One of the most gifted of the historic California plein-air painters, Edgar Alwin Payne (1883-1947) utilized the animated brushwork, vibrant palette, and shimmering light of Impressionism, but his powerful imagery was unique among artists of his generation. While his contemporaries favored a quieter, more idyllic representation of the natural landscape, Payne was devoted to subjects of rugged beauty. Largely self-taught, he found inspiration and instruction in nature itself. His majestic, vital landscapes, informed by his reverence for the natural world, are imbued with an internal force and an active dynamism. An avid traveler, Payne was among the first painters to capture the vigor of the Sierra Nevada, and his travels through the Southwest resulted in equally magnificent depictions of the desert. In Europe he rendered the towering peaks of the Alps and the colorful harbors of France and Italy. His unending quest to convey the ""unspeakably sublime"" in his landscapes won him widespread acclaim-one prominent critic called him a ""poet who sings in colors."" Released in conjunction with the traveling exhibition organized by the Pasadena Museum of California Art, Edgar Payne: The Scenic Journey presents more than 125 reproductions of Payne's paintings, drawings, and decorative arts, as well as rarely seen photographs from the artist's travels and selections from his personal collection of compositional studies. Essays by Peter H. Hassrick, Lisa N. Peters, Scott A. Shields, Jean Stern, and Patricia Trenton trace Payne's development as he traveled the world, discovering magnificence in diverse settings ranging from the California coast, the Sierra Nevada, and the stark Southwest desert to the Swiss Alps and the harbors and waterways of Europe. A richly researched chronology by Shields presents the biographical influences that shaped Payne's illustrious career.

Edgar Payne: The Scenic Journey

Arts & Photography

Scott Shields

Lisa Peters

Peter Hassrick

Pat Trenton

Jean Stern

History & Criticism

Pomegranate Communications

Bear, Heart of a Hero: The Story of a Man and His Ground Zero Search and Rescue Dog

Biographies & Memoirs

Nancy M. West

Historical

Hero Dog Pubns

Jian Wang: Two Decades in America was printed to celebrate the artist's 20 year retrospective exhibition at California State University, Sacramento. This beautiful coffee-table book chronicles Jian's artistic development through text and highly detailed color plates. A hard-cover copy with case is also available through Amazon.com A child of the Cultural Revolution in China, Jian Wang was drawn to art in early childhood. He arrived in the United States in 1986 and immediately began studying with California artists such as Wayne Thiedbaud, Manuel Neri, Roland Peterson, Jack Ogden and Fred Dalkey. With Oliver Jackson as his advisor, Jian received a Masters Degree in Art from California State University, Sacramento, in 1994. Today, Jian Wang is a celebrated contemporary artist whose artwork fuses creative ability with contemporary sensibility. Jian Wang has had more than 50 solo exhibitions in cities throughout the United States, and his work is in public and private collections throughout the world.

Jian Wang: Two Decades in America

James Scarborough

Susan Willoughby

Phil Hitchcock

California State University, Sacramento

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