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Winter 2012 CAC Newsletter


Edgar Payne
Canyon de Chelly
Oil on canvas, 28″ x 34″
Courtesy of the Springville Museum of Art


Edgar Alwin Payne, (1883-1947): In Pursuit of Poetic Grandeur
Cover Article by Elaine Adams
This issue also includes:
California Art Club Joins Forces with The Autry National Center to Present the 101st Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition by Beverly Chang
19th-Century Academy Art and the Creative Spirit by Michael Zakian, Ph.D.
J. Bond Francisco (1863-1931): The Foothills of California, Tejon Ranch by Deborah Solon, Ph.D.
• Membership Programs and Events
• Collectors’ Circle Corner
• Corporate 100
• Call for Entries
• Chapter News and Events
• News Briefs
• Donations
• Museum/Gallery Exhibitions and Lectures
• Membership News
In Memoriam [John Bohnenberger, Feb. 29, 1926-Jan. 9, 2012; Katherine Ann Norris, Nov. 14, 1958-Dec. 18, 2011]
• Book Review
• New Members

Fall 2011 CAC Newsletter


Jean Mannheim
The Fairy Tale, c.1910
Oil on canvas, 39″ x 34″
Private Collection


Jean Mannheim, (1861-1945): Cultivating Color and Versatility in California
Cover Article by Richard W. Reitzell
This issue also includes:
Pam Powell: Painter of Modern-Day Genre by Molly Siple
Artist As Critic: Art that Inspires – An Interview with Ignat Ignatov Discussing his Moroccan Friends and Jean-Léon Gérôme’s (1824-1904) Pelt Merchant of Cairo by Stephanie Campbell
• Membership Programs and Events
• Collectors’ Circle Corner
• Corporate 100
• Call for Entries
• Chapter News and Events
• News Briefs
• Donations
• Museum/Gallery Exhibitions and Lectures
• Membership News
• New Members

Summer 2011 CAC Newsletter


Louis L. Betts (1873-1961)
Mid-Winter, Coronado Beach, c.1907
Oil on canvas, 29″ x 24″
(Painted for the Sante Fe Railroad Collection)
Collection of The Irvine Museum


Sunshine, Trains and Hollywood Brings Artists to Southern California
Cover Article by Elaine Adams
This issue also includes:
West Fraser: A Voice from the South by Molly Siple
Artist As Critic: An Interview with Scott W. Prior by Stephanie Campbell
• Membership Programs and Events
• Collectors’ Circle Corner
• Corporate 100
• Call for Entries
• Chapter News and Events
• News Briefs
• Donations
• Museum/Gallery Exhibitions and Lectures
• Membership News
In Memorium [Arnold Friberg, 1913-2010; Ben S. Lao, March 17, 1947-February 20, 2011]
• New Members

Spring 2011 CAC Newsletter


Donna Schuster (1883-1953)
Girl in a Hammock 1917
Oil on canvas, 29 1/2″ x 29 1/2″
The Redfern Gallery, Laguna Beach


Art in California and the Founding of the California Art Club
Excerpts from “California Light-A Century of Landscapes: Paintings by the California Art Club”

Cover Article by Jean Stern
This issue also includes:
Vic Riesau: Man of Many Passions by Molly Siple
The Artist As Critic: Art That Inspires – An Interview with Tim Solliday Regarding his Woodland Madonna and Sir Frank Brangwyn’s (1867-1956) Susanna and the Elders by Stephanie Campbell
California Art Club Unveils 100th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition With Much Fanfare by Beverly Chang
Gold Medal Highlight: Lecture by Richard Schmid
California Art Club Celebrates a Century of Landscape Paintings With A Series of Art Exhibitions Throughout the Golden State by Beverly Chang
• Membership Programs and Events
• Collectors’ Circle Corner
• Corporate 100
• Call for Entries
• Chapter News and Events
• News Briefs
• Donations
• Museum/Gallery Exhibitions and Lectures
• Membership News
In Memorium [Daryl Timmons Bryant, Feb. 11, 1938 - January 14, 2011; Aron Kincaid (a.k.a. N. N. Williams II), June 15, 1940 - January 6, 2011]
• New Members

Winter 2011 CAC Newsletter


William Keith
Mount Shasta from Strawberry Valley, c. mid-1890s
Oil on canvas, 29 3/4″ x 40″
Collection of the Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary’s College of California
Gift of Allan Green in memory of Charles E. Green


William Keith (1838-1911): Seeking the Unseen Spiritual Sense in Nature Cover Article by Elaine Adams
This issue also includes:
Mian Situ: Modern Day Master by Molly Siple
Cathey Cadieux: Cover Girl by Molly Siple
100th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition by Beverly Chang
California Art Club Celebrates a Century of Landscape Paintings with a Series of Art Exhibitions throughout the Golden State by Beverly Chang
• Membership Programs and Events
• Collectors’ Circle Corner
• Corporate 100
• Call for Entries
• Chapter News and Events
• News Briefs
• Museum/Gallery Exhibitions and Lectures
• Membership News
• New Members
In Memorium [Frank Frazetta, Feb. 9, 1928 - May 10, 2010; Carolyn (Carol) Arrant Rensen, c.1939-1940 - May 26, 2010]
• And much more!

Fall 2010 CAC Newsletter


Franz Bischoff
Roses
Oil on canvas, 30″ x 40″
Collection of The Irvine Museum


Franz A. Bischoff (1864-1929): A Bohemian Bouquet Cover Article by Jean Stern
This issue also includes:
Gerald Rahm: The Neighborhood Guy by Molly Siple
Alchemy at the Huntington by Christopher Slatoff
• Membership Programs and Events
• Collectors’ Circle Corner
• Corporate 100
• Call for Entries
• Chapter News and Events
• News Briefs
• Museum/Gallery Exhibitions and Lectures
• Membership News
• New Members
• In Memorium [David Spurlin, July 25, 1923 - Dec. 30, 2009; Timothy R. Thies, Feb. 19, 1954 - April 13, 2010]
• And much more!

Summer 2010 CAC Newsletter


Jean-Leon Gérôme
The Muezzin, 1865
Oil on canvas, 32″ x 25.5″
Gift of Francis T. B. Martin, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, JAM 1995.37


Jean-Leon Gérôme: Recalling the Pinnacle of Fine Art Cover Article by Elaine Adams
This issue also includes:
Club Unveils 99th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition by Beverly Chang
Advancing Your Art Career, Part I: Getting Good Press by Molly Siple
• Membership Programs and Events
• Collectors’ Circle Corner
• Corporate 100
• Call for Entries
• Chapter News and Events
• News Briefs
• Museum/Gallery Exhibitions and Lectures
• Membership News
• New Members
In Memorium [Joseph Michael Yuhasz, Nov. 11, 1921-Apr. 22, 2010]
• And much more!

Spring 2010 CAC Newsletter


Lowell Birge Harrison
November, 1881
Oil on canvas, 38.4″ x 20.5″ (97.6 x 52 cm), Private Collection


Uniting Man and Nature in Paint: Lovell Birge Harrison, The Early Years (1881 to 1896) Cover Article by Andrea Husby, Ph.D.
This issue also includes:
Read Artistwocky Redux by Eric Merrell
Read Siqueiros in Los Angeles and His Collaborations with the California Art Club by Eric Merrell
“Then and Now” of the Arroyo Seco
Club to Unveil 99th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
• Membership Programs and Events
• Collectors’ Circle Corner
• Call for Entries
• Chapter News and Events
• Museum/Gallery Exhibitions and Lectures
• And much more!

Winter 2010 CAC Newsletter


Millard Sheets
Abandoned, 1934
Oil on canvas, 39 5/8″ x 49″, Collection of E. Gene Crain


Millard Sheets: A California Visionary Cover Article by Gordon T. McClelland and Elaine Adams
This issue also includes:
Read California Art Club in Search of a Home: The Hollyhock Years, 1927-1942
by Eric Merrell
Spotlight on Stanislav Prokopenko by Beverly Chang
• Membership Programs and Events
• Collectors’ Circle Corner
• Call for Entries
• Chapter News and Events
• Museum/Gallery Exhibitions and Lectures
• And much more!

This issue features the new Centennial logo, a new design, and is now full-color.

Fall 2009 CAC Newsletter


Frances Gearhart
Glimpse of Big Bear Lake, 1931
Colour block print, 12″ x 9 1/4″, Private Collection


A Celebration of Nature: The Life and Work of Frances H. Gearhart Cover Article by Diana L. Loomis
This issue also includes:
Junn Roca: Following His Bliss
by Molly Siple
• Membership Programs and Events
• Collectors’ Circle Corner
• Call for Entries
• Chapter News and Events
• Museum/Gallery Exhibitions and Lectures
• And much more!

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