A master of watercolor technique, Timothy J. Clark (b. 1951) imbues his paintings with an unmistakable sense of place, conveying the very essence of each of his subjects. Timothy J. Clark is the first book to trace the stages of the artist's career, setting his work within the context of contemporary American art. Clark's watercolor and oil paintings of sacred and domestic spaces, his still lifes, portraits, and landscapes, can seem to belong to an earlier, classic school of painting, but as art historian Lisa E. Farrington notes in the essay presented here, these are not just "pretty pictures; they are diffidently profound documents of human existence." Farrington speaks of Clark's "almost uncanny ability to infuse rudimentary and inert objects...with something akin to a human soul."
Clark's works have been acquired by many private and public institutions, including the National Portrait Gallery, the Butler Institute of American Art, and the Farnsworth Art Museum. Since 1994 he has taught at the Art Students League of New York, and he often lectures at such institutions as the Worcester Museum of Art, the National Academy School of Fine Arts, and the Yale University School of Architecture's graduate summer workshop in Rome.
With more than 120 color reproductions, a foreword by Will Barnet, essays by Jean Stern and Lisa E. Farrington, and an afterword by Ira Goldberg, executive director of the Art Students League of New York, Timothy J. Clark presents a comprehensive overview of this important artist's compelling oeuvre.

Timothy J. Clark

Arts & Photography

STERN, Jean

Farrington, Lisa

Individual Artists

Pomegranate

Elsie Palmer Payne, (1884-1971)

Petersen Galleries

Petersen Galleries [Published Date: 1981]. Hardcover Bound by DeRu's Fine Art, 124 pp. Includes a brief bio of each artist, including a black and white photo of the artist and one or more reproductions of the artist's work (most in color). Text by Jean Stern. [From Preface by Robert Petersen of Petersen Galleries] This exhibition marks the first time that we have devoted our entire gallery space to a comprehensive collection of rare and important Western paintings. Our present collection of Western paintings is one which I feel will not easily be matched by a commercial art gallery in the near future, if ever at all. It comprises major works by most of the important Western artists: Frederic Remington, Charles M. Russell, Frank Tenney Johnson, Henry F. Farny, William R. Leigh, Oscar Berninghaus and Thomas Hill. In addition, we have included works by little known, yet excellent and potentially important artists, such as Kathryn Leighton and George Brandriff. This is the first major exhibition to feature works by important regional artists: Sydney Laurence of Alaska, Richard Lorenz of Milwaukee and J. Bond Francisco of Los Angeles. Lastly, we round-out the collection with works by E. I. Couse, Albert Bierstadt, E. S. Paxson, Olaf Seltzer, and the Dean of Western Artists Olaf Wieghorst, who is the only living artist included in this exhibition.

Western Masters

Derus Fine Art Books

Alson S. Clark: Based on the biography of Alson Skinner Clark by Medora Clark

Alson S. Clark: Based on the Biography of Alson Skinner Clark by Medora Clark

Petersen Pub. Co

A first-of-its-kind celebration of the California Art Club, a society whose members have for one hundred years captured California’s staggeringly beautiful landscapes in resplendent plein air paintings. At the dawn of the twentieth century, California became home to artists from all over America and Europe who aspired to depict the state’s awe-inspiring 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. The club has achieved distinction for its commitment to 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. Celebrating a century of unique artwork, this volume presents impeccable images of the art club’s masterworks, including unforgettable paintings of California’s stunning and varied beauty—desert vistas, plunging coastlines, verdant vineyards, charming towns, and snow-topped mountains.

California Light: A Century of Landscapes: Paintings of the California Art Club

Siple, Molly

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Rizzoli Electa

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 California Light: A Century of Landscapes, 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. 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.

Painting California: Seascapes and Beach Towns

Painting

Essays by Jean Stern, Janet Blake Dominik and Harvey L. Jones. A beautifully illustrated catalog for a 1993 traveling exhibition featuring paintings from The Irvine Museum collection. Biographical sketches on the 48 artists represented. 78 Color and 9 B&amp;W Illus. 128pp. 11X9 HARDBOUND.

Selections from the Irvine Museum

Dominik, Janet B.

Jones, Harvey L.

Irvine Museum

The catalogue of an exhibition at the Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, 1 July - 3 September 1995, the Bakersfield Museum of Art, 16 September - 9 December 1995, the Redding Museum of Art and History, 5 January - 17 March 1996, the Riverside Art Museum, 13 April - 23 June 1996, and the Irvine Museum, 16 July - 16 November 1996. 46 paintings are described and illustrated in color. Includes brief biographies of the artists.

Palette of Light: California Paintings from the Irvine Museum

Reference

The Irvine Museum

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