Showcases the life and work of the respected Impressionist artists from his education and recognition for his Gothic architectural paintings to his use of New York City skyscraper subjects and the impact of Spanish and Mexican influences on his later achievements.

Product Description: This American Impressionist painter presents his work within an exploration of time the years that bracket the centennial and World War II. With the recent reconsideration of Impressionism in California as part of the mainstream, Clark is now emerging as one of its most notable practitioners...read more

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This beautiful volume provides the first comprehensive survey of the Impressionist art of a generation of radiant California artists.

Product Description: As cultural theorists often enjoy pointing out, Southern California, with its motion picture, television, and aerospace industries, is the mecca of artificial culture. In this "here-today-gone-tomorrow" culture, our history has traditionally has been trivialized and discarded, leaving a great deal of the past for us to excavate...read more

Product Description: Jessie Arms Botke, a famous 20th Century artist, painted in Chicago and Monterey before settling in Ventura County with her husband, Cornelis Botke, also a famous painter and etcher. This book is lavishly illustrated with the most beautiful of her paintings and murals...read more