Watercolor painting enjoyed a major renaissance early in the 20th Century in Southern California when a group of artists began using it as a primary medium. Scholar Gordon McClelland, in his recently... Read full biography
Watercolor painting enjoyed a major renaissance early in the 20th Century in Southern California when a group of artists began using it as a primary medium. Scholar Gordon McClelland, in his recently published book, California Watercolors 1850-1970, places the beginnings of the California Style in... Read full biography
Watercolor painting enjoyed a major renaissance early in the 20th Century in Southern California when a group of artists began using it as a primary medium. Scholar Gordon McClelland, in his recently published book, California Watercolors 1850-1970, places the beginnings of the California Style in the 1920s. Milford Zornes, one of the members of this group, turned ninety-five in January 2003, and is the last living artist of that pioneering movement. Born in Oklahoma on January 25, 1908, Zornes... Read full biography
Watercolor painting enjoyed a major renaissance early in the 20th Century in Southern California when a group of artists began using it as a primary medium. Scholar Gordon McClelland, in his recently published book, California Watercolors 1850-1970, places the beginnings of the California Style in the 1920s. Milford Zornes, one of the members of this group, turned ninety-five in January 2003, and is the last living artist of that pioneering movement. Born in Oklahoma on January 25, 1908, Zornes moved west to California during the Dust Bowl years. When he turned twenty, he hitchhiked across the United States, worked as a longshoreman on the docks in New York City, and then traveled to Europe. After his return to Los Angeles in the early... Read full biography
Watercolor painting enjoyed a major renaissance early in the 20th Century in Southern California when a group of artists began using it as a primary medium. Scholar Gordon McClelland, in his recently published book, California Watercolors 1850-1970, places the beginnings of the California Style in the 1920s. Milford Zornes, one of the members of this group, turned ninety-five in January 2003, and is the last living artist of that pioneering movement. Born in Oklahoma on January 25, 1908, Zornes moved west to California during the Dust Bowl years. When he turned twenty, he hitchhiked across the United States, worked as a longshoreman on the docks in New York City, and then traveled to Europe. After his return to Los Angeles in the early 1930s, Zornes studied at the Otis Art Institute. His interest in watercolor eventually led him to seek out and study with Mi... Read full biography
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About Milford Zornes: Books
Books & Publications (86)
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Warm Color in the Shade: A Biography of Artist Milford Zornes
2017
Baker, Hal
133 pages (color)
Surf's Beat Generation: Art and Cultural Revolution in Orange County from 1953-1964
2016
McCluney, Chrystal and Rhonda Gawthrop
136 pages (color)
Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Art Exhibition Index, First through Twenty-Seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12)
2015
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
547 pages
Windows in Time in Time- California Scene Painting from the Hilbert Collection
2015
Stern, Jean
336 pages (color)
Claremont (Images of America)
2014
Landsberg, Eva and Sean Stanley
128 pages
Amazing Arts #18: James Milford Zornes
2014
Maina, Harliet and Dirk Stursberg
52 pages (color)
California Scene Paintings
2013
McClelland, Gordon T. and McClelland, Austin D.
215 pages (color)
Nipomo and Los Berros
2012
Jenzen, Doug
127 pages
Buena Vista; California Artists in Mexico, 1925-1975 (Exhibition catalog)
2012
Long Beach Museum of Art and Gordon T. McClelland
20 pages (color)
Exhibitionist: Earl Stendahl, Art Dealer as Impressario
2011
Dammann
240 pages (color)
Dewey County Oklahoma: Including Darla Hood, Milford Zornes
2011
Editor, Haphaestus Books
48 pages
Old West Christmas: Tales With a Twist
2011
MacDonald, Craig and Franklin
77 pages (color)
The House that Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona Valley, 1945-1985 (Huntington Library Exhibition) (Exhibition catalog)
2011
Nelson, Harold (Editor)
192 pages (color)
Art in Idaho: Artists from Idaho, Gutzon Borglum, Milford Zornes (Exhibition catalog)
2010
Books LLC
22 pages
The Art of Milford Zornes from Private Collections
2010
DeDiemar, Nancy and Gene Sasse (Editors)
92 pages (color)
Milford Zornes: An American Artist (Exhibition catalog)