Kevin Macpherson
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Granville Island
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KEVIN MACPHERSON makes painting look easy.
To watch him paint with complete
freedom is amazing.
His spontaneity is evident in this intimate
painting. Macpherson continues to find
inspiration in every corner of the world. His
travels include 45 countries to date. Always
on the move he spreads his passion for art
by teaching, mentoring and through his charity. www.artambassador.org
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Aliso
16 x
20
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GREGORY HULL employs
both subtlety and powerful impact in this marvelous painting of the
Pacific Coast. The vibrant red of the luscious
bougainvillea blend with the slightly overcast day. Hull's years of developing his
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Tuesday Market
10 x 12 inches |
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JOHN COSBY loves to people watch and study the nuances of
every day life. Here a simple market scene is bathed in
bright light, warmth and excitement. The artist invites us
to take pleasure in the simple moments and see the beauty in our
daily journey.
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THE HILBERT MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA ART
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Phil Dike
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Low
Tide, China Cove, Corona Del Mar
20 x 30 inches |
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The
Hilbert Museum of
California Art at Chapman University was established
thanks to the generosity of Mark and Janet Hilbert, whose
superlative collection focuses on the “California Scene”
painting movement of roughly the 1920s through the 1970s and
beyond. The Hilbert Collection – which includes oils,
watercolors, sketches and lithographs of rural and urban
scenes, coastal views, farms, ranches, freeways and
landscapes of everyday life in the Golden State – is a
significant repository of 20th-century representational art
by California artists. Painters of America.
Low Tide, China Cove,
Corona Del Mar circa 1935 is from the "California Scene" tradition. Phil
Dike is
Dike is a
leading artist of the group know as the American Scene
painters. This
important painting is available at The Redfern Gallery. |
The Irvine Museum
THE NATURE OF WATER: OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE through
June 16, 2016
Laguna
Art Museum HELEN LUNDEBERG: A RETROSPECTIVE through
May 30, 2016
CITY LIFE, LOS ANGELES:
1930s to 1950s
through May 30, 2016
Huntington Library THE
ARTIST'S GARDEN Boone Gallery through May 9, 2016
Bowers Museum
CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN YEARS permanent collection ongoing
Crocker Art Museum
BACK TO LIFE: BAY AREA FIGURE DRAWINGS the permanent
collection
Art Walk
FIRST THURSDAYS ART WALK - April
7th and May 5th Laguna Beach 6 - 9
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Paul
Lauritz
(1889-1975)
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The
Coming Storm - Matanuska River & Flats
with the
Chugach Mountains, Alaska
20 x 24 inches |
This marvelous painting
was created during the time Paul Lauritz and his wife lived
in Alaska from 1912 to 1919. It was there that he
befriended the famous American painter Sydney Laurence
(1865-1940). The master painter Laurence profoundly
influenced Lauritz whose painting flourished. The
style, color and technique in "The Coming Storm" exemplify
the plein-air naturalism style of Sydney Laurence.
Lauritz adds the fresh light airy influence of the French Impressionists
making this an extraordinary painting.
Lauritz was born in Larvik,
Norway, a scenic village that attracted painters from all
over the world. As A boy Lauritz received instruction
from an English watercolorist and local artists. Thus began
his career in art. By 16 years old he was working as a
commercial artist doing maps, posters, and decorations first
in Vancouver, Canada, and
then Portland, Oregon. The Gold Rush called and
Lauritz headed to Alaska with his new bride to seek his
fortune in 1912. The fortune he discovered was not in
gold but of the magnificent landscape and his friendship
with Sydney Laurence. The two artists held a
joint exhibition before Lauritz left Alaska.
In 1919 Lauritz settled in Los Angeles and established a
studio-home in the Lyceum theatre on Spring Street. When not
teaching at the Chouinard and Otis Institutes or in his
studio, he made painting excursions to the Sierra, up the
California coast as far north as Carmel, to Mexico (1921),
the Columbia River (1924) and Norway (1925). While in his
native land, he was commissioned by the King of Norway to do
a painting for the royal palace. Lauritz was an involved
member of the Los Angles art community and served for six
years on the Los Angeles Municipal Art commission. A
versatile painter, his diverse subjects include desert
scenes, portraits, snow scenes, marines and landscapes.
Member: Laguna Beach Art Association (Charter member);
California Art Club (President): Painters and Sculptors of
Los Angeles; Royal Society of Artists, England; Society of
Western Artists; southwest Art Association.
Exhibited: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1920, 1932;
California State Fair, 1930; Oakland Art gallery, 1932;
Stendahl and Wilshire Galleries, Los Angeles; Golden Gate
international Exposition, 1939.
Works held: Hollywood Athletic Club; Laguna Museum; Pasadena
Art Institute; Santa Cruz Art Gallery; Springville, Utah
Museum of Art; UCLA; University of Chicago, Ebell Club, Los
Angeles, Santa Paula Chamber of Commerce; San Diego Museum
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Frederick
Mulhaupt
(1871-1938)
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Moonlight
Bathers
Dated 1915
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Moonlight Bathers
is carefree scene that is masterfully executed. The painting
is dated 1915 at a time when Mulhaupt resided in New York
and visited Gloucester in the summers. The iridescent
reflections are achieved by this accomplished painter using
subtle variation of white and blues and reds. As a master of
composition he engages us to stay transfixed on
the scene. The location is likely Plum Cove, a popular
bathing spot on the north shore of Cape Ann, Massachusetts,
the scene of other Mulhaupt beach scenes.
Frederick J. Mulhaupt was
born in Rockport, MO, on March 28, 1871. He studied at
the Art Academy, Kansas City, MO, the Art Institute of
Chicago, and in Paris Schools. Mulhaupt attended the Art
Institute of Chicago in the early 1890's, was a founding
member of the Palette and Chisel Club in 1895. He became an
instructor of the figure at Art Institute of Chicago in 1902
and 1904. Later he took up residence at New York's famed
Salmagundi Club. Frequently, he traveled to Europe and
exhibited works at the National Academy of Design in New
York. Mulhaupt lived in New York during the winter and
began to visit Gloucester in the summer. In 1922 he moved
there. It was in Gloucester that Mulhaupt hit the pinnacle
of his artistic talents. He was a founding member of North
Shore Arts Association and exhibited every year from 1923 to
1938. Mulhaupt's was influenced during his years
in Europe and was taken with St. Ives, Cornwall England. His
attraction to the harbor of Gloucester and its people
are a significant part of his work.
Member: Associate National
Academy of Design, New York; Palette and Chisel Club,
Chicago, IL; Salmagundi Club, New York; American Art
Association of Paris; National Arts Club, New York; Allied
Artists of America; North Shore Art Association, Gloucester,
MA.
Awards: Salmagundi -
Evans Prize 1907; Salmagundi - Procter Prize 1921;
Philadelphia Sesqui Centenial Medal 1925; Allied Artists
of America 1925; Associate Member - National Academy of
Design 1925 - The highest honor to be bestowed upon a
practicing American Artist; Gedney Bunce Prize -
Connecticut Academy of Fine Art 1927; Honorable Mention
from National Arts Club - New York 19296
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