Cousin Rob and I roamed around the Pasadena Museum of California Art's exhibit entitled "California Scene Paintings." These paintings have been described as art that captured scenes of everyday life in California with a sense of humanity including people or representations of man-made creations...people going about their every day lives. The 75 paintings are both water colors and oils.
Here are some of my favorites:
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"Holiday" 1931 by Phil Dike, 1906-1990 Southern California.
Looking up the channel at Newport Harbor from the beach in Corona Del Mar. |
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"On The Porch," 1958 by Roger Kuntz, 1926-1975, Claremont Group, Southern California
Kuntz lived in this beach house at Crystal Cove |
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"Casa Blanca Morning," 1939 water color by Rex Brandt, 1914-2000 Southern California
Casa Blanca is located on the outskirts of Downtown Riverside near where Brandt grew up and later lived. |
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"Afternoon at the Harbor,' 1950 watercolor by Ralph Baker, 1908-1976 Northern California
Could this have inspired Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds"? |
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"San Pedro," 1935 watercolor by Millard Sheets 1907-1989 Southern California
Teacher, educational director at Otis Art Institute and designer of mosaics and murals for banks, library, Mayo Clinic, Notre Dame University Library ("touchdown Jesus") and the dome of the National Shrine in Washington, D.C. |
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"Wilshire Blvd." 1936 watercolor by Charles Payzant, 1898-1980 Southern California
The Bullocks Wilshire department store is shown beyond the drive-in restaurant. |
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| "San Pedro Street," 1944 watercolor by William Jekel 1927-2000 Southern California |
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| "Ranch Near San Luis Obispo," 1935 oil by Phil Paradise born in Oregon, raised in Southern California |
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| "Near Modesto," 1940 oil by Emil Kosa Jr. 1903-1968 born Paris, France, lived in California and France |
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