Historic American Art Colonies
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Berkeley Art Colony
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Articles and essays from Resource Library:
Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, vol. one, East Bay Heritage Project, Oakland, 2012 by Robert W. Edwards (3/16/16)
"Biographies of Carmel and Berkeley Artists" is Appendix 7 of Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, vol. one, East Bay Heritage Project, by Robert W. Edwards, which contains over 200 meticulously researched biographies of regional artists. (3/16/16)
Artists of Invention: a Century of California College of the Arts; with essay by Philip E. Linhares (11/1/07)
Scene in Oakland, 1852-2002: Artworks Celebrating the City's 150th Anniversary (2/19/02)
Scene in Oakland, 1852-2002: Artworks Celebrating the City's 150th Anniversary, essay by Harvey L. Jones (2/13/02)
Brackenwood Art Colony
From other websites:
Brackenwood Art Colony from AskArt.com. Accessed July, 2015
Camfferman Art Colony
From other websites:
Camfferman Art Colony is discussed in a 5/26/09 article from the South Whidbey Record. Accessed 5/22
"The Camffermans Gave Langley's Art Its Start" by Tom Trimbath was published in Whidbey Life Magazine, November 30, 2016. The author says: "They called it Brackenwood. Until the Camffermans moved to Whidbey Island in 1915, it was known for potlatches, longhouses, lumber, and fishing -- with a bit of lawlessness for flavor. By establishing Brackenwood, their art colony, on Whidbey, the identity of the island, and Langley in particular, changed." Accessed 4/22
Carmel Art Colony
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Articles and essays from Resource Library:
Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, vol. one, East Bay Heritage Project, Oakland, 2012 by Robert W. Edwards (3/16/16)
"Biographies of Carmel and Berkeley Artists" is Appendix 7 of Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, vol. one, East Bay Heritage Project by Robert W. Edwards, which contains over 200 meticulously researched biographies of regional artists. (3/16/16)
The Carmel Monterey Peninsula Art Colony: A History by Barbara J. Klein (4/21/05)
The Carmel Art Association, by Betty Hoag McGlynn
Laguna Art Colony
(above: Edgar Alwin Payne, High Sierra, 1921, Steven Stern Fine Arts. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
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Articles and essays from Resource Library:
What Made Laguna Beach Special; essay by Deborah Epstein Solon (1999)
From other websites:
Art Colony: The Laguna Beach Art Association, 1918-1935 is a 2018 exhibit at the Laguna Art Museum which says: "Although monographs have been published on several members of the art association -- and some scholarship has focused on aspects of the organization -- this is the first large-scale, critical study to focus exclusively on the art association's growth and development." Also see 7/15/18 Laguna Beach Independent Newspaper article and 6/14/18 Fine Art Connoisseur article Accessed 8/18
Los Angeles Art Colony
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(above: Unknown photographer, Art students posing with an artists' model (Art Students League of Los Angeles), c. 1912, postcard (foreground: Rex Slinkard and model Al Treloar; background (L to R): Jack Stark, John Storrs, Carl Sprinchorn, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified), John Henry Bradley Storrs papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Articles and essays from Resource Library:
The Art Students League of Los Angeles, 1906-53, by Julia Armstrong-Totten, Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick, and Will South
The Development of an Art Community in the Los Angeles Area, by Ruth Westphal
Loners, Mavericks & Dreamers: Art in Los Angeles Before 1900 by Nancy Moure
From other websites:
The Brewery Art Colony from Wikipedia. Accessed July, 2015
Monterey Peninsula Art Colony
(above: William Ritschel, Monterey Coast, after 1911, oil on canvas, Dayton Art Institute. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
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Articles and essays from Resource Library:
Monterey: The Artist's View, 1925 - 1945; texts by Kent Seavey (7/11/08)
Artists at Continent's End: The Monterey Peninsula Art Colony, 1875-1907 (12/12/05)
The Carmel Monterey Peninsula Art Colony: A History; article by Barbara J. Klein (4/21/05)
A Matter of Style: The Paintings of Armin Hansen and William Ritschel (5/18/98)
From other websites:
"Time Captured in Paintings" is a video narrated by Jack Lemmon, produced in 1991 for the Monterey Museum of Art and updated for PBS in 1995, tells the story of Monterey Peninsula artists. Accessed 5/22
San Diego Art Colony
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(above: Charles Reiffel, Summer Session at Ballast Point, San Diego, 1930, Vallejo Gallery. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Articles and essays from Resource Library:
San Diego Beginnings, by Martin E. Petersen
From other websites:
Grossmont Art Colony from The San Diego Troubadour. Accessed July, 2015
San Francisco Area Art Colonies
Articles and essays from Resource Library:
The San Francisco Art Association by Betty Hoag McGlynn
The Santa Cruz Art League by Betty Hoag McGlynn
From other websites:
San Francisco Art Institute from Wikipedia. Accessed July, 2015
Santa Cruz Art League. Accessed July, 2015
Santa Barbara Art Colony
(above: John Marshall Gamble, Wild Heliotrope and Poppies, San Francisco, c. 1893 -1906, oil on canvas, 20 ? 24 inches, Birmingham Museum of Art, given by Lucile Peters Graham in memory of Dr. and Mrs. U. J. W. Peters. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Articles and essays from Resource Library:
Ranchos: The Oak Group Paints the Santa Barbara Countryside; essay by Ellen Easton (6/4/98)
Examples of artists' artworks pending availability of Wikimedia Commons images:
H. J. Breuer
Oscar R. Coast
Willis E. Davis
Alexander Harmer NOADA
(above: Fernand Lungren, The Café, c. 1882-84, oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
From other websites:
"The Artist Colony of Santa Barbara" article by Hanna Astrup Larsen in San Francisco Call, Volume 104, Number 28, 28 June 1908, from California Digital Newspaper Collection. Accessed July, 2015
Please click here for additional Pacific States Art Colonies
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Dixie Art Colony/Alabama Gulf Coast Colony through Lyme Art Colony
MacDowell Art Colony through North Conway Art Colony
Ogunquit Art Colony through Roycroft Art Colony
San Diego Art Colony through Stone City Art Colony
Taos Art Colony through Yaddo Art Colony
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