{"product_id":"painting-california-isbn-9780847860593","title":"Painting California","description":"Luminous, 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.\"Artists have been coming to California to paint along its coast since the late 1860s. Among the earliest painters to \u003cb\u003ecapture its pristine shores, charming seaside towns, and magnificent views \u003c\/b\u003ewere Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran. Their works grace are among the 200 that grace the new 276-page book “\u003ci\u003ePainting California: Seascapes and Beach Towns\u003c\/i\u003e,” the second in a series about the century-old California Art Club.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eOrange County Register\u003c\/i\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.Paintings of the California Art Club","brand":"Rizzoli Electa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301606379749,"sku":"NP9780847860593","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780847860593_58bf2aea-314c-4ca2-bf3e-47509a68bd56.jpg?v=1767734436","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/painting-california-isbn-9780847860593","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}