law, Maria and Hal Baker, curated the exhibit along with Museum Curator Marvin Schenck, and will host this presentation of the life and art of this extraordinary creative force, whose career spanned nine decades and covered the globe. The lecture begins at 2 pm.Milford Zornes...