Circles of Light: The Parasol, Japonisme, and the California Impressionists

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Circles of Light: The Parasol, Japonisme, and the California Impressionists

More Parasol Images

(above: Catherine Wiley (1879-1958), Lady with Parasol, 1915, The Johnson Collection. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

(above: Karl Buehr, Under the Parasol - from The Frigon Collection: American Images from the Turn of the Century (8/19/97)

(above: The Red Parasol, oil on canvas, 30 x 32 inches - from Marguerite S. Pearson (1898-1978) by Patricia Jobe Pierce)

Editor's note: Zoom to the present:

(above: TFAO Board Member Mark Hazeltine and Daughter Maddie Hazeltine (TFAO photo contributors) at a Southern California Wedding, 2025, Photograph by John Hazeltine)

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