California Art History
with an emphasis on representational art
Resource Library essays listed by author name in alphabetical order, followed by articles:
Dream and Perspective: American Scene Painting in Southern California by Susan M. Anderson
Regionalism: The California View by Susan M. Anderson
A Seed of Modernism: The Art Students League of Los Angeles, 1906-53 by Julia Armstrong-Totten, Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick, and Will South
A Society for Six by Sarah Beserra
The Metamorphosis of California Landscape Art by Rexford E. Brandt
The California Water Color Society: Genesis of an American Style by Janet Blake Dominik
The Arts in Santa Barbara by Janet Blake Dominik
Ranchos: The Oak Group Paints the Santa Barbara Countryside by Ellen Easton
Speculative Terrain - Recent Views of the Southern California Landscape from San Diego to Santa Barbara by Gordon L. Fuglie
The Land of Sunshine by William H. Gerdts
Bicoastal Artists of the 1870s by Ann Harlow
California Watercolor Painters in Context by Donelson Hoopes
Early California Art by Sandy Hunter
Twilight and Reverie: California Tonalist Painting 1890-1930 by Harvey L. Jones
Landscape Painters of Northern California 1870-1930 by Harvey L. Jones
Hard-Boiled Wonderland by Julie Joyce
The Carmel Monterey Peninsula Art Colony: A History by Barbara J. Klein
Artists of Invention: a Century of California College of the Arts by Philip E. Linhares
Introduction to Art at Scripps: The Early Years by Mary MacNaughton
The San Francisco Art Association by Betty Hoag McGlynn
The Santa Cruz Art League by Betty Hoag McGlynn
The Carmel Art Association by Betty Hoag McGlynn
Mission San Juan Capistrano: An Artistic Legacy by Gerald J. Miller
California Art at the Oakland Museum by Paul Chadbourne Mills
Loners, Mavericks & Dreamers: Art in Los Angeles Before 1900 by Nancy Moure
Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and the Eucalyptus School in Southern California by Nancy Moure
75 Works, 75 Years, Collecting the Art of California: The Years 1918 - 1955; exhibition description by Nancy Moure
California, Seen: Landscapes of a Changing California, 1930-1970 by Ronald C. Nelson
The California Missions in Art - 1786 to 1890 by Norman Neuerburg
San Diego Beginnings by Martin E. Petersen
You See: The Early Years of the UC Davis Studio Art Faculty by Renny Pritikin
California Landscapes by Sue Ann Robinson
Keeping the Faith: Painting in Santa Catalina 1935-1985 by Roy C. Rose
Monterey: The Artist's View, 1925 - 1945 by Kent Seavey
In and Out of California: Travels of American Impressionists by Deborah Epstein Solon
What Made Laguna Beach Special,by Deborah Epstein Solon
In and Out of California: The Participatory Nature of Early California Art by Will South
California Style: 1930s and 1940s by David Stary-Sheets
Art in California: 1880 to 1930 by Jean Stern
The California Missions in Art: 1890 to 1930 by Jean Stern
Artists in Santa Catalina Island Before 1945 by Jean Stern
The Development of Southern California Impressionism by Jean Stern
Masters of Light by Jean Stern
Impressionist Style in Perspective by Jean Stern
Landscape Painting in California by Jean Stern
"The Outsiders" -- Modernism in California, 1920-1940 by Jean Stern
The Society of Six by Terry St. John
Continuity and Change: Southern California's Evolving Landscape by Sarah Vure
The Development of an Art Community in the Los Angeles Areaby Ruth Westphal
The Northern Scene by Raymond L. Wilson
Towards Impressionism in Northern California by Raymond L. Wilson
A Seed of Modernism: The Art Students League of Los Angeles, 1906-53 by Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick and Julia Armstrong-Totten
The Historic Landscapes of Malibu by Michael Zakian
All Things Bright and Beautiful: California Impressionist Paintings from the Irvine Museum
Artists at Continent's End: The Monterey Peninsula Art Colony, 1875-1907
At Home and Abroad: California Paintings from the Emmons Collection
At the West of Things: California Artists at Home and Abroad
Bold Strokes: California Watercolors
The California Impressionists at Laguna
California Impressions Featuring Landscapes from the Wendy Willrich Collection
California Paintings 1910-1940: Selections from Mills College Art Museum
California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism
California State Capitol Museum
California Style: 1930s and 40s
California Style: Art and Fashion of the California Historical Society
California's Native Grandeur: Preserving Vanishing Landscapes
CSU Dominguez Hills Presents Restored California Impressionist Works
California Paintings, 1910 - 1940
California Style: 1930s and 1940s
California, The Golden Years: Selections from the Bowers Permanent Collection
California, This Golden Land of Promise: The History of California Through Art
Circles of Influence: Impressionism to Modernism in Southern California Art 1910-1930
Cities of Promise: Imaging Urban California
Early California Impressionists: The Ronald E. Walker Collection
Feminine Visions: Women of the California School 1890-1930s
The Fieldstone Collection: Impressionism in Southern California
The Final Eden: Early Images of the Santa Barbara Region
First Generation: Art in Claremont, 1907-1957
Greetings from Laguna Beach: Our Town in the Early 1900s
High Society: Psychedelic Rock Posters of Haight-Ashbury
In and Out of California: Travels of American Impressionists
The Legacy of the California Art Club in San Diego
The Lighter Side of Bay Area Figuration
The Lighter Side of Bay Area Figuration
The Lighter Side of the Depression: Watercolors from The Michael Johnson Collection
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000 -- Section 1: 1900 - 1920
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000 -- Section 2: 1920 - 1940
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000 -- Section 3: 1940 - 1960
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000 -- Section 4: 1960 - 1980
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000 -- Section 5: 1980 - 2000
Majestic California: Prominent Artists of the Early 1900's
Mission San Juan Capistrano: An Artistic Legacy
The Not-So-Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture
The 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition of San Francisco from TFAO's Historic International Exhibitions
Ranchos: The Oak Group Paints the Santa Barbara Countryside
Sampler Tour of Decorative Ceramic Tiles from Catalina Island
Scene in Oakland, 1852-2002: Artworks Celebrating the City's 150th Anniversary
The Society of Six: American Masters of Color
This Side of Eden: Images of Steinbeck's California
Treasures of the Sierra Nevada
A Woman's Touch: Selected Women Artists in California
Yosemite: Art of an American Icon
You See: The Early Years of the UC Davis Art Faculty
Articles and essays from the Irvine Museum, Pasadena Museum of California Art. San Diego Historical Society Museum and Santa Barbara Historical Society Museum favor California topics and artists. Please click on the names of the museums to access the texts since there are too many to list here.
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