California Art History
with an emphasis on representational art
Texts contained in Resource Library listed by author name
(above: Granville Richard Seymor Redmond, Golden Morrow Poppy Field, 1931, Laguna Art Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Resource Library essays honoring the American experience through its art
The Arts in Santa Barbara by Janet Blake Dominik
The California Water Color Society: Genesis of an American Style by Janet Blake Dominik
Ranchos: The Oak Group Paints the Santa Barbara Countryside by Ellen Easton
Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, vol. one, East Bay Heritage Project, Oakland, 2012 by Robert W. Edwards [1]
Peter Zokosky: The Nature of Being by Gordon L. Fuglie
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
Exeter's Mural Art by John Hazeltine
Sampler Tour of Art Tiles from Catalina Island by John Hazeltine
William Wolff: Themes and Motifs by Art Hazelwood
Journey of Fr.Serra by Louisa S. Cooper and Richard Heimann
James Doolin's Illusionistic Vision by Patricia Hickson
Theodore Wores: Man of Purpose and Vision by Susan Hillhouse
California Watercolor Painters in Context by Donelson Hoopes
Early California Art by Sandy Hunter
Charles F. Keck (1913-2003): Paintings from the 1940s and 1950s, Biography by Sandy Hunter, Catalogue Introduction by Susan M. Anderson
(above: Granville Richard Seymor Redmond, Pastoral Scene At Sunset, 1912, oil on canvas, 22 x 28 inches, Private collection, Los Angeles, California. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Landscape Painters of Northern California 1870-1930 by Harvey L. Jones
Scene in Oakland, 1852-2002: Artworks Celebrating the City's 150th Anniversary by Harvey L. Jones
Twilight and Reverie: California Tonalist Painting 1890-1930 by Harvey L. Jones
Hard-Boiled Wonderland by Julie Joyce
Landscape and Language: The Paintings of David Ligare by Patricia Junker
Chester Arnold: Realizing Meaning by Karen Kienzle
Plein Talk by Connie Kirk
The Carmel Monterey Peninsula Art Colony: A History by Barbara J. Klein
Painting World War II: The California Style Watercolor Artists by Glen Knowles
Artists of Invention: a Century of California College of the Arts by Philip E. Linhares
The Perception of Appearance by Norman Lundin
[1] This online volume includes numerous scholarly biographies.
(above: William Hahn, Railroad Station of Sacramento, California,1874, De Young Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
TFAO's Distinguished Artists catalogue provides online access to biographical information for artists associated with California. Also, Search Resource Library for online articles and essays concerning both individual artists associated with this state's history and the history of art centers and museums in California.
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