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July 2011 Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery Monthly A Celebration of Early California, Western, and American Art ... Open Wednesdays through Sundays 10:00 - 5:00 (other times by appointment) 1785 Coast Highway One, PO Box 325, Bodega Bay, CA 94923, 707-875-2911 (Map) email: Art@BodegaBayHeritageGallery.com | www.BodegaBayHeritageGallery.com |
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Museum Exhibits:
Bay Area, Southland & Beyond |
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Neighboring San Francisco Museum Exhibitions
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Now at our gallery
... On the More Modern Side ... from our gallery collection, layerist works and watercolors of Alexander Nepote, oil paintings by Conrad Buff and Ferdinand Burgdorff. and watercolors by Thelma Speed Houston and Milford Zornes |
 Alexander Nepote Green Pool Grotto |
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 Pablo Picasso Gertrude Stein Portrait |
SF MOMA The Steins Collect Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde May 21 - Sept 06, 2011 |
 Pablo Picasso, Head of a Sleeping Woman |
The Steins helped lay the fire for a creative revolution. Their now legendary patronage of young unknown painters such as Braque, Picasso, Cezanne, and Matisse was ahead of the established Parisian art community. But beyond patronage, they helped create a society of artists, a sharing of spirited ideas among young painters, writers, and musicians. It's as if they collected a group of candle flames and built a bonfire of creative brilliance. It begs the question, was it the Steins' ability to recognize creative brilliance, or did the environment they provided encourage it? |
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 Paul Cezanne Bathers |
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The answer of course is probably some of both, and owes much to the environs of late 19th and early 20th century Paris. But if there is a lesson to be learned from the Steins, it is that celebrating young unrecognized talent is an art and a talent in itself. Bringing together burgeoning artistic ideas, even from divergent arts, is a wondrous thing. New ideas generate other ideas. Innovation seldom occurs in isolation. Providing the locale and occasion for the interplay and expression of innovative and creative thought stimulates other artists to new heights in whatever artistic form they express themselves. The Steins were moderately wealthy Californians who were drawn to Paris for the excitement, freedom, and culture to be had there. They found joy investing in young radical artists of their time, not only purchasing their art, but making friends with them. The walls of their homes were covered with paintings and their now famous salons were attended by writers, painters, theater people, |
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musicians, poets and impassioned art lovers. At the time, none of these artists had achieved the vaulted reputations they have today. They were just friends, daring and experimental artists seeking the company of like minded artists and patrons. |
 Henri Matisse, Tea |
 Henri Matisse, Blue Nude |
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Félix Vallotton, among others. " Janet Bishop of SFMOMA has helped define some of the Stein's magic. "The Steins were true champions of modernism, embracing and defending new art as it was first being made and before it was met with widespread acceptance. They not only avidly collected works when the artists most needed support, but also enthusiastically opened their modest Parisian apartments to anyone wishing to see the most radical art of the day." As American expatriates, the four Steins provided a welcome component to the art life of Paris. Leo and his younger sister Gertrude were the first to arrive, visiting Paris' 1900 World's Fair. They were so impressed that they both had moved to the city by 1903. In 1904, Sarah and Michael Stein followed along with their eight year old son, Michael. In 1907, Gertrude met and fell in love with fellow San Franciscan, Alice B. Toklas. The couple met in Paris, and Alice became integral to Gertrude's world, serving as the couple's chef and as Gertrude's muse, secretary and editor. The Steins weren't excessively rich, but with prudence, lived modestly off their investments. In Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, Gertrude Stein is quoted, "You can either buy clothes or buy pictures. It's that simple. . . . No one who is not very rich can do both." The Steins made many friends, but forged a close relationship with Matisse and Picasso. Almost by themselves, they established a market for these artists in Paris and beyond. The often vacationed with Henri Matisse and his family, and counseled Fernande Oliver in her stormy relationship with Picasso. |
 Henri Matisse, La Femme au Chapeau |
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By covering their walls with cutting edge artists, Gertrude and Alice's apartment soon became an art destination. They received so many requests to see this art that they set up regular visiting hours, their salons. The salons became popular among the young and energetic class of artists emerging in Paris, painters, writers, musicians and those who admired their work. To give you a sense of the times, the art work had to be viewed by candlelight as the apartments were not yet wired for electricity. |
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 San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art |
Neighboring San Francisco Museums feature Gertrude Stein Exhibits SF's Contemporary Jewish Museum, Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories SF MOMA. The Steins Collect Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde |
 San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum |
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| From the PBS Newshour, Spencer Michaels reports on the SF MOMA and Contemporary Jewish Museum's concurrent exhibitions. (7:33 min/sec) | ||
 Gertrude Stein Portrait by Felix Vollottan |
SF's Contemporary Jewish Museum, Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories a biographical exploration of the visual legacy and vivacious life of an extraordinary voice in the arts. (through Sept 6, 2011) |
Residents of Oakland have long had to endure the perception that Oakland has "no there there," an over-amplified quotation stolen out of context from Gertrude Stein's "Everybody's Biography." Gertrude Stein lived in Oakland as a child, and after thirty years in Paris, returned to the city on a visit. Of course, the place had changed in her absence, and she found that the house she grew up in was no longer there, the school she attended, the park where she played or the synagogue she belonged to all were not as they were. In a lamenting moment, she quipped, "there is no there there." But when speaking of the life and influence of Gertrude Stein, there is a there there. In her writings, her friendships and acquaintances, her love of art, and her life long relationship with Alice Toklas, Gertrude Stein's life was full, rich, unique, spirited and influential. |
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Gertrude was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania in 1874. Her father was involved in railroads, including San Francisco's cable cars. The family moved to the Bay Area where Gertrude grew up in Oakland. After the turn of the century, Gertrude, now in her late twenties, moved to Paris in 1903 where she became an expatriate, eventually living openly with her partner Alice B. Toklas, and remaining a Parisian until her death in 1946. Gertrude enjoyed the company of creative people, and long before the term became popular, she was a master of networking. Through the energies of her personality, intellect, and inquisitive interest, she became the center of a group of friends including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Ernest Hemingway and many others. She was an original thinker, promoting interdisciplinary approaches to projects in dance, theater, music. As a writer, she penned novels, poems, journal essays, comments on literary and art theory, opera libretti, plays, memoirs, and the rarified art form of word portraits. |
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The Contemporary Jewish Museum is providing a fascinating look into this extraordinary life. The exhibition also features Alice B. Toklas (1877-1967). Alice came to Paris a few years after Gertrude's arrival, and came to be Stein’s life-long partner. The exhibition explores the aesthetics of dress, home décor, entertainment, and food that the two women created together. |
 a scene of Gertrude Stein's apartment, her portrait done by Pablo Picasso is lower right, center |
 Gertrude posing for Jo Davidson |
she became one of the most painted, sculpted and photographed women of the twentieth-century. The first story presents portraits of Stein from her childhood to maturity and includes works by Felix Vallotton, Man Ray, Cecil Beaton, Carl Van Vechten, Jacques Lipchitz, Jo Davidson and others.
Story Two, Domestic Stein |
 Alice and Gertrude in their parlor |
Alice and Gertrude took pride their home and their appearance as they shaped an eccentric visual aesthetic as a couple through their home décor, food, and dress. This will be the first exhibition to give Alice B. Toklas a major place in Stein’s life, demonstrating that |
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there was no Gertrude without Alice and no Alice without Gertrude. “You might say Toklas—who edited and typed Stein's manuscripts, managed her social and professional life, groomed her appearance, created her domestic settings, and archived her papers — invented the Stein we have come to know,” says associate curator Tirza True Latimer. “In turn, Stein, with The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, invented Toklas." |
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”Story Three, The Art of Friendship Stein collaborated with many of her acquaintances, most notably in opera and ballet. She wrote the opera libretti for Four Saints in Three Acts and The Mother of Us All, produced in collaboration with the composer Virgil Thompson. She also collaborated on A Wedding Bouquet, a ballet with music and décor by Sir Gerald Berners and choreography by Frederick Ashton. These three ventures succeeded spectacularly and shaped her career and legacy in important ways. |
 Gertrude collaborating with Virgil Thompson on Four Saints in Three Acts |
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 Alice and Gertrude Traveling |
Story Four, Celebrity Stein A subsection of this story investigates Stein’s relationship to both World Wars. During World War I, she and Toklas were active patriots, distributing Red Cross supplies throughout France; in World War II, their decision to stay in Nazi-occupied France is more controversial, inextricable from her large ego and her ability to suppress her Jewish identity. [Press release for the exhibit.] |
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 Alice, poodle "Basket," & Gertrude |
Story Five, Legacies Gertrude Stein’s afterlife far exceeds the realms of art history and literature. She survives in visual work destined for broad audiences, including caricatures, cartoons, and pop art initiatives that embroider her legend and celebrate her famously magnetic personality. The openness with which she lived as a lesbian and the way her work coupled homoeroticism with modernist aesthetics has made her an icon of queer culture, inspiring tributes by contemporary artists. The fifth story probes the deep influence Stein has had on important American artists after her death and includes works by Andy Warhol, Felix Gonzales-Torres, Red Grooms, Glenn Ligon, Deborah Kass and many others. |
 Gertrude Stein on a book tour |
Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories features more than 100 artifacts and art works by artists from across Europe and the United States. It includes paintings, sculpture, photography, drawings, and artists' gifts to Stein, as well as items from her custom-designed wardrobe, manuscripts, books, periodicals, letters, journals, and personal belongings. The Contemporary Jewish Museum | Back to the Top |
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| At San Francisco's de Young, Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris Through Oct 9, 2011 |
from our June Newsletter  SF's de Young hosts Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris |
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 Death of Casagemas, 1901, oil on wood |
Last month, we wrote about the de Young's Picasso exhibition and we shared photos of the featured paintings. Follow the link to the (right) to see them. |
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images of many of the paintings included in this trek through the wondrous and creative world of Picasso. |
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The first painting in the exhibit is Death of Casagemas, done by a very young and impressionable Pablo Picasso, just twenty years old. His close friend Carlos Casagemas shot himself in the left temple while seated at the L’Hippodrome Café in Paris. Pablo created this painting of his corpse lying in repose, illuminated by a most colorful and large candle flame. This painting and its large flame was Picasso's way of coping with his first encounter with grief and his way of declaring he would keep the flame alive. |
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Picasso met Carlos at the Els Quatre Gats Café in Barcelona in 1899. The two became fast friends and moved to Paris, but while Picasso was back in Spain for a visit, Carlos committed suicide. When Picasso learned of his friend's tragic death, he began painting in blue. This painting belongs to his Blue Period, although it is not yet shrouded in the blue hues of resignation and mourning. The Blue Period (1901) consists of paintings done in austere sombre shades of blue or blue-green. Subjects included gaunt mothers with children, prostitutes or beggars. Being at the beginning of his time in Paris, the Blue Period owes much of its style to Picasso's inherited Spanish style of painting, before he was heavily influenced by the avant guarde |
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 Three Figures Under a Tree, Winter 1907-08, oil on canvas |
Then, Picasso experimented with the influence of African masks, considered by many one of the roots of cubism. In his Three Figures Under a Tree, you can easily see the elongated noses and concave faces. |
 Still life Pitcher with Apples, 1919 |
 Massacre in Korea, Jan. 18, 1951, Oil on Plywood |
on two the firing squad guns. Its as if the entire time-line of warfare is represented on the right side of the painting. On the left, the contorted facial expressions of horror on the victims, bare and defenseless. Picasso drew inspiration from Francisco Goya's painting, The Third of May, 1808, showing Napoleon's soldiers executing Spanish civilians. |
Francisco Goya, The Third of May 1808 influenced Picasso's Massacre in Korea (not part of the exhibition) |
 Seated Woman 1920, oil on canvas |
 Le Sacre Coeur Paris Winter '09-'10, oil on canvas |
 The Village Dance 1922, oil on canvas inspired by Pierre Auguste Renoir's paintings of dancing couples. |
 The Acrobat 1930, oil on canvas |
The early days of Picasso's analytic cubism can be seen in his Le Sacre Coeur. Developed along with Georges Braque, analytic cubism utilized monochrome brownish and neutral colors. Both artists took apart objects and “analyzed” them in terms of their shapes, and depicted them from differing perspectives and planes. |
 Self Portrait in a Straw Hat Aug 30, 1938, oil on canvasinspired by Vincent Van Gogh's Self Portrait with a Straw Hat , 1867 |
 Landscape with Two Figures, Autumn '08, oil on canvas |
Klee and Picasso. Picasso responded by challenging accepted Aryan notions of beauty, creating portraits which were distorted and highly colored. His self portrait in a Straw Hat is an example, an homage to Vincent Van Gogh's Self Portrait with a Straw Hat, done in 1887. As large as this exhibition was, it is only a taste of what there is to be experienced in Paris at the Musee National Picasso. The museum opened in 1985 in the seventeenth century Hotel-Sale in the |
 Woman Seated Before a Window, March 11, 1937, oil and pastel on canvas |
Marais district of Paris. It now houses some 3,600 works from Picasso's personal collection which were willed to the French Government at the time of his death in 1973. |
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 Reclining Woman Reading, Jan 21, 1939, oil on canvas |
 Cat Seizing a Bird, April 22, 1939, oil on canvas |
 The Studio of La Californie, Cannes March 30, 1956, oil on canvas |
Picasso came to Paris as an impressionable 19 year old in 1900. He was trained in Spain and his early work bears the influential confines of his father's academic style. But once in Paris and being exposed to the avant-guarde world of impressionism, post impressionism, and symbolism simultaneously, he began his life of creative experimentation. The exposure to this fertile creative world blended with the emotional loss of his friend Casagemas helped create the breadth and depth of Picasso's artistic capacity. Today, Picasso is widely accepted as the most creative and influential artist of the twentieth century. Viewing this exhibition's chronological walk through Picasso's artistic periods is more |
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than informative. It is an opportunity to simulate a walk in Picasso's shoes. With his inherited talent and early training and his exciting exposure at an early age to a community of creative brilliance and spirit, all experienced through the emotional depths and energies associated with a first encounter with grief, these elements blended as building blocks of Picasso's creative vision and passion. Enjoy the exhibition! |
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 The Matador, Mougins Oct. 4, 1970 |
 The Bathers 1918, oil on canvas |
 Still Life on a Pedestal Table, March 11, 1931 |
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 Camille Pissaro The Climb, Rue de la Côte-du-Jalet, Pontoise |
Sacramento's Crocker hosts the Brooklyn Museum's Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism |
from our June issue Click on the photo link above |
The gems from the Brooklyn Museum have arrived! "Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism" is at the Crocker through September 18. The exhibition features some of the the finest examples of turn of the century French and American landscape paintings from the Brooklyn Museum's collection. The exhibition paintings are small in number, but large in scope and talent. Below are some photo images of paintings in the exhibition, but as we all know, photos are not nearly the same experience as seeing a painting in person. Pictured below are our favorites, Willard Leroy Metcalf's Early Spring and Jules Breton's End of the Working Day . But don't let our opinion sway you. Visit and let your eyes, minds, hearts and imaginations take it all in. |
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 John Singer Sargent, Dolce Far Niente, 1907 |
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 William Glackens, Bathing at Bellport, Long Island, 1912 |
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Willard Leroy Metcalf Early Spring, Central Park 1911 |
 Julian Alden Weir, Willimatic Thread Factory, 1893 |
 Charles Francois Daubigny, The River Seine at Montes, 1865 |
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 Henri Joseph Harpignies, A Meadow in the Bourbonnais Morning, 1876 |
From the early days of impressionism, Daubigny's The River Seine at Mantes (1856), and Gustave Courbet's Isolated Rock (1862) reveal the impact of plein air sketching practice on landscape art of the period. Heirs to this plein air approach were Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, and Gustave Caillebotte who painted highly elaborated "impressions"—the seemingly spontaneous, rapidly executed landscapes and cityscapes that prompted the name of their movement. |
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 Jules Breton End of the Working Day |
It didn't take too long for this revolution in French Impressionism to cross to America. Many Americans studied in Paris, visited the locations painted by French Impressionists, and learned from the masters themselves. When retuning home, these American artists applied their newly acquired French training and technique in a wide variety of American locales. They painted beaches, factories, tenements, and notable subjects such as Central Park in works distinguished by brilliant colors and lively, broken brushwork, including Williams Glackens's Bathing at Bellport, Long Island (1912), Julian Alden Weir's Willimantic Thread Factory (1893), Robert Spencer's The White Tenement (1913), and Willard Leroy Metcalf's Early Spring Afternoon, Central Park (1911). So make plans now to visit Sacramento over the summer and view the Crocker Museum's Summer of Impressionism, and view their trio of extraordinary exhibitions, as well as their amazing permanent collection. |
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 Frederick Childe Hassam,Poppies on the Isles of Shoals, 1890 |
 Claude MonetRising Tide at Pourville 1882 |
Visit all three exhibitions, and their stunning permanent collection, Sacramento's Crocker the Summer of Impressionism "Transcending Vision: American Impressionism, 1870–1940," through - Sep 25 "Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism," through- Sep 18 Gardens and Grandeur: Porcelains and Paintings by Franz A. Bischoff through October 23 |
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Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery 1785 Hwy 1, Bodega Bay, CA 94923, 707-875-2911 | Map & Location |
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| Celebrating Early California, Western and American Art | ||||||||
| the Small World Custom Framing of Gary Smith |
the oil paintings of Linda Sorensen |
the etchings of Gail Packer |
the Palette Knife paintings of Joshua Meador | the desert paintings of Kathi Hilton |
the Watercolors of Jean Warren |
The oil paintings of Alex Dzigurski II |
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The Ren Brown Collection |
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Local Color Artist Gallery |
 Bodega School HouseRon Sumner |
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| What's showing nearby? in Sonoma, Napa & Marin Counties |
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IN DUNCANS MILLS Christopher Queen Galleries |
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IN DUNCANS MILLS Quercia Gallery |
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IN Santa Rosa The Annex Galleries specializing in 19th, 20th, and 21st century American and European fine prints The Annex Galleries is a member of the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA). http://www.AnnexGalleries.com | Back to the Top |
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 Lee Youngman |
IN CALISTOGA the Lee Youngman Gallery |
 Paul Youngman |
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IN TOMALES Tomales Fine Art |
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IN FORESTVILLE The Quicksilver Mine Co. |
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IN GRATON Graton Gallery May 24 – July 3 Rik Olson "Explorations" Exploring Classical Printmaking July 5 – Aug 14 Mylette Welch “Gimme Shelter” Portraits of shelter dogs and cats who dream of a forever home [Percentage of proceeds will be donated to the animal shelters of Sonoma County] Artist's Reception: Saturday July 9, 3-6pm Guest Artists: Ken Berman | Cubist style paintings with industrial elements, Bert Kaplan | Pastel paintings, Peggy Sebera | Oil paintings, landscapes of Sonoma County |
 Rik Olson, Explorations |
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IN BODEGA Bodega Landmark Gallery Collection 17255 Bodega Highway Bodega, California USA 94922 Phone 707 876 3477 http://www.artbodega.com | Lorenzo@ArtBodega.com | Back to the Top |
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IN VALLEY FORD West County Design West County Design provides an unexpected center of artistic sophistication in the charming town of Valley Ford in West Sonoma County. The business serves as a showroom for Bohemian Stoneworks, Current Carpets and Craig Collins Furniture. The gallery also showcases local artisans and quality furnishings for home and business. Bohemian Stoneworks, Current Carpets and Craig Collins Furniture are known for collaborating closely with both business and residential clients and designers from concept to installation. The result is uniquely personal and functional pieces that reflect our clients’ personalities and needs (Across from the Valley Ford Hotel and its famed Rocker Oysterfeller's Restaurant) http://www.westcountydesign.com | Back to the Top |
 Silouette of Cypress Kai Samuel-Davis |
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IN PETALUMA Calabi Gallery Sebastopol's own famed master conservator Dennis Calabi brings his rare knowledge and experience to present a tasteful and eclectic array of primarily 20th century artwork. From Landscape to Mindscape 144 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma, CA 94952 Call 707-781-94952 http://www.calabigallery.com |Back to the Top |
 Yellow Eye (Protest) by Robert Pearson McChesney, 1946, Oil on Masonit 32 1/2 x 24 |
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IN PETALUMA Vintage Bank Antiques Vintage Bank Antiques is located in Historic Downtown Petaluma, corner of Western Avenue and Petaluma Blvd. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Warren Davis and the rest of the team at Vintage Bank Antiques has assembled a spectacular inventory of paintings. From the 18th Century to Contemporary Artists. We have paintings to suit every price point and collector level. If you have a painting for sale, please consider Vintage Bank Antiques. Contact Warren Davis directly at WarrenDavisPaintings@yahoo.com 101 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma, CA 94952, ph: 707.769.3097 http://vintagebankantiques.com | Back to the Top |
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IN PETALUMA Petaluma Arts Council "... to celebrate local artists and their contributions and involve the whole community Fire/Ice: A Multimedia Exhibition, June 17 – July 24, 2011 A juried exhibition of art dealing with the opposites of life. http://www.petalumaartscouncil.org | Back to the Top |
 Petaluma Art Center Photo:Anita Diamondstein |
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| Links to current museum exhibits relevant to Early California Art | |||
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The Walt Disney Family Museum |
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San Francisco |
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| San Francisco California Historical Society Think California September 24, 2009- July 31, 2011 |
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San Francisco |
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San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories Exhibition on view May 12, 2011 - September 6, 2011 |
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Oakland |
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San Francisco |
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San Francisco |
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| Santa Rosa Charles M. Schultz Museum A Change of Scene: Schulz Sketches From Abroad — June 8 through October 2, 2011 |
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Santa Rosa Sonoma County Museum Gertrud Parker: An artist and Collector June 19 – September 11, 2011 |
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| Moraga Hearst Art Gallery Pam Glover: A Life in Art July 10 - September 11, 2011 |
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Walnut Creek Bedford Gallery, Lesher Ctr for the Arts Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature July 6 - September 4, 2011 |
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| Sonoma Mission San Francisco de Solano Museum featuring the famed watercolor paintings of the California Missions by Christian Jorgensen |
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Sonoma Sonoma Valley Museum of Art 551 Broadway, Sonoma CA 95476 (707) 939-7862 Six Fairy Tales From The Brothers Grimm: Original Etchings by DAVID HOCKNEY June 4–August 28, 2011 |
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| Ukiah Grace Hudson Museum American Masterpieces Stories of Home Mar 19 - June 19 http://www.gracehudsonmuseum.org |
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Bolinas |
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Monterey |
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San Jose |
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| Sacramento Crocker Art Museum Summer of Impressionism "Transcending Vision: American Impressionism, 1870–1940", May 14 - Sep 25 "Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism" Jun 11 - Sep 18 "Gardens and Grandeur: Porcelains and Painting by Franz A. Bischoff" Jun 25 - Oct 23 |
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Stockton Haggin Museum see our Newsletter article, April '11 -Largest exhibit of Albert Beirstadt paintings anywhere, & a superb collection other California, American and European impressionists. -Joseph Christian Leyendecker, Rockwell's mentor and trailblazing cover artist for the Saturday Evening Post |
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| Sacramento Capitol Museum Governor's Portrait Gallery Permanent Exhibits |
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| Los Angeles Los Angeles Museum of Art Art of the Americas, Level 3: Artworks of paintings and sculptures from the colonial period to World War II— a survey of of art and culture. |
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Irvine The Irvine Museum California Rhapsody Early Artists of the Bohemian Club Through Nov 3 Exhibit includes works by Percy Gray (1869-1952), William Keith (1838-1911), Xavier Martinez (1869-1943) Granville Redmond (1871-1935), & William Ritschel (1864-1049). |
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Santa Barbara |
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Palm Springs |
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| San Diego San Diego Museum of Art Life and Truth: French Landscapes from Corot to Monet Now Through July 10, 2011 |
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| Pasadena Norton Simon Museum -Permanent collection,European paintings -Where Art Meets Science: Ancient Sculpture from the Hindu-Buddhist World April 22, 2011 - August 01, 2011 -Surface Truths: Abstract Painting in the Sixties March 25, 2011 - August 15, 2011 |
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Pasadena The Huntington Library American Art Collection Paintings by John Singer Sargent, Edward Hopper, Robert Henri, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran, William Keith, Mary Cassatt, Thomas Hart Benton and many more. |
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Pasadena |
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Oceanside |
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Prescott, AZ |
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Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Historical Museum |
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| Seattle, WA Seattle Art Museum Beauty & Bounty American Art in an Age of Exploration June 30–September 11, 2011 Permenant collection: American Art |
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Portland, OR |
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| Washington D.C. The Renwick Gallery To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America March 11, 2011 – September 5, 2011 Permanent ... Grand Salon Paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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Chicago, IL Art Institute of Chicago Permanent collection: the Impressionists |
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| Nashville, TN Frist Center for the Visual Arts Gather Up the Fragments The Andrews Shaker Collection May 20–August 21, 2011 |
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Atlanta, GA High Museum of Art The American collection ... paintings by William Merritt Chase, Henry Ossawa Tanner, John Twachtman and Childe Hassam. It includes landscapes by Hudson River School artists, figure paintings by Henry Inman and John Singer Sargent, and still-life paintings by John Frederick Peto, William Michael Harnett and William Mason Brown. |
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| Cedar Rapids, IA The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Grant Wood: In Focus is an ongoing permanent collection exhibition. |
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Washington D.C. The National Gallery Permanent collection American Paintings |
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Brooklyn, NY |
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New York , NY The Whitney Museum of American Art A large selection of works by Edward Hopper |
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