{"product_id":"painting-california-seascapes-and-beach-towns-hardcover","title":"Painting California: Seascapes and Beach Towns - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Stern\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMolly Siple\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElaine Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuminous, gorgeously realized landscape paintings made en plein air by members of the California Art Club over the past 100 years. This volume showcases 200 works by California Art Club artists who have focused on the evocative seascapes, charming seaside towns, and beach communities from San Diego to San Francisco, demonstrating a breathtaking range of natural settings suffused with atmosphere, drama, and light. Since the dawn of the twentieth century, California has been home to artists from all over America and Europe who aspired to depict the state's compelling natural landscapes on canvas. In 1909, these artists founded the California Art Club, which stands today as one of the most esteemed painting societies in the United States. This volume, which follows Skira Rizzoli's luminous \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Light: A Century of Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e, presents more of the club's distinctive and lush plein air painting, an impressionistic style in which painters work outdoors in order to capture the ephemeral moment when the natural lighting of a landscape elevates an already beautiful scene into something sublime. \u003cbr\u003e As observed by W.H. Auden, \"Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.\" We as a species are drawn to the sea--artists perhaps even more so than others, as beautifully evidenced in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMolly Siple\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist member of the California Art Club and author of numerous books and articles, including \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Light: A Century of Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eJean Stern\u003c\/b\u003e is the executive director of the Irvine Museum and coauthored \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Light\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eElaine Adams\u003c\/b\u003e is executive director and CEO of the California Art Club. Founded in 1909, the California Art Club is one of the oldest, largest, and most active art organizations in the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 10.2 x 11.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48629168996601,"sku":"9780847860593","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/fOLoqoq5cI9780847860593.webp?v=1783059657","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/painting-california-seascapes-and-beach-towns-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}