“Majestic California? at The Irvine Museum

Wednesday, 18 October 2006 10:19

Irvine, CA - At one time one might of thought of California as being in a world of it’s own, isolated within it’s own beauty.  From snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the desolate splendor of the Mojave Desert; from flower covered hills to the countless secluded valleys and meadows; from the dazzling beaches of the south to the rocky coves of the north.  The enthralling beauty of California is the principal reason that, from the middle of the 19^th century on, a group of prominent artists captured all this beauty. On exhibition until 13 January, 2007.

Artists such as Paul Grimm (1887-1974), Edgar Payne (1883-1947), Granville Redmond (1871-1935), Guy Rose (1867-1925) and William Wendt (1865-1946) are perhaps the best known.  Each name brings up a picturesque aspect of California’s beautiful land. Grimm’s desert scenes capture the beauty after a storm, displaying colorful carpets of wildflowers.  Payne’s work encompasses the snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada; Redmond is known for majestic oak trees at sunset and fields of poppies and lupines; Rose captured the coast with his distinctive rock formation; Wendt loved to paint the spiritual beauty of green meadows and valley’s.

The Irvine Museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of California art of the Impressionist Period (1890 - 1930).  The Irvine Museum embraces a principal role in the education and furtherance of this beautiful and important regional variant of American Impressionism that has come to be associated with California and its remarkable landscape.

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