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ARCHIVED CAC NEWSLETTERS

Below you will find a complete listing of The California Art Club Newsletter, from the present back to 1994. Information about each cover article is listed along with other articles that are included inside the same issue. Some of the cover articles are reprinted online. If you would like the article/newsletter in it's original form, we have back issues available for purchase in our CAC Gift Shop. Some issues may be out of print.

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1999
~ Five Issues ~
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Solomon J. Solomon
St. George, c. 1906
Oil on canvas, 83 1/2" x 41 1/2"

 

The Lure of the Royal Academy
Cover Article by Peter Adams
December 1999 CAC Newsletter

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This issue also includes:
Lessons from Asaro by Molly Siple Click here to read the article
Traditional Art and Its Place in the Future: A Summary of the CAC October Meeting Panel Discussion by Elaine Adams Click here to read the article


John Gutzon Borglum
George Washington: Mount Rushmore Memorial
Photo taken from a cable car in 1939 by Ned Perrigoue & Bill Groeth for Bell Photo.

 

The Borglums: Early Artists in California ~
An Exhibition at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center in Stamford, Connecticut

Cover Article by Jean Stern
Executive Director, The Irvine Museum
October 1999 CAC Newsletter

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This issue also includes:
• The Blomstrom Collection: Using the Eye and the Heart by Molly Siple Click here to read the article
A Stroll through the Mission by Elaine Adams


David Jonas
The Old Place, Mulholland Highway
Oil on canvas, 18" x 24"

 

On Location in Malibu:
Paintings by the California Art Club
Cover Article by Michael Zakian, Ph.D.
Director, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art
June/July 1999 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile:
Bill George ~ Tales of the Artist by Molly Siple


John Singer Sargent
Portrait of Carolus-Duran, 1879
Oil on canvas, 46" x 37 3/4"
Collection: Francine and Sterling Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA

 

The Early Years of John Singer Sargent:
Retrospective at The National Gallery of Art
Cover Article by Jeffrey Morseburg,
Director, Morseburg Galleries
April 1999 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Anita Hampton ~ Painting as a Way of Life by Molly Siple



Don Crowley
The Laundress
39" x 49", Oil

 

Masters of the American West:
An Exhibition at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage

Cover Article by Peter Adams
February 1999 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Elizabeth McQueen ~ Champion of Public Art by Molly Siple

1998
~ Seven Issues ~
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Theodore Lukits
La Fiesta,
circa 1931
59" x 31 1/2"
Collection: Lukits Art Trust

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Theodore Nicolai Lukits (1897 - 1992): Part II
Cover Article by Jeffrey Morseburg
Morseburg Galleries, Los Angeles

December 1998 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Xiao Hua Gao ~ Best of Show by Molly Siple
Taking Control by Aaron St. John




Theodore Lukits
Peking Opera
Oil on panel, 36" x 30"
Private collection

 

Theodore Nicolai Lukits:
Tradition and Innovation (Part I of II) ~ Exhibition at Pacific Asia Museum

Cover Article by Jeffrey Morseburg
Morseburg Galleries, Los Angeles

October 1998 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
California Art Club's 89th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition by Elaine Adams

Mission Preserves Art and Soul - Also The Great Stone Church by Elaine Adams
Santa Ana: Rebuilding History by Elaine Adams


Jack Wilkinson Smith (1873 - 1949)
Fifth CAC President
In the High Sierra
28" x 34", Oil
Collection: Joan Irvine Smith Fine Art, Inc.

 

Treasures of the Sierra Nevada:
A California Art Club Exhibition Opening at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Cover Article by Jean Stern
Executive Director, The Irvine Museum, California

May-Summer 1998 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
Art Travel Log: Diary from Italy ~ Part IV: Ornavasso, Pietrasanta, Siena, Florence and Rome by Elaine Adams


Frank Tenney Johnson
The Border Country

 

Frank Tenney Johnson (1874 - 1939):
Moonlight Master of the American West ~ History of a California Art Club President

Cover Article by Jean Stern
Executive Director, The Irvine Museum, California

April 1998 CAC Newsletter



Alphonse Mucha
All Sokol Meeting, 1912
Color lithograph on paper, 35" x 28"
Collection: Mucha Trust

 

Alphonse Mucha (1860 - 1939):
From Art Nouveau to the Slav Epic ~ An Exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Art

Cover Article by Jeffrey Morseburg
Director, Morseburg Galleries, Los Angeles

March 1998 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Art Travel Log: Diary from France ~ Part III: Burgundy and Chamonix by Elaine Adams



Paul Jacoulet
In the Official Box, 1942
Woodblock print by Paul Jacoulet
Carver: Maeda; Printer: Fujii

 

The Art of Paul Jacoulet (1897 - 1960):
A Tribute to the Floating World

Cover Article by Peter Adams
February 1998 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Dinner With Jove by Molly Siple



Charles Nahl
The Dead Miner
22 1/16" x 27", Oil on canvas
Collection: Crocker Art Museum

 

Art of the Gold Rush:
Oakland Museum Exhibition Strikes Gold

Cover Article by Jeffrey Morseburg
Director, Morseburg Galleries, Los Angeles

January 1998 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Art Travel Log: Diary from France ~ Part II: Paris and Barbizon by Elaine Adams

1997
~ Seven Issues ~
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Thomas Moran
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, 1872
Oil on canvas, 84" x 144"
Collection: Department of the Interior Museum

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Thomas Moran:
From Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon

Cover Article by Jeffrey Morseburg
Director, Morseburg Galleries, Los Angeles

December 1997 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Art Travel Log: Diary from France ~ Part I: Chateau de Balleroy by Elaine Adams


Jove Wang
Father
Oil, 48" x 72"

 

California Art Club's 88th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition: Raising the Standard
Cover Article by Elaine Adams
October-November 1997 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Dan Goozeé ~ No Longer Back Stage by Molly Siple
Mission San Juan Capistrano: A Retreat for Artists and a Treat for the Public by Elaine Adams
Santa Ana and the Bowers Museum: CAC Artists Get the Red Carpet Treatment by Elaine Adams


John William Waterhouse (1849 - 1917)
The Lady of Shalott
60 1/4" x 78 3/4"
Credit: Tate Gallery, London;
Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894

 

The Victorians:
Art During a Time of Transition

Cover Article by Jeffrey Morseburg
Director, Morseburg Galleries, Los Angeles

May-August 1997 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Leonore Rae Smith ~ From Carmen to Cadmium Red by Molly Siple
• Conserving Culture: Bringing Attention to the 710
by Elaine Adams


Jesse Arms Botke (1883 - 1971)
Demoiselle Cranes and Lotus
40" x 30", Oil
Collection: Joan Irvine Smith Fine Arts, Inc.

 

The Art of Nature:
An Exhibition at the Irvine Museum

Cover Article by Elaine Adams
April 1997 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Daniel Pinkham ~ The Spiritual Side of Art by Elaine Adams


Giambattista Tiepolo
The Triumph of Virtue and Nobility Over Ignorance, c.1740-50
126" x 154 1/2", Oil
Collection: Norton Simon Foundation, Pasadena, CA

 

Giambattista Tiepolo:
Last of the Great Venetian Masters

Cover Article by Jeffrey Morseburg
Director, Morseburg Galleries, Los Angeles

March 1997 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: John Budicin ~ A Life Long Love Affair with Art and Nature by Maria Villarreal


Lawrence Alma-Tadema
The Finding of Moses (1904)
54 1/8" x 84", Oil on canvas

 

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema:
Childlike Heart, Scholarly Mind

Cover Article by Peter Adams
February 1997 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Joyce Motazedi ~ An American in Paris by Molly Siple


Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Pont et Château Saint-Ange avec le Coupole de Saint-Pierre, Rome, 1826-27
Oil, 10" x 16"
Collection: Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

 

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot:
Paving the Path to Plein Air

Cover Article by Elaine Adams
January 1997 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Tom Cranham ~ Movie Magic by Molly Siple
• Threatened Urban Landscape: A Call to All California Art Club Artists
by Lorna Moore

1996
~ Eight Issues ~
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Jean-Léon Gérôme
The Prayer, Cairo
20" x 32", Oil
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

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Jean-Léon Gérôme:
Recalling the Pinnacles of Fine Art

Cover Article by Elaine Adams
December 1996 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Meredith Brooks Abbott ~ Preserving Our Inheritance by Molly Siple


Edgar Payne
The Gorge
28" x 24", Oil
Courtesy: George Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles

 

FADA Brings Fine Art to Pasadena and Benefits Art Center College of Design
Cover Article by Peter Adams
November 1996 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
Frederic Remington: Living Spirit of the American West by Elaine Adams
• Artist Profile: Joseph Mendez ~ The Gaul of an Artist
by Molly Siple
• Hi-Tech Helpful Hints from Artist, Karl Dempwolf


William Keith
Mt. Shasta, All in Snow
20 1/2" x 40", Oil

 

William Keith: Man of Convictions
Cover Article by Elaine Adams
October 1996 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Gregory Hull ~ A Renaissance Within by Peter Adams
California Art Club 87th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition
Artists' Annual Migration to the Mission by Elaine Adams


Joseph Farquharson
Ruins of the Temple at Luxor, 1890
24" x 36 1/2", Oil on canvas
Copyright Dahesh Museum

 

From Lebanon with Art:
The Story of the New Dahesh Museum

Cover Article by Jeffrey Morseburg
Director, Morseburg Galleries, Los Angeles, California

June-September 1996 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist of the Month: Tim Solliday ~ A Candid Conversation by Molly Siple
The Plein Air Painters of America: Painting San Francisco by Mara Holt Skov


William J. McCloskey
Untitled (Still Life, Tangerines) c. 1912
Oil on canvas, 10" x 17"
Collection: Bowers Museum

 

Partners in Illusion: William and Alberta Binford McCloskey ~ An Exhibition at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art
Cover Article by Elaine Adams
May 1996 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Shirl Smithson: California Art Club Woman of the Year by Peter Adams
An Artist's Getaway by Dan Goozeé


John Asaro
The Bather
Oil, 48" x 40"

 

Covering the West: An Exhibition at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage
Cover Article by Elaine Adams
April 1996 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• In Memorium: Frederick Grue ~ The Soul of an Artist by Peter Adams
• The Plein Air Painters of America: Paint the Town by Mara Holt Skov


Charles Hawthorne
Return from the Sea, 1909
Oil, 48" x 60"
Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Avery

 

The Importance of Collecting: An Exhibition at LACMA
Cover Article by Elaine Adams
March 1996 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Richard Coons ~ Man of the Mountains by Molly Siple


Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836 - 1912)
Spring (1895)
70 1/4" x 31 1/2", Oil on canvas
Courtesy of The Getty Museum

 

Getty's Growing Legacy
Cover Article by Elaine Adams
February 1996 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Karl Dempwolf ~ At Peace with the Land by Molly Siple


1995
~ Nine Issues ~
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Guy Rose
The Blue Kimono, ca. 1910
Oil on canvas, 34" x 19"
Collection of Terry and Paula Trotter

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Guy Rose: American Impressionist at the Irvine Museum
Cover Article by Elaine Adams
December 1995 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Thomas Blackshear ~ Painting the Inner Vision by Molly Siple
Modern Masters of Landscape Painting


Mabel Alvarez
Self-Portrait, 1923
Private collection

 

Independent Spirits: Women Painters of the American West 1890-1945 at the Autry Musem
Cover Article by Elaine Adams
November 1995 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• In Memorium: Angel's Flight ~ Ben Abril by Jane Napier Neely
Liberté, Egalité, et Fraternité...des Arts! by Elaine Adams


Dan Pinkham
California Walnut Groves
Oil on cavnas, 16" x 16"

 

California Art Club's 86th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition
Cover Article
July - October 1995 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Steve Huston by Molly Siple
• Mission San Juan Capistrano: The Return of the Artists
by Elaine Adams


Charles Percy Austin
Mary Pickford's Wedding, Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1924
Oil on canvas, 36" x 48"

 

The Mission San Juan Capistrano:
California's Monument to Glory

Cover Article by Elaine Adams
June 1995 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
Artist Profile: Neil Boyle ~ Lessons in Lightening Up by Molly Siple
• Contemporary? Modern? by Jim James


Childe Hassam
The Church at Gloucester, 1918
30" x 25", Oil on canvas
Courtesy, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

 

American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885 - 1915
On Exhibit at the L.A. County Museum

Cover Article by Elaine Adams
May 1995 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Paula Bacinski ~ Painting the Seen and the Unseen by Molly Siple
...But U.S. Art Treasures Go Begging by Andrew Manshel



R. H. Ives Gammell (1893 - 1981)
From the Series: The Hound of Heaven

 

The Hound of Heaven
Cover Article by Elaine Adams
April 1995 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Art Review: Jerome Witkin's Narrative Paintings by Peter Adams
• Art Review: Animals in Art ~ The Secret Show by William Stout


Guy Rose
Lifting Fog
23 1/2" x 28 1/2", Oil on canvas

 

Reflections of California on Exhibit at the Irvine Museum
Cover Article
March 1995 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Albert Brenner ~ The Trained Eye by Molly Siple
• Bouguereau Revisited by Frederick C. Ross


Bert Phillips
Scout with White Horse
9" x 12", Oil on canvas
Courtesy: Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Peters, Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

Masters of the Taos Tradition Exhibition
Cover Article
February 1995 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Alexey Steele ~ My Lunch with Alexey by Molly Siple
• Absurdity of the Month: Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens by Peter Adams
Collecting Art at the Turn-Of-The-21st Century by Elaine Adams


Andrei N. Makarov (1923 - 1987)
A Windy Day
25 3/4" x 37 1/4", Oil on canvas

 

Exhibit of 20th Century Russian Paintings on View
Cover Article
January 1995 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Sharon Burkett Kaiser ~ The Problem with Pretty by Molly Siple
• Absurdity of the Month: The NEA for the Individual Artist ~ Beware of Bureaucrats Bearing Gifts by Elaine Adams

1994
~ Three Issues ~
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Colin Campbell Cooper
Lower Broadway in Wartime, 1917
46" x 36", Oil on canvas
Reproduced on the back cover of Impressionist New York

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Grand-Niece of Artist Captivates C.A.C. Members at Nov. Meeting
Cover Article
December 1994 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: William Stout ~ The Painter as Preservationist by Molly Siple

• Growing Pains: A Dilemma for the California Art Club by Peter Adams


Colin Campbell Cooper
Two Women
24 1/2" x 21 1/2", Oil on board
Courtesy of Joan Irvine Smith Fine Art

 

Carnegie Art Museum Exhibition:
Highlight of CAC Tour

Cover Article
November 1994 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Stephen Eugene Mirich ~ A Friend of the Sea by Molly Siple
California Art Club Leads the Way in Revival of Plein Air Painting
• Moral Rights in California: The Legal Rights of an Artist by Tad Crawford
On the Training of Painters by Richard F. Lack



Brad Faegre
Storm over the South Rim
Pastel

 

California Art Club's 85th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition
Cover Article
Summer 1994 CAC Newsletter

This issue also includes:
• Artist Profile: Alexander Orlov by Elaine Adams
• Book Reviews by Peter Adams
• Absurdity of the Month: Buddy, Can You Spare Some Turpentine? by Elaine Adams



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