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2002


OPENING RECEPTION
California Paintings 1910-1940
Selections from
Mills College Museum Details at right
February 2, 2 - 4 PM
At the Museum

Poetry Among the Brushstrokes
Details at right
Saturday, April 7
2:00 to 4:00 PM
At the Museum

Outdoor Painting Workshop
Details at right
Saturday, April 20
10 AM - 5 PM

Link to Previous Shows:

Drawing From Nature, 1999
The 4th Dimension, 2000
A Continuous Thread, 2000
Elemental Interpretations, 2001
Alaska Gold, 2001
Current GHM Exhibit

California Paintings 1910 - 1940 is an exhibition of 41 paintings collected by Mills College for the opening of its Art Gallery in the first half of the 20th century. These lovely oils and watercolors provide an enlightening cross-section of art activity in Northern California during an active and eclectic period. It includes many of the most prominent California artists of the period ­ such as Maurice Braun, Maynard Dixon, Granville Redmond and William Wendt ­ along with some lesser-known but also interesting talents.

Joseph Raphael, "Still Life"
The San Francisco Bay Area had a dynamic art scene in the 1920's. It was considered by many to be second only to that of New York. The huge art exhibitions during the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition stimulated a high level of public interest in art. The years following the Exposition saw the donation of the De Young Museum, the founding of the San Francisco Museum of Art, the opening of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, and the establishment of an art department at the University of California in Berkeley.

Anne Bremer, "Carmel"
For the sake of simplicity, and because of the public's ongoing love affair with Impressionism, many of the artists in this exhibition are now often called California Impressionists. They typically painted outdoors (en plein air) capturing views of the state's coastline, hills, and mountains in bold brush strokes and bright colors. But Tonalism, with its more subdued colors and somber mood, was still an important force in Northern California. The exhibit includes works by such important Tonalist artists as Guiseppe Cadenasso, Xavier Martinez, Gottardo Piazzoni and Will Sparks.

Anne Bremer, "Self Portrait"
Mills College Art Museum is fortunate to have these works as a kind of time capsule of California art, circa 1925. Many of these paintings have not been exhibited in decades, so it seemed a fitting celebration of Mills College's sesquicentennial to give the public around the state an opportunity to see this fascinating group of pieces. Museum curator Marvin Schenck notes that "We are excited to be able to present the work of Grace Hudson's contemporaries and the subsequent generation of talented California painters. Their works capture the period in California art when strict realism gave way to an artist's impression or even abstraction of a subject."

William Wendt, "Wandering Shadows"

Opening Reception
California Paintings 1910 - 1940
February 2, 2002, 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Grace Hudson Museum
The opening reception featuring a slide-lecture by organizing curator Ann Harlow on Saturday, February 2nd, 2002 from 2 to 4 p.m.

Poetry Among the Brushstrokes
Saturday, April 7, 2002, 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Grace Hudson Museum
In celebration of National Poetry Month, readings by several of Mendocino County's noted poets in the Main Gallery, free.

Outdoor Painting Workshop
Saturday, April 20, 10 AM - 5 PM
Intermediate to advanced artists are invited to enjoy a day of outdoor landscape painting under the guidance of Kevin Milligan, well known Mendocino Coast artist. Call the Museum for details. Limited enrollment at $30 per student.

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Link to previous shows:
Drawing From Nature, 1999
The 4th Dimension, 2000
A Continuous Thread, 2000
Elemental Interpretations, 2001
Alaska Gold, 2001

Return to Current GHM Exhibit.