Dream and Perspective: American Scene Painting in Southern California
by Susan M. Anderson
About the Author
The above essay was written by Susan M. Anderson. It is an essay written for, and included in, the 1991 book titled American Scene Painting: California 1930s and 1940s, edited by Ruth Westphal and Janet Blake Dominik, and published by Westphal Publishing, Irvine, California, ISBN 0-9610520-3-1. Essay reprinted with permission of Westphal Publishing.
At the time of publication of the book American Scene Painting: California 1930s and 1940s, Susan M. Anderson was associate curator of the Laguna Art Museum, was co-curator of the exhibition and essayist for Regionalism: The California View, Watercolors, 1923-1945, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1988.
Editor's note
Following are examples of artworks created by artists referenced in the above article. Artworks and/or photographs shown may not be specific to this article and are likely not cited in it. All images were obtained via Wikimedia Commons, which believes the images to be freely available for presentation here. Another source readers may find helpful is Google Images.
(above: Fletcher Martin, Mural study for Mine Rescue, 1939), Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. Created under the Treasury Section of Fine Arts for the Kellogg, Idaho Post Office. Transferred from the General Services Administration to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1974. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
(above: Paul Sample, Life-line of freedom -- The Merchant Marine, between 1941 and 1945, National Archives at College Park. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
(above: Millard Owen Sheets (1907-1989), San Dimas Train Station, 1933, Watercolor on paper, 15" x 22." The Hilbert Collection)
(above: Lee Blair (1911-1993), Mary by the Sea, 1934, Oil on canvas, 34"x 48." The Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University. Gift of the Hilbert Collection)
(above: Lucien Labaudt, Beach Chalet in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, mural detail. The portion displays the name of Ina Coolbrith, California's first poet laureate. Photograph by Charles Kremenak. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
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California Artists: 19th-21st Century
California Regionalism and California School of Painters
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