John William Waterhouse, The Lady of Shallot (1888)

JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE EXHIBITION
John William Waterhouse–The Garden of Enchantment, the largest assemblage of this latter day Pre-Raphaelite’s paintings in history, is currently on display at the Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal (The Montréal Museum of Fine Arts). This will be the exhibition’s last venue, closing February 7, 2010.

by William Stout, CAC Signature Member

Waterhouse (1849-1917) had an outstanding sense of design and a brilliant sense of color. The features of his men and women are both beautiful and timeless. The erotic qualities of his women (particularly in Hylas and The Nymphs and La Belle Dame Sans Mercie) are almost palpable. His work is a perfect combination of tight and loose painting, well-informed by his plein air studies.

The presentation of the paintings is superb and unique to Montréal. Although this version of the show does not include Hylas and The Nymphs, Montréal is displaying more Waterhouse works than the exhibition’s previous two venues, including a room of all of his Lady of Shallot paintings. The walls that display the paintings are solid black. Some are draped with solid black ivy. His largest painting is draped above and on the sides with copious amounts of luxuriant black velvet drapery. There are the patterns and shadows of ivy on the floors, as well as water effects on one floor.

Out of Our Minds, a 28-minute film by Canadians Melissa Auf Der Maur (bassist for The Smashing Pumpkins) and Tony Stone that was inspired by Waterhouse’s work is included as part of the exhibition.

If you are unfamiliar with this great artist’s work and would like to see a variety of Waterhouse paintings, just Google “Waterhouse” and select “Images.”

A softcover catalogue of the exhibition is available at the museum; the hardcover edition is available on the internet. As comprehensive and informative as this catalog is, the reproductions do not do justice to Waterhouse’s extraordinary color.

Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal//The Montréal Museum of Fine Arts
Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion
1380 Sherbrooke West
Montréal, Quebec
Canada H3G 1J5
514/285-2000 or 1-800-899-MUSE
http://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/index.html

For group activities: 514/285-1600, ext. 440

Reposted 12.12.2009 09:37 am from Happy 100th Birthday CAC! by Eric Merrell

One Hundred Years! It’s an amazing feat for any group, let alone an art club where the demands of the career as well as individual temperaments generally keep members working in isolation. Today marks the Centennial of the California Art Club. The founding of the club was first reported by Antony E. Anderson in the Los Angeles Times on December 12, 1909, one hundred years ago to the day. The early meetings took place along the banks of the Arroyo Seco in South Pasadena and throughout greater Los Angeles, and included artists like Franz Bischoff, Aaron Kilpatrick, and William and Julia Wendt. The CAC’s predecessor, The Painters’ Club of Los Angeles (1906-1909), had limited its members to male painters in the L.A. area. With the founding of the new club, the rules were widened to allow women, sculptors, and others living as far away as New York City to join. Throughout the CAC’s storied history it has embraced time-honored techniques found in the grand traditions of painting and sculpture, molding them into contemporary relevance; at the same time it helped to present such progressive events as the first black American art exhibition in Los Angeles (1929) and the first G.I. Arts & Crafts exhibit (1946, also in L.A.), and maintained a venue to present exhibits of diverse themes and backgrounds.

Over the past century, the club has counted among its members Sir Winston Churchill, architect Richard Neutra, illustrator Dean Cornwell, artists Alfredo Ramos Martinez, Sergei Bongart, Nicolai Fechin and Theodore N. Lukits, as well as many distinguished guests and speakers: the Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Clemente Orozco, conductor Leopold Stokowski, violinist Xavier Cugat, architects Frank Lloyd Wright and his son, Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr. (And of course, most of the well-known Southern California artists throughout the years, too numerous to mention in this post but listed online here).

In recognition of this milestone, I thought I’d link to my article on the Birth of the California Art Club, originally published this past spring. Here’s to the next hundred years!

The California Art Club will be publishing a large coffee table art book (due out in early 2011) with Rizzoli Publishers to commemorate the Centennial, and will be full of paintings by historic and contemporary members of the CAC. Purchase your copy here.

The new logo above was designed for the Centennial by CAC Associate Artist Member Stan Prokopenko.

Brian Blood, "Climbing Hyde Street"

A new exhibition by Northern CAC Members will be opening at the Thomas Reynolds Gallery in San Francisco on December 1st from 6-8 p.m., and running through January 9, 2010. Preview the exhibition, titled “THEN & NOW: Artists Explore the Bay Area,” online here.

The exhibition features Brian Blood, John Burton, Larry Cannon, Christin Coy, Suzanne D’Arcy, Teresa Dong, Drew Fagan, Mark Farina, Robert Hunt, David Jenks, Laurie Kersey, Jeanette LeGrue, Karen Leoni, Richard Lindenberg, Huihan Liu, Kim Lordier, Ann McMillan, Ning Mercer, Clark Mitchell, Kristine Pallas, Camille Przewodek, Michael Reardon, Robert Semans, Thomas Soltesz, Bryan Taylor, Alfredo Tofanelli, Kay Young and Jeff Ziarno.

Pati Bruce, "Strike Up The Band!"

The newest CAC exhibition featuring the Pasadena Art Colony at Marston’s Restaurant is titled “Pasadena on Parade.” It runs November 16, 2009 – January 2010, and you can preview it online here. Members of the Pasadena Art Colony included in this exhibit are Susie Bishop, Pati Bruce, Kathy Dooling, Karen Hammond, Kay Henry and Eva Margueriette.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Richard Lindenberg’s blog about the trip here.

A few testimonials:

Who could have imagined that 40 artists could hold such a fun weekend at the most incredible spot ever and have such beautiful weather?  Christin and I want to thank you all for coming and especially those who drove such long distances. Except for the snoring, I think we all really enjoyed ourselves.  Can’t wait to see all the photos.
~ Richard Lindenberg
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Richard, A BIG, BIG thanks to you and Christin for putting this event on. A lot of nice folks and an “A” for getting the CAC going on a field trip. The weather was the BEST I’ve ever had painting in Point Reyes. The food was wonderful and brought everyone together, as we all chipped in to make it feel festive. I may have contributed to the snoring, but I don’t think it bothered anyone too much. I look forward to another CAC event and hope it brings out the best in our part of the state.
~ Paul Kratter
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Richard ~ You and Christin and the whole Northern California Art Club group totally ROCK!!!!!!  Thank you so much for a great weekend.  It was awesome.  Please know that if you come south, there will be a place for you to stay.
~ Lizz Tucker
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Thanks Richard!
You’ve done a fantastic thing with this event.  I think we all had a great time. And I thought it was funny that all the snoring complaints were coming from the women’s side of the dorm.
Cheers!
~ John Deckert
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http://www.californiaartclub.org/home/ch_sf.shtml

California Art Club members, from left, Barbara Chung, Eric Merrell, Monika Ramnath, Lisa Cavelier, Elaine Adams and Peter Adams.

Pick up a copy of today’s Pasadena Star-News to read the article about the California Art Club’s Centennial book project. Read it online here or download a PDF here.

The members of the Portola Art Gallery cordially invite you to enter the 2nd ANNUAL PAINT ALLIED ARTS - Plein Air Paint-out & Exhibit at the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park, October 24th from 9 am – 4 pm.

The primary focus of this day is to bring artists and friends together to share in the beauty of the Allied Arts Guild and to help promote the arts in our communities. There will be an Artists Choice Award, a People’s Choice Award, live music and refreshments during the afternoon reception.

25 artists will be selected by a nationally known award winning artist from applications received by August 8th.

Juried Artists will be asked to bring one framed and ready to hang painting, 11×14 or smaller to hang outside on the display panels furnished by the Portola Art Gallery, while they paint the AAG grounds. Artists will have time from sign-in till noon to complete a painting. After framing their new work, the artists will add the freshly painted paintings of AAG to the display panels for consideration for awards. Participating artists will have their name included on all promotional materials including local advertising, Portola Art Gallery and Allied Arts Guild web sites.

20% of the proceeds will benefit the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, artists to retain 80%

The application may be downloaded from the web site, www.portolaartgallery.com.

Please mail in your application and entries to:

Karen Leoni at 105 Seville Way, San Mateo, CA 94402

When: Sunday, June 28, 1 – 3 p.m.

 

Location: Wells Fargo Theatre, Autry National Center

4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA, 90027
Please click here for directions. 

 

Event: Summer Critique Session: The Makings of Great Art 

 

Cost: $10 CAC Members/$15 non-members 

         Museum admission is available for the group rate of $6.50 ($4.50 Students  and Seniors) with advance reservation to the CAC.

 

R.S.V.P.: 626/583-9009 or californiaartclub.org

               No later than 6 p.m., Friday, June 26

 

Note: Images of paintings and sculpture submitted anonymously by CAC members will be projected onto a large screen for review and constructive criticism by a panel of award-winning artists.  This year’s distinguished panel will include painters Lynn Gertenbach, Dan Goozeé and Joseph Yuhasz, and painter and sculptor Vic Riesau.  The panel will be moderated by artist and CAC Vice President David Gallup. 

For Immediate Release

The 2nd Annual Napa Valley Art Festival

Celebrating Representational Art at its Finest

Napa Valley, CA – Over 300 original paintings by 35 of the West’s premier representational artists will be on exhibit and sale at the Second Annual Napa Valley Art Festival on Saturday, August 15, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at V MARKETPLACE in the center of Yountville, CA.  Net proceeds from the sale will benefit the Land Trust of Napa County.  Admission is free.
Artists throughout the west coast submitted entries to the jury, with the top 35 selected for exhibit and sale at the Festival.  A list of participating artists with links to their Web sites are at www.napavalleyartfestival.com. Entries were considered by jury members Jean Stern, Executive Director of the Irvine Museum, and nationally renowned artists Kevin Macpherson and Kathryn Stats.

In addition to the August 15 Art Festival, throughout month of August, the upstairs gallery at the St. Supéry Winery will be displaying over 50 paintings by 8 of the artists participating in the Art Festival.  Admission to this art exhibit and sale is free.

V MARKETPLACE is located at 6525 Washington Street in Yountville, CA.  The St. Supéry Winery is located at 8440 St. Henena Hwy. in Rutherford, CA.

For more information, please visit www.napavalleyartfestival.com.

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Thanks to everyone who submitted to the Centennial Logo Competition! We received an astonishing variety of submissions, and we’re truly excited about selecting the winning design for our Centennial Logo.
The winner will be notified and an announcement will be made within the next week. Please watch this space…