The Fleischer Collection is the earliest significant and one of the most extensive collections dedicated to California Impressionism. It was formed in 1983 at a time when works from this pivotal American art style were just coming to the fore and examples were easily available and relatively inexpensive. An essay by art historian Jean Stern on the Fleischer Collection, the earliest and one of the most extensive collections dedicated to California Impressionism. “The Fleischer Collection: Masterworks of California Impressionism.” is published by The Irvine Museum.

The Fleischer Collection: Masterworks of California Impressionism

Edgar Payne

Jean Stern

William Wendt

Granville Redmond

Alson Clark

Guy Rose

Arts & Photography

The Irvine Museum

Essays by Jean Stern, Janet Blake Dominik and Harvey L. Jones. A beautifully illustrated catalog for a 1993 traveling exhibition featuring paintings from The Irvine Museum collection. Biographical sketches on the 48 artists represented. 78 Color and 9 B&W Illus. 128pp. 11X9 SOFTBOUND.

Selections from the Irvine Museum

STERN, Jean

Janet Blake Dominik

Harvey L. Jones

The catalogue of an exhibition at the Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, 1 July - 3 September 1995, the Bakersfield Museum of Art, 16 September - 9 December 1995, the Redding Museum of Art and History, 5 January - 17 March 1996, the Riverside Art Museum, 13 April - 23 June 1996, and the Irvine Museum, 16 July - 16 November 1996. 46 paintings are described and illustrated in color. Includes brief biographies of the artists.

Palette of Light: California Paintings from the Irvine Museum

Romance of the Bells: The California Missions in Art

Romance of the bells: The California missions in art

Norman Neuerburg

Gerlad J. Miller

Pamela Hallan-Gibson

Beautifully illustrated. Contributions from Jean Stern, Gerald J. Miller, Pamela Hallan-Gibson, and Norman Neuerburg. 128p. Measures 8.5x11 inches.

All Things Bright &amp; Beautiful is a traveling exhibition comprised of fifty-eight important California Impressionist paintings from the collection of The Irvine Museum. This landmark exhibition was originally organized in 1998 and at that time toured museums across the country: opening in New York; continued to Chicago; Tennessee; and Oakland, California. The exhibition traveled once again beginning in 2008 to Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio and Georgia before returning to Irvine.

All Things Bright & Beautiful, California Impressionist Paintings from The Irvine Museum

Gerdts, William H.

Jones, Harvey L.

Dearinger, David

Chronicles the art and life of Paul de Longpre (1855-1911), a highly regarded French-American painter well known for his glorious watercolor paintings of flowers. 144 pages, 155 color plates, 55 b&amp;w images, detailed geneology, bibliography, and more. Clothbound hardcover with gold leaf.

The Life & Art of Paul de Longpre

Nancy C. Hall

The Life and Art of Paul de Longpre

Mounted as the first exhibition of California Impressionist paintings, the Irvine Museum exhibit drew record crowds in Paris and throughout Europe. This book contains some of the very best work of 58 California artists, some of whom studied in France including Alson Clark, Alfred Mitchell, Guy Rose, William Ritschel and many others. 200 pages, 110 color illustrations.

Masters of Light: Plein-Air Painting in California 1890-1930

William Gerdts(essays)

Joan Irvine Smith (introduction)

Lavishly illustrated, this definitive study encompasses Kleitsch's career in capturing the light and beauty of California. Includes forwards by Jean Stern, Joan Irvine Smith and James Swinden, selected bibliography, and an index of illustrations.

Joseph Kleitsch: A Kaleidoscope of Color

Trenton, Patricia

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