California Light: A Century of Landscapes Paintings of the California Art Club
2011Stern, Jean and Molly Siple (Skira Rizzoli Publisher)
276 pages (color)
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Born 1938 Carpenteria, California. Known for: Landscape, still life and portrait painting.
A plein-air impressionist painter, Meredith Abbott is from California, where she grew up in an idyllic rural setting above Carpinteria, just south of Santa Barbara. Her parents emphasized a deep... Read full biography
A plein-air impressionist painter, Meredith Abbott is from California, where she grew up in an idyllic rural setting above Carpinteria, just south of Santa Barbara. Her parents emphasized a deep appreciation and reverence for the land, and she and her three siblings were allowed to spend much time... Read full biography
A plein-air impressionist painter, Meredith Abbott is from California, where she grew up in an idyllic rural setting above Carpinteria, just south of Santa Barbara. Her parents emphasized a deep appreciation and reverence for the land, and she and her three siblings were allowed to spend much time exploring on foot and horseback. Abbott attended Scripps College in Claremont and majored in art. She returned home and studied with Douglass Parshall (1899-1990), Richard Meryman (1891-1963), and... Read full biography
A plein-air impressionist painter, Meredith Abbott is from California, where she grew up in an idyllic rural setting above Carpinteria, just south of Santa Barbara. Her parents emphasized a deep appreciation and reverence for the land, and she and her three siblings were allowed to spend much time exploring on foot and horseback. Abbott attended Scripps College in Claremont and majored in art. She returned home and studied with Douglass Parshall (1899-1990), Richard Meryman (1891-1963), and Clarence Hinkle (1880-1960). From these men with whom she occasionally went on plein-air painting trips, she gained a solid background in realist and impressionist painting. After several years, she went to Los Angeles where she attended the Art Center... Read full biography
A plein-air impressionist painter, Meredith Abbott is from California, where she grew up in an idyllic rural setting above Carpinteria, just south of Santa Barbara. Her parents emphasized a deep appreciation and reverence for the land, and she and her three siblings were allowed to spend much time exploring on foot and horseback. Abbott attended Scripps College in Claremont and majored in art. She returned home and studied with Douglass Parshall (1899-1990), Richard Meryman (1891-1963), and Clarence Hinkle (1880-1960). From these men with whom she occasionally went on plein-air painting trips, she gained a solid background in realist and impressionist painting. After several years, she went to Los Angeles where she attended the Art Center School, and then she studied in New York at the Art Students League, while working as an illustrator. After Richard Meryman died, she com... Read full biography
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesEnchanted Isle: A History of Plein-Air Painting in Santa Catalina Island
2003Stern, Jean; Roy C. Rose and Molly Siple256 pages (color)Meredith Brooks Abbott Exhibition: Maureen Murray Fine Arts
2002
(Exhibition catalog)Blake, Janet (Essay)0 pages (color)California Art Club: 90th Gold Medal Juried Exhibition
2000
(Exhibition catalog)Stern, Jean; Jeffrey Morseburg156 pages (color)Leading the West One Hundred Contemporary Painters & Sculptors
1997Hagerty, Donald J213 pages (color)Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997Southwest Art128 pagesThe Plein Air Painters of America Exhibit and Sale
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Catalina Art Association64 pages (color)