California Grandeur and Genre: From the Collection of James L. Coran and Walter A. Nelson-Rees

The forty-seven examples of historical California art featured in California Grandeur and Genre are no longer extant. They were destroyed in the fire that swept through the Oakland Hills on Sunday, October 20, 1991. James L Coran and Walter A. Nelson-Rees, avid collectors of California paintings dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, lost their entire collection of over seven hundred works. California Grandeur and Genre had been scheduled as an exhibition to highlight selections from their collection.Originally planned as the exhibition catalog, this book concentrates on two recurring themes in California painting: landscape and lifestyle. While some artists captured the grandeur of California's countryside, others focused on genre scenes, images of everyday life. The selected works trace the development of California art over a period of seventy-five years. The earliest paintings are by William Hahn, Herman Herzog and Thomas Hill, artists who rose to prominence in the 1870s. Their landscapes focus on the drama of the land, contrasting deep valleys with towering mountains. Late nineteenth-century harbor scenes by Albert Bierstadt and William Coulter record the importance of the Pacific Ocean in the growth of the state. At the turn of the century the California Decorative Style developed, as seen in lyrical compositions by Arthur Matthews and Francis McComas. Influenced by Impressionism, plein air painting became the dominant style in the first decades of the twentieth century, and is represented in canvases by Maurice Braun, Granville Redmond, William Wendt and others. Beginning in the 1920s members of the Society of Six, among them Selden Gile, Maurice Logan,and Louis Siegriest, painted landscapes in a bold, Modernist style using bright, expressive color.The forty-three artists included in California Grandeur and Genre are some of the most respected names in historical California art. This book provides a lasting record of these lost paintings.

South, Will

Hough, Katherine Plake

Chelette, Iona M.

Arts & Photography

Palm Springs Desert Museum

Transforming the Western Image in 20th Century American Art

Zakian, Michael

History & Criticism

American Arts & Crafts: From the Collection of Alexandra & Sidney Sheldon

1995 Catalog from the Palm Springs Desert Museum

Agnes Pelton: Poet of Nature

Pelton, Agnes

Literature & Fiction

Duane Hanson (1925-1996) was a significant American sculptor known for his hyper-realistic figures. Raised on a Minnesota farm, Hanson was proud of his family's solid middle-class values. His first realistic sculptures were produced in the turbulent years of the 1960s and reflected the social and political climate of the era. By 1970, Hanson had developed his mature style of portraying American "types"--shoppers, tourists, children, workers, and businessmen. This volume discusses Hanson's artistic development, his sculptures dating between 1976 and 1995, and his contribution to American art. 
Along with American artists George Segal, Edward Kienholz, and John De Andrea, Hanson influenced the current interest in hyper-realistic figuration. Hanson's sculptures have helped lead the way to the development of the late 20th-century art movement first identified as Mannequin Art and associated with artists like Paul McCarthy and John Miller, among others.

Duane Hanson: Virtual Reality

Giles, Christine

Hayt, Elizabeth

Sculpture

This catalog is a companion to an exhibit at the Palm Springs Art Museum featuring work by 26 American photographers, who present diverse perspectives, interpretations and techniques that push the visual boundaries of desert photography. Organized into three major themes--land/sky, environment, and living--the exhibition loosely suggests a visual narrative that begins with the photographer's journey through the land, then reflects the dilemma of reconciling human use and environmental values, and concludes with isolated desert houses and abandoned structures. Distributed by U. of Washington Press. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contemporary Desert Photography: The Other Side of Paradise

Cooper, Marilyn

Photography & Video

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Cornett, James W.

Quick delivery with Amazon Prime. Good book with clean pages. No highlighting or stickers. Normal shelf wear. Very small rub mark on top cover. Very small stain on bottom of page. Integrity of the book is good

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The Namib Desert

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Includes thirty-nine beautiful color plates. References. 64p.

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