Yosemite: Art of an American Icon
(Exhibition catalog)
2006Scott, Amy (Editor); Brian Bibby, William Deverell, et all
221 pages (color)
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1830 Dixfield, Maine - 1886 near St. Helena, California. Known for: Landscape, genre and portrait painting.
The mainstay of the California School of Design in San Francisco in the late 19th century, he was Director and teacher from its opening in 1874 until his death twelve years later. In this position,... Read full biography
The mainstay of the California School of Design in San Francisco in the late 19th century, he was Director and teacher from its opening in 1874 until his death twelve years later. In this position, he influenced succeeding generations of painters that made San Francisco one of the art capitals of... Read full biography
The mainstay of the California School of Design in San Francisco in the late 19th century, he was Director and teacher from its opening in 1874 until his death twelve years later. In this position, he influenced succeeding generations of painters that made San Francisco one of the art capitals of the western world. Among his followers were William Keith, Thomas Hill, and Samuel Marsden Brookes. Williams was also highly regarded as a genre, portrait and landscape painter, creating scenes of... Read full biography
The mainstay of the California School of Design in San Francisco in the late 19th century, he was Director and teacher from its opening in 1874 until his death twelve years later. In this position, he influenced succeeding generations of painters that made San Francisco one of the art capitals of the western world. Among his followers were William Keith, Thomas Hill, and Samuel Marsden Brookes. Williams was also highly regarded as a genre, portrait and landscape painter, creating scenes of Europe that hearkened back to an earlier time and occasionally painting California landscapes from trips into Yosemite and the Sierra Nevadas. Albert Bierstadt was a sketching companion. He was born in Dixfield, Maine, raised in Taunton, Massachusetts,... Read full biography
The mainstay of the California School of Design in San Francisco in the late 19th century, he was Director and teacher from its opening in 1874 until his death twelve years later. In this position, he influenced succeeding generations of painters that made San Francisco one of the art capitals of the western world. Among his followers were William Keith, Thomas Hill, and Samuel Marsden Brookes. Williams was also highly regarded as a genre, portrait and landscape painter, creating scenes of Europe that hearkened back to an earlier time and occasionally painting California landscapes from trips into Yosemite and the Sierra Nevadas. Albert Bierstadt was a sketching companion. He was born in Dixfield, Maine, raised in Taunton, Massachusetts, and studied at Brown University before beginning his art training with Daniel Huntington in New York City. From 1853 to 1860, he studied V... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (26)
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Yosemite: Art of an American Icon
2006The 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 pagesW. Otto Emerson: Hayward's Artist and Naturlist
2004Middleton, Kathy L100 pages (color)Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
2002
Available For Sale.Hughes, Edan Milton1,249 pagesFor Sale<a href="mailto:info@askart.com">Available For Sale</a>.Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesArtful Players: Artistic Life in Early San Francisco
1999Hjalmarson, Birgitta255 pages (color)California Impressionism
1998Gerdts, William; Will South284 pages (color)Virgil Williams: He Shaped the World
1995Post, Ruth Nicholson144 pages (color)Romance of the Bells: The California Missions in Art
1995
(Exhibition catalog)Stern, Jean0 pages (color)The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993Southwest Art126 pagesSelections from the Irvine Museum
1992Stern, Jean; Janet Blake Doninik and Harvey L. Jones128 pages (color)Masterpieces of Western American Art
1991Sweeney, J Gray239 pages (color)Along the Russian River: An Artistic Interpretation
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Editor, Sonoma County Museum28 pagesArt Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three
1990Gerdts, William H396 pages (color)O California ! 19th & Early 20th Cen Landscapes
1990Vincent, Stephen et al272 pages (color)Artists in California, 1786-1940
1989Hughes, Edan Milton637 pagesArtists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985Dawdy, Doris1,184 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesThe Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984Orr-Cahill, Christina199 pages (color)Dictionary of 19th Century American Artists in Italy (1760-1940)
1982Soria, Regina332 pagesThe Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874
1980
(Exhibition catalog)Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III325 pages (color)The First Hundred Years of Painting in California 1775-1875
1980Van Nostrand, Jeanne135 pages (color)The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976Samuels, Peggy and Harold549 pagesThe Kahn Collection Of 19th Century Paintings by Artists in Caifornia
1975Arkelian, Marjorie64 pages (color)Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages