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COMMERCIAL GALLERIES
MUSEUMS OTHER CALIFORNIA ART WEBSITES including WEBSITES FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS and CLUBS/COUNCILS
Commercial Galleries The galleries listed below conduct at least 50% of their business in historic (pre-1945) California art. They are arranged geographically from north to south and then alphabetically. This listing is complimentary and constitutes no warrantee or guarantee of the cited galleries. (If your gallery is not listed here and you fit the parameters, please email nancymoure@earthlink.net with pertinent information.)
ANNEX GALLERIES, 604 College Avenue, Santa Rosa, Ca. 95404. Special interest : American and California prints and works on paper. Contact Persons: Dan Lienau and Gala Chamberlain. Tel. 707-546-7352; Fax 707-546-7924. Email: artannex@aol.com Website: www.annexgalleries.com. See 'Fine Prints: Subjects: California' and the 'Gustave Baumann' section. ARADER GALLERIES, 432 and 435 Jackson Street, Historic Jackson Square, San Francisco, Ca. 94111. Special interest : historically important maps, lithographs of the American West, Californiana, Hawaiiana and Western Americana. Contact persons: Stephanie Waskins and Nicole Lopez, Directors. Tel. 415-788-5115. Email: aradersf@sbcglobal.net. Website: www.aradersf.com. BODEGA BAY HERITAGE GALLERY, 1785 Coast Highway 1, Bodega Bay, California 94923. Special interest : 19th Century to mid-20th Century California art, with emphasis on Northern California and California watercolor movement. Contact persons: Dan Rohlfing and Linda Sorensen. Tel. 707-875-2911; Email: BBHGallery@bodegabayheritagegallery.com Website: www.bodegabayheritagegallery.com BROWN, MICHAEL D., P.O. Box 460492, San Francisco, California 94146. Special interest : Asian American art with an emphasis on early California Asian American art. Contact person: Michael D. Brown. Tel. 415-821-6152; Email: MichaelBrown@AsianAmericanArt.com; Website: www.AsianAmericanArt.com CALABI GALLERY, 456 Tenth St., Santa Rosa, California 95401. Special interest: primarily 20th century California artwork with a focus on mid-century and post-war modernism. Contact persons: Dennis Calabi and Camille Palmer. Tel.: 707-781-7070. Email: info@calabigallery.com. Website: www.calabigallery.com. CHRISTOPHER QUEEN GALLERIES, # 4, John Orr's Gardens (P. O. Box 28), Duncans Mills, California 95430, Special interest : Early California 1870-1940 oils, wc; contemporary representational artists specializing in the California landscape. Contact Person: Nancy Ferreira, Tel. 707-865-1318; Fax. 707-865-0208. Email: director@christopherqueengalleries.com. Website: www.christopherqueengalleries.com. GARZOLI GALLERY, 930 "B" Street, San Rafael, California 94901. Special interest : 19th & early 20th Century American art with an emphasis on Northern California artists. Contact Person: John Garzoli. Tel. 415-459-4321. Email: info@GarzoliGallery.com. Website: www.GarzoliGallery.com. [GARZOLI] JOEL B. GARZOLI FINE ART, 706 Sansome St., San Francisco, California 94111, and mailing address 221 Masonic Ave., San Francisco, Ca. 94118. Special interest: Fine American Paintings and Sculpture. Contact Person: Joel Garzoli. Tel/Fax. 415-931-4321. Email: Joel@jbgfineart.com. Website: www.jbgfineart.com. HOLLOWAY, JAN, 550 Davis Street, # 12, San Francisco, California. 94111. Special interest : San Francisco Art of the 1930s. Contact person: Jan Holloway. Email: jmholl@mac.com. HUGHES FINE ART, 106 Dolores, San Francisco, Ca. 94103. Special interest : Early California art. Contact Person: Edan Hughes. Tel. 415-626-4653. Email: info@edanhughes.com; Website: www.edanhughes.com KERWIN GALLERIES, 1107 California Drive, Burlingame, California 94010. Special interest : all California Art before 1945; books on California art. Contact Person: Richard or Mercedes Kerwin. Tel. 650-340-8400; Fax. 650-340-8466. Email: fineart@kerwingalleries.com. Website: www.kerwingalleries.com. MONTGOMERY GALLERY, 406 Jackson Street, San Francisco, Ca. 94111. Special interest: American and Californian art of all eras. Contact Persons: Lisa Peters and Peter Fairbanks. Tel. 415-788-8300. Email: info@MontgomeryGallery.com. Website: www.montgomerygallery.com. NORTH POINT GALLERY, 2247 Fifth St., Berkeley, California. Special interest: Early California; American; Contemporary Realism. Contact Person: Alfred Harrison. Tel. 415-781-7550. Email: info@northpointgallery.com. Website: www.northpointgallery.com. [PENCE], JOHN PENCE GALLERY, 750 Post Street, San Francisco, California 94109. Special interest : Living academic realists and early California painters; estates of Minerva J. Chapman; Mary Foote and Robert Maione. Contact Person: John Pence. Tel. 415-441-1138; Fax. 415-441-1178. Email: art@johnpence.com. Website: www.johnpence.com. SAGEBRUSH GALLERY, P. O. Box 1842, Nevada City, California 95959. Special interest : California plein-air paintings, landscape paintings, Native American Indian baskets. Tel. 530-272-6367. Email: callsyd@comcast.net. Website: www.SagebrushGallery.com.
CALIFORNIA VIEW FINE ARTS, online gallery. Special interest : collectible original art of Early California. Contact person: Kurt Scanlin. Tel. 408-656-6964. Email: info@californiaviewfinearts.com. Website: www.californiaviewfinearts.com. CARLSON GALLERY, online gallery. Special interest : California postwar period 1945-1965 and some earlier modernism. Contact Persons: David and Jeanne Carlson. Tel: David Carlson: 831-601-0584. Tel: Jeanne Carlson: 760-895-0844. Website: www.carlsongalleryonline.com. DEL MONTE FINE ART, 6th Avenue between Dolores & San Carlos Streets, Carmel, California 93921. Special interest: museum quality early California and American paintings. Contact persons: Brent Gross and Jessica Lautzenhiser. Tel.: 831-626-1100. Website: www.delmontefineart.com. [HARDY] JOSH HARDY GALLERIES, L.L.C., 6th between Dolores & Lincoln, Carmel, California 93921. Mailing address: P.O. Box 148, Pebble Beach, Ca. 93953. Special interest : Early California and American paintings. Contact person: Josh Hardy. Tel. 831-373-6007. Email: hardygalleries@gmail.com Website: www.hardygalleries.com HAUK FINE ARTS, 206 Fountain Avenue, #B, Pacific Grove, California 93950. Special interest : Early and Contemporary California art. Sells selected books. Contact Person: Steve Hauk. Tel. 831-373-6007; Fax 831-373-6076. Email: haukfa@pacbell.net. Website: www.haukfinearts.com [KARGES] WILLIAM A. KARGES FINE ART, 6th & Dolores (P. O. Box D-1), Carmel, California 93921. Special Interest : early California and American art 1870 - 1940. Contact Person: Patrick Kraft Tel. 831-625-4266; Fax. 831-625-9649. Website: www.kargesfineart.com. Communicate via the gallery's blogspot: http://www.kargesfineart.com/ RIESER, JAMES J. FINE ART, Dolores between 5th and 6th, Su Vecino Court (mail: P.O. Box 1208, Carmel, CA 93921). Special interest : Impressionist paintings from throughout the Twentieth Century. Contact person: Jim Rieser. Tel. 831-620-0530. Email: JJRFA@pacbell.net. Website: www.rieserfineart.com. TROTTER GALLERIES, San Carlos near 7th/ Box 3246, Carmel, California 93921 and 301 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove, California. Special interest : pre-1945 California art/ Paintings Impressionist and Post Impressionist. Contact Person: Terry & Paula Trotter, Tel of both galleries: 831-649-3246. Fax. 831-625-1456. Email: trottergalleries@comcast.net Website: www.TrotterGalleries.com. WE BUY CALIFORNIA PAINTINGS, 2425 Golden Hill Road, Suite 106-311, Paso Robles, California 93446. Special interest : paintings, pastels and watercolors painted in California from 1850 to World War II. Contact: Robert Raynolds. Tel. 805-462-2301. Fax: 805-462-1943. Website: http://webuycaliforniapaintings.com/ WESTBROOK GALLERIES, corner of Dolores and 6th, Carmel, California. Mailing address: P. O. Box 793, Carmel, Ca. 93921. Special interest: Early California, mid-century modernism Tel. 831-625-2288. Website: www.westbrookgalleries.com
ANDERSON SHEA FINE ART, by appointment only, Santa Barbara, California. Special interest : American art of the Modern period with a focus on California art. Contact Person: Alissa J. Anderson. Tel. 805-616-2781. Email: info@AndersonSheaFineArt.com. Website: http://andersonsheafineart.com./ ARLINGTON ART GALLERY, by appointment only, P.O. Box 3680, Santa Barbara, California 93130. Special interest : Western; Regionalist watercolors and oils; Santa Barbara artists. Contact Person: Marlene R. Miller. Tel. 805-898-2005; Fax. 805-569-1147. [BREITWEISER] GARY BREITWEISER, STUDIO 2, by appointment only, 434 "B" East Haley Street, Santa Barbara, California 93103. Special Interest : California art. Contact Person: Gary Breitweiser, Tel. 805-965-8100. Email: studio2@west.net. [MACFARLANE] STEVE MACFARLANE COLLECTION, 133 East De La Guerra St., #186, Santa Barbara, Ca. 93101. Special interest : Fine Art, American art, California paintings, WPA prints. Contact person: Steve Macfarlane. Tel. 888-511-9942. Email: mail@macfarlanecollection.com; Website: www.macfarlanecollection.com. [MAIN] JAMES MAIN FINE ART, 27 East De La Guerra, Santa Barbara, California, 93101. Special interest : California painters and printmakers, 1890-1960; color woodcuts, antiques. Contact Person: Jim Main. Tel/Fax. 805-962-8347. Email: MainFineArt@gmail.com. Website: www.jamesmainfineart.com. OLD CALIFORNIA STORE, 1528 East Thompson Blvd., Ventura, California 93001. Special interest : Monterey furniture and paintings, tiles, and pottery on the California Rancho theme. Contact Person: Don Shorts. Tel. 805-643-4217. Email: ventmont@msn.com. and on Facebook. PEREGRINE GALLERIES, 1133 Coast Village Road, Montecito, California 93108. Special interest : Pre-1945 California art; jewelry. Contact Person: MarleneVitanza. Tel. 805-969-9673. Email: Mperegrine@aol.com. Website: www.PeregrineGalleries.com. ROBERT LIVERNOIS ART & ANTIQUES, 533 Brinkerhoff Avenue, Santa Barbara, California 93101. Special interest : antiques and early California art. Contact person: Robert Livernois. Tel. 805-962-4247. SULLIVAN-GOSS, 7 East Anapamu, Santa Barbara, California 93101. Special interest : Books, prints, California paintings. Contact Person: Frank Goss. Tel. 805-730-1460. Email: sales@SullivanGoss.com. Website: www.sullivangoss.com.
ADAMSON-DUVANNES GALLERIES, 7604 East Fourth Place, Downey, California 90241. Special interest : European, American and Californian art. Contact Person: Jerome Adamson. Tel. 323-653-1015. Email: artdeal@pacbell.net. Website: www.justpaintings.net ALVAREZ [MABEL] ESTATE, Los Angeles, California. Special interest : Mabel Alvarez paintings. Contact Person: Masaaki Nakano. Tel. 213-254-6655. Email: Glenn752@sbcglobal.net. Website: www.MabelAlvarez.com . ANIMATION ART GALLERY, 9517 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, California 90232. Special interest : Vintage animation art. Tel. 310-836-4992. Website: www.animationartgallery.com ART AND ANTIQUES ON LAKE, 103 Santa Clara, Arcadia, California. Special interest : vintage California, American and European fine art. Contact Person: Ron Vander Molen. Tel. 951-316-0429. Email: rsvandermolen@aol.com. AND 2546 East Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, Ca. 91107. Contact Person: Kathy Shifs. Tel.: 626-484-9559. Website: www.ArtandAntiquesonLake.com. [BANNATYNE] BRYCE BANNATYNE GALLERY, by appointment only at 1509 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Los Angeles (Venice), California 90291. Special interest : Architecture and Design of the 20th Century; Arts & Crafts Movement; American, Californian and Mexican Paintings 1900-1960. Tel. 310-396-9668. Email: BBannatyne@aol.com. BONHAMS & BUTTERFIELDS, 7601 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90046. Special Interest : holds semi-annual American and California Painting auctions. Contact Person: Scot Levitt. Tel. 323-850-7500 x5425. Website: www.bonhams.com and click on "Bonhams & Butterfield" CALIFORNIA ART COMPANY, P.O. Box 9991, Glendale, California 91226. Special Interest : California and American Fine Art. Contact Person: Greg Colley. Tel. 818-398-7363 Email: greg@californiaartcompany.com Website: www.CaliforniaArtCompany.com. CALIFORNIA PAINTINGS, 9454 Wilshire Blvd., Penthouse, Beverly Hills, California 90212. Special interest : American & California paintings from the 19th & 20th centuries. Contact Person: Steve Stern. Tel. 310-729-6666. Fax: 310-276-2622. Email: StevenSternFineArts@gmail.com. Website: www.californiapaintings.com CANTOR GALLERY, Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Ave., Suite B 275, West Hollywood, California 90069. Special interest : Hovsep Pushman. Tel. 805-300-1308. Website: lawrencecantorfineart.com. DELAPP] ROBERT M. DELAPP GALLERY, Hollywood, Ca. Special Interest : 19th and early 20th century American/California art. Contact person: Robert DeLapp. Tel. 323-851-4506. Email: rdelapp@pacbell.net DE RU'S FINE ARTS, 9100 Artesia Blvd., Bellflower, California 90706. Special Interest : 19th and early 20th century California Impressionist paintings; books on California art. Contact Person: De McCall. Tel. 562-920-1312; Fax. 562-920-3077. Email: derusgal@aol.com; Website: www.DeRusFineArts.com EARLY CALIFORNIA ANTIQUES, 4302 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90029. Special Interest: California creations in all media. Contact Person: Eric Berg. Tel. 323-953-8330. Email: eric@earlycaliforniaantiques.com Website: www.earlycaliforniaantiques.com GALLERY Z, Beverly Hills, California 90210. By appointment only. Special Interest : Edward Biberman estate. Contact Person: Suzanne W. Zada. Tel. 310-271-6126. Email: SuzanneWZada@galleryz.us Website: www.galleryz.us [HELFEN] SPENCER JON HELFEN FINE ARTS, 9200 West Olympic Blvd., Suite 200, Beverly Hills, California. 90212. Special interest : California modernism of the 1920s through the 1940s. Contact Person: Spencer Helfen, Tel. 310-273-8838; Fax. 310-273-8848. Email: info@HelfenFineArts.com. Website: www.HelfenFineArts.com HERITAGE AUCTIONS, 9478 West Olympic Blvd., Beverly Hills, Ca. 90212 (Headquarters at 17th floor, 3500 Maple Ave., Dallas, Texas, 75219. Tel.: 310-492-8600. Website: www.ha.com
HERITAGE GALLERY, 1300 Chautauqua Blvd., Pacific Palisades, Ca. 90272 (by appt.). Special Interest : Postwar artists - Paintings, general, Southern California. Contact Person: Charlotte Sherman. Tel. 310-230-4340. Email: chashe@worldnet.att.net. Website: www.heritagegallery.com.
KELLEY GALLERY, 1000 East Walnut, Suite 125, Pasadena, California 91105. Special Interest : Pre-1945 California Paintings; Impressionist/Post-Impressionist. Contact Person: Michael Kelley. Tel. 626-577-5657; Email: info@MKelleyArt.com. Website: www.MKelleyArt.com [KIZHNER] MICHAEL KIZHNER FINE ART, online gallery, Beverly Hills, California 90211. Special interest : Plein air painters of California. Tel. 310-659-5222; Fax. 310-659-0838; Email: kizhner@Roadrunner.com. Website: www.kizhner.com. MAUREEN MURPHY FINE ARTS, at The Collection, 703 North La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90068. Contact Person: Maureen Murphy. Tel: 213-590-1947. Email: mmurphy@mmfa.com. Website: www.mmfa.com [MORAN] JOHN MORAN AUCTIONEERS, 735 West Woodbury Road, Altadena, California 91001. Tel. 626-793-1833. Special interest: holds thrice-yearly auctions of American and California art. Contact Persons: John and Jeff Moran. Email: info@JohnMoran.com. Website: www.johnmoran.com and http://www.californiaartauction.com/ MORSEBURG GALLERIES, gallery closed, Beverly Hills, California 90211. Special interest : historic and contemporary California plein air paintings, American Impressionists, and European art. Contact person: Jeffrey Morseburg. Tel. 310-967-3072 [MOSS] TOBEY C. MOSS GALLERY, 7321 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90036. Special Interest : 1930s-1960s California Modernism. Contact Person: Tobey Moss. Tel. 323-933-5523. Website: www.tobeycmossgallery.com. Email: TobeyMoss@earthlink.net. [PALMER] HERBERT PALMER GALLERY, by appointment only, Los Angeles, California 90069. Special interest : contemporary and modern artists including many California artists of the 1940s and 1950s. Contact Person: Lillian Palmer. Tel. 310-709-3121. Email: mail@herbertpalmergallery.com. Website: www.herbertpalmergallery.com. POULSEN GALLERIES, by appointment only, Pasadena, California 91106. Special interest : California representational art of all eras. Contact Person: Jim Haddad. Tel. 760-344-4810. Email: Marcia@poulsengalleries.com. Website: www.poulsengalleries.com. PRINTS & THE PAUPER, by appointment only, P.O. Box 5133, Santa Monica, California 90409-5133. Special interest : Prints, drawings, monotypes, color woodcuts, watercolors, other works on paper and occasional paintings. Contact Person: Roger Genser. Tel. 310-392-5582. Website: ifpda.org/content/node/2520. [RUTBERG] JACK RUTBERG FINE ARTS, 357 North La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, California 90036. Special interest : modern and contemporary art. Tel. 323-938-5222. Fax/ 323-938-0577. Email: jrutberg@jackrutbergfinearts.com. Website: www.jackrutbergfinearts.com. STENDAHL GALLERIES, 7065 Hillside Ave., Los Angeles, California 90068. Special interest: PreColumbian art and California plein air paintings. Contact Person: Ronald Dammann. Tel. 323-876-7740. Fax: 323-876-2143. Email: stendahlart@aol.com Website: www.stendahlgalleries.com. [STERN] FREDERIC STERN GALLERY, by appointment only, P. O. Box 1261, Beverly Hills, California 90213. Special Interest : contemporary and historic plein air artists. Contact Person: Frederic Stern, Tel. 310-874-4730. Email: info@fredericsterngallery.com Website: www.fredericsterngallery.com [STERN] GEORGE STERN FINE ARTS, 8920 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, California 90069. Special Interest : Paintings: Impressionist and Post Impressionist. Contact Person: George Stern, Tel. 310-276-2600. Email: gsfa@sternfinearts.com Website: www.sternfinearts.com Also see the website: www.fada.com/stern.html
CLAREMONT FINE ARTS, 206 Yale Avenue, Claremont, California 91711. Special interest : American Scene Watercolors; Works on Paper (aft 1945); Paintings, general Southern California (aft 1945). Contact Person: Mike Verbal. Tel. 909-624-5078. Email: mikeverbal@claremontfinearts.com. EDENHURST GALLERY, Laguna Beach, California Special interest : 19th and 20th Century American paintings with a focus on the California School. Contact persons: Don Merrill and Dan Nicodemo. Tel. 760-346-7900. Fax. 760-346-7378. Email: fineart@edenhurstgallery.com Website: www.edenhurstgallery.com. JOSEPH KLEITSCH GALLERY, P. O. Box 10814, Palm Desert, California 92255-0814. Special interest : Joseph Kleitsch. Tel. 949-981-0070. Email: info@JosephKleitschGallery.com. Website: www.josephkleitschgallery.com. LAWRENCE BEEBE FINE ART, P.O. Box 10814, Palm Desert, Ca. 92255-0814. Special interest : Fine Early California & American Paintings. Contact person: Lawrence Beebe. Tel: 949-981-0070. Email: BeebeFineArt@aol.com. Website: www.LawrenceBeebe.com. LISTED ARTIST.COM, P.O. Box 277, Yucaipa, California 92399. Email: shoe29@netzero.net. www.listedartist.com Site contains Palm Springs Desert Art Center Gallery (photos of artworks this seller is offering on ebay). STEWART GALLERIES, 191-A South Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California. 92262. Special interest : fine art by noted California Impressionists and plein air artists. Tel. 760-325-0878. Fax: 760-327-4718. Email: PSGalleries@aol.com. Website: www.StewartGalleries.com.
DE RU'S FINE ARTS, 1590 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, California 92651. Special interest : Pre-1945 California art. Contact Person: De McCall. Tel. 949-376-3785. Email: info@derusfinearts.com. Website: www.DeRusFineArts.com EDENHURST GALLERY, 305 North Coast Highway, Suite F, Laguna Beach, California 92651. Special interest : 19th and 20th Century American paintings with a focus on the California School. Contact persons: Thom Gianetto, Don Merrill and Dan Nicodemo. Tel. 949-376-9222. Fax: 949-376-4111. Email: fineart@edenhurstgallery.com Website: www.edenhurstgallery.com. MCCLELLAND, GORDON, by appointment only, Costa Mesa, California. Special interest : California watercolors. Contact Person: Gordon McClelland. Tel. 1-800-248-8057. Email: hillcrestpi@earthlink.net JEFF OLSEN FINE ART, 23726 Birtcher Drive, Lake Forest, California 92630-1771. Special interest : California art of the 1920s and 1930s (plein air and California Scene). Contact Person: Shelly Stephan, Gallery Manager. Tel. 949-465-2441. Email: info@jeffolsenfineart.com. Website: jeffolsenfineart.com/index.php. REDFERN GALLERY, 1540 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, California 92651. Special interest : all pre-1945 California art. Contact Person: Ray Redfern. Tel. 949-497-3356; Fax. 949-497-1324. Email: mail@redferngallery.com Website: www.redferngallery.com and www.fada.com/redfern.html.
ALCALA GALLERY, 7580 Fay Ave., Suite 102, La Jolla, California 92037. Special interest : Early California paintings and PreColumbian art. Contact Person: Alfred Bauer. Tel. 858-454-5103. Email: bauerart@me.com. Website: www.bauerart.com BRADLEY FINE ART, 2168 Chatsworth Blvd., San Diego, California 92107. Special interest : quality collectable paintings including California plein air, Southwest, and American. Tel. 619-223-6278. Email: bradleyfineart2014@gmail.com. Website: www.bradleyfineart.biz. CALART.COM, 2240 Encinitas Blvd., #302, Encinitas, California 92024. Special interest : California Watercolors & California/American Impressionist paintings. Contact person: Chris Coleman. Tel. 760-943-8706. Email: info@calart.com. Website: www.calart.com CALIFORNIA WATERCOLOR, 560 C Industrial Way, Fallbrook, California 92028; P.O. Box 1000, Fallbrook, Ca. 92088. Special interest : California watercolors. Contact person: unknown. Tel. 760-723-9270. Fax. 760-723-8730. Email: sales@californiawatercolor.com or info@californiawatercolor.com. Website: www.californiawatercolor.com [JOHNSON] MICHAEL JOHNSON FINE ARTS, by appointment only. P. O. Box 1000, Fallbrook, California 92088. Special interest : Pre-1945 California art. Tel. 951-659-5059. Email: finearts2@verizon.net. Website: AmericanFineArts.com K. NATHAN GALLERY, 7723 Fay Avenue, La Jolla, California 92037. Special interest : American and Californian pre-1945 art. Contact Person: Keith Kelman. Tel. 858-459-3490. Email: info@knathangallery.com Website: www.knathangallery.com. O'DUNN FINE ART, 8325 La Mesa Boulevard, La Mesa, Ca. 91942. Special interest: Affordable, collectible, 20th century paintings. Contact Person: Shannon. Tel.: 619-337-8342. Email: shannon@odunnfineart.com. Website: www.odunnfineart.com SWAN FINE ART, INC., P. O. Box 1108, Fallbrook, Ca. 92088. Special interest : American art 1860-1960 specializing in California Plein Air and American Impressionist landscapes. Tel. 760-723-5757. Email: jswan@roadrunner.com. Website: www.askart.com and click on "Dealer/Gallery Directory" and search "Swan". THE BUNGALOW STORE, 2317 India Street, San Diego, California. Special interest : Arts & Crafts with a side of historic California art. Tel.: 619-234-7383. Email: TheBungalowStore@cox.net. Website: www.TheBungalowStore.com.
AMERICAN EAGLE FINE ART, 77 Solano Square, # 221, Benicia, Ca. 94510. Special interest : Early California and Southwestern Fine Art, 1870-1970. Contact Person: Ray Castello. Tel. 707-731-2966. Email: info@americaneaglefineart.com. Website: www.americaneaglefineart.com. BINGHAM GALLERY, 136 South Main Street no. 210, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-3319. BINGHAM GALLERY, at the Maynard Dixon property, 2000 South State Street, Mount Carmel, Utah 84755. Special interest : scenes of the Southwest (including California) and Utah. Tel. 800-992-1066. Email: pbingham@qwest.net. Website: www.binggallery.com www.thunderbirdfoundation.com. MARK SUBLETTE MEDICINE MAN GALLERY, 6872 East Sunrise Drive, Suite 130, Tucson, Arizona, 85750. Special interest : Maynard Dixon and other California artists. Contact person: Mark Sublette. Tel. 800-422-9382 and 520-722-7798. Email: art@medicinemangallery.com. Website: www.medicinemangallery.com PLEIN AIR GALLERY, 29 Vuleta Muerdago, Santa Fe, N.M. 87506. Special interest : California Impressionists and Regionalists. Tel: 505-983-7161. Email: pbagley@stonepinecompanies.com. Website: www.askart.com and click on "Dealer/Gallery Directory" and search this name.
Museums
The Museums listed here either specialize in collecting and displaying historic California art, or maintain small permanent displays or collections of historic California art, or mount temporary exhibitions of historic California art.Museum websites have, from the beginning, carried articles on their current exhibits, but lately many have put their entire permanent collection on line and some have even digitized their small, ephemeral, historic exhibition catalogues. Each site must be checked for its offerings.
Institutions devoted to all periods of California Art:Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, www.lagunaartmuseum.org Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California, www.museumca.org See its permanent galleries, changing exhibitions and on-line permanent collections. Pasadena Museum of California Art, www.pmcaonline.org. Institutions or organizations that display specific aspects of California Art (alphabetical): Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Beverly Hills www.oscars.org and click on "Research and Preservation" and "Margaret Herrick Library" and on "Graphic Arts Collections" for 35000 posters, costumes designs, etc. Autry Museum of Western Heritage, L. A. www.autry-museum.org. Has a permanent gallery devoted to paintings and costumes from the California Historical Society. See its "Collections Online" Beal Memorial Library, Bakersfield. www.Kerncountylibrary.org/HTML/about/bea/spcol/index.html Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, Ca. bolinasmuseum.org. See Permanent Collection Gallery of Coastal Marin Artists Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana www.bowers.org Semi-permanent display of its own collection of California art California Digital Library www.oac.cdlib.org. Lists archives on California art. Besides papers and art, it is also possible to search 37,000 images by subject and title. . California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, www.CaliforniaHeritageMuseum.org. California Historical Society, San Francisco www.californiahistoricalsociety.org California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside www.cmp.ucr.edu California State Capitol Museum. Click on "Exhibits and Collections" to see the Mathews' murals in the basement rotunda and the Lucille Lloyd mural in the Committee Room. www.capitolmuseum.ca.gov/exhibits.aspx. California State Library Foundation www.cslfdn.org Click on "Exhibits". California State Parks www.museumcollections.parks.ca.gov On line collections. Carmel Mission. www.carmelmission.org/museum/exhibitions/ Describes the mission's six exhibition galleries and its displays including one for Will Sparks paintings and the "Carmel Mission in Art". Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard www.CarnegieAM.org Cartoon Hall of Fame (of ASIFA), Burbank. www.animationarchive.org Catalina Island Museum, www.ecatalina.com and click on "Arts" for on-line exh. of pottery and tile. Central California Museum of Art, Atascadero centcalmuseart.org/index.php Chaffey Community Art Association, Rancho Cucamonga www.ccaamuseum.org and click on "Exhibits" and "Collections" and there should be an on-line gallery of its permanent Line collection. Charles M. Schulz Museum. Santa Rosa http://www.schulzmuseum.org/ Changing exhibits of cartoons Chinese American Museum, Los Angeles. www.camla.org Changing exhibits Claremont Museum of Art. www.ClaremontMuseum.org Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart High School, L. A. www.corita.org Permanent exh. of Corita's art. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento www.crockerartmuseum.org Permanent and changing exhibits and see "Digital Crocker" for the permanent collection of American and California art. Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, L. A. www.fidm.museum.org. Changing exhibits of California fashion, Hollywood costumes, on-line exhibits, etc. Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach See www.foapom.com/exhibits-collection/permanent-art-collection/ for its permanent art collection. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (DeYoung and Legion of Honor) www.famsf.org/deyoung/index.asp and click on "Collections, American". Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah www.GraceHudsonMuseum.org Haggin Museum, Stockton www.hagginmuseum.org Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga www.stmarys-ca.edu/saint-marys-college-museum-of-art for changing exhibitions and William Keith collection. Irvine Museum, Irvine, California, www.irvinemuseum.org Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles www.janm.org Changing exhibits. See also �Collections & Research� for collections of art by individuals. Living Desert, Palm Desert www.livingdesert.org. and click on "Plan Your Visit" and "Things to Do and See" and on "Plein Air Art Collection" for the Stephen Chase collection of paintings. Long Beach Museum of Art www.lbma.org Permanent and changing exhibits and on-line collection. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, www.lacma.org/art/collection and click on "Curatorial Area" and "American Art" Los Angeles Public Library's special collections of photos, prints, bookplates, citrus labels, children's book illustrations, etc. can be seen at www.lapl.org and click on "What's On" and "Exhibits" Maynard Dixon Museum, Tucson, Arizona. www.maynarddixonmuseum.com Mills College, Oakland, mcam.mills.edu/collections/. Mills has a large collection of California paintings, sculpture and prints. Mission Inn Museum, Riverside www.missioninnmuseum.com. Click on "Visit the Museum" or click on "Learn" and "Museum Collection" Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey www.montereyart.org Click on "Collections" & "Exhibitions" Museum of California Design www.mocad.org Nevada Museum of Art www.nevadaart.org/explore/exhibitons/ and click on "Collection". Describes its collection of art of the Sierra Nevada Oceanside Museum. www.oma-online.org. Changing exhs. of regional art. Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Harbor, California, www.ocma.net Displays California "modern" art from the early twentieth century to the present. Palm Springs Art Museum www.psmuseum.org and click on "Exhibitions" for exhibitions (current and upcoming) and its permanent collection Pasadena Museum of History www.pasadenahistory.org for information on the Fenyes family and art collection. Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont RCWG.scripps college.edu for permanent collection containing California art. San Diego Historical Society Museum www.sandiegohistory.org Changing exhibits, permanent collection, Journal of San Diego History. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego www.sdmart.org Santa Barbara Museum of Art www.sbmuseart.org Changing exhibits Santa Barbara Historical Society Museum www.santabarbaramuseum.com Permanent collection Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History www.santacruzmah.org Occasional special exhibits. Santa Paula Art Museum www.SantaPaulaArtMuseum.org. Shasta State Historic Park, Art Collection www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=1304 Society of California Pioneers, San Francisco www.californiapioneers.org Changing exhibits Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa www.SonomaCountyMuseum.org and click on "Exhibits" and "Collections" Surfing Heritage Foundation, San Clemente www.surfingheritage.org University of California, Santa Barbara Museum includes Fine Art Collection and Architecture and Design Collection. www.uam.ucsb.edu/exhibitions. Wildling Museum, Los Olivos www.wildlingmuseum.org Occasional special exhibits William S. Hart Museum, Newhall www.hartmuseum.org/tours.html
Useful Websites The websites below focus on California's historic architecture, photography, murals, etc.
ARCHITECTURE: HISTORIC HOUSES. For historic houses and buildings in Oakland, see www.oaklandheritage.org/historic.htm. For all California see the National Park Service website www.cr.nps.gov and click on "National Register of Historic Places." Los Angeles Conservancy at www.laconservancy.org. For Deco, see Art Deco Society of California at www.artdecosociety.org. For San Francisco, see www.sfheritage.org. For San Diego, see www.SOHOSanDiego.org. These are just a few of the many sites. ART ASSOCIATIONS (founded before 1950 that have "History" or "About Us" buttons on their websites and sometimes biographies of their early members). Carmel Art Association www.carmelart.org, California Art Club www.californiaartclub.org, [California] National Watercolor Society nationalwatercolorsociety.wild apricot.org. Desert Art Center, Palm Springs www.desertartcenter.com, La Jolla Art Association www.lajollaart.org, Twenty-Nine Palms Art Gallery www.29palmsartgallery.com, and Pasadena Society of Artists www.PasadenaSocietyofArtists.com/ and Ruskin Art Club www.facebook.com/ruskinartclub. KINGSLEY ART CLUB, Sacramento. Associated with the E. B. Crocker Art Gallery in Sacramento since 1927. Originated the annual Crocker-Kingsley juried art exhibit c. 1934 (the first 50 years are indexed in the publication 50 Years of Crocker-Kingsley) and provides art scholarships. www.kingsleyartclub.org. See also San Diego Artists Guild www.sdvag.net/Home.htm ART CALIFORNIA Website for contemporary California art of all disciplines -- theatre, dance, music, fine art -- with pointers to museums and websites. www.artcalifornia.net ART SCENE Lists exhibits at Southern California galleries http://artscenecal.com. ASKART auction values and information. www.askart.com . Search individual artists. CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS ONLINE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS www.museumcollections.parks.ca.gov CARMEL ART GALLERIES CONSORTIUM www.carmelartgalleries.com/artistsEARLY.html lists artists and the galleries who have work by them in inventory. CARTOONISTS, CALIFORNIA http://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2009/07/early-california-cartoonists.html CHOUINARD FOUNDATION www.chouinardfoundation.org COIT TOWER MURALS, SAN FRANCISCO http://travelphotobase.com/s/CAFC.htm COLLECTION OF HOWARD WILLOUGHBY includes photos of Willoughby, a former art dealer in San Francisco and his collection of Edwin Deakin mission paintings. howardwilloughby.com DESERT ARTISTS, CALIFORNIA www.californiadesertart.com EBAY online auction of collectibles and paintings; large section on California www.ebay.com. FADA (Fine Art Dealers Association) Many of the members deal in historic California art www.fada.com. FRAMEABLE REPRODUCTIONS For frameable prints made from historic postcards, magazine covers, and posters, see www.art.com and search by "Subject", by "Places" by "United States" and by "California". For watercolors, see CaliforniaWatercolor.com. For covers of historic Sunset magazines, see www.Sunset.com and click on "Marketplace" and on "Sunset Store". For items offered by the California State Library see www.Zazzle.com/castatelibrary and for Nicolai Fechin see www.fechin.com and for California historic paintings see www.greggyoungpublishing.com/store/38/impressionism FRAMES HOLTON STUDIO FRAME MAKERS Articles on how one frame maker selects the frames for artworks. www.holton frames.com FRUIT CRATE LABELS -- The website for the Citrus Label Society www.CitrusLabelSociety.com contains good historical information. Among the many people dealing in fruit crate labels are: www.FruitCrateLabels.com , www.TheLabelMan.com , www.FruitCrateArt.com , www.AntiqueLabelCompany.com , www.LabelFrames.com , www.CrateLabelsOnLine.com , www.paperstuff.com , www.sierranatureprints.com/fruitcrate.shtml , www.cerebro.com. LAGUNA BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY www.lagunabeachhistory.org has many photos of early Laguna Beach. Click on "History" and then on "Laguna Artists" for portrait photographs of various artists. MURALS - FEDERAL ART PROJECT - CALIFORNIA www.wpamurals.com and click on "CA" and http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/ and www.NewDealArtRegistry.org (and click on CA and the relevant city), and for restoration of murals at San Diego State College, see http://soap.sdsu.edu/Volume1/WPAmurals/WPAmurals.htm and www.flickr.com/photos/38912020@N08/sets/72157625040837718/ MURALS - MISCELLANEOUS Los Angeles Mural Conservancy lists LA murals and artists www.lamurals.org. Diego Rivera murals at San Francisco Art Institute www.sfai.edu/about-sfai/diego-rivera-mural Siqueiros Mural - "Portrait of Mexico Today," www.xispas.com/art/siqueiros/siqueiros.htm. NATIVE AMERICAN ART, CALIFORNIA Rock Art (petroglyphs, pictographs) http://www.petroglyphs.us/ and www.ioa.ucla.edu/resources/cotsen-labs-archives/rock-art-archive/ and www.sinay.com/rockart/index.html and etc. and Baskets at www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=24035 and www.mip.berkeley.edu/cilc/basket.html and etc. PUBLIC ART IN LOS ANGELES www.PublicArtinLA.com SAM AND ALFREDA MALOOF FOUNDATION FOR ARTS AND CRAFTS www.malooffoundation.org SAN FRANCISCO ARTS Lists art exhibits in the San Francisco area www.sfarts.org and click on "Calendar Highlights" and "Museums" or "Galleries" SHASTA MOUNT, ART www.siskiyous.edu/shasta/art/ STOPMOTIONANIMATION.COM Links to animation websites www.stopmotionanimation.com THUNDERBIRD FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS www.maynarddixon.com. Paul and Susan Bingham purchased Maynard Dixon's summer home and studio in Mt. Carmel, Utah. Committed to restoring this art-historic site which had been in disrepair since the 1980's, the Binghams formed a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization in early 1999 and called it the Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts, which will fund this important project. The Thunderbird Foundation will provide scholarships, artist-in-residence programs and preserve the home and studio where Dixon's memorial and ashes remain. The foundation will also host an annual art invitational show event entitled "Maynard Dixon Country," featuring artwork by 15-20 contemporary American painters who share the talent and vision of Dixon. TRADITIONAL FINE ARTS ON LINE run by HCC's John Hazeltine. Website: www.tfaoi.org This not-for-profit website contains an on-line magazine reporting on Representational art, and other useful information.
Artists (websites for) INDIVIDUAL ARTISTSCharles Partridge Adams www.CharlesPartridgeAdams.com Ben Abril www.benabril.com Mabel Alvarez www.mabelalvarez.com Standish Backus www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/art/artists/the-art-of-Standish-Backus.html Arthur Beaumont www.navyart.com Albert Bierstadt www.xmission.com/~emailbox/glenda/bierstadt/bierstadt.html Don Blanding www.don-blanding.com Viggo Brandt-Erichsen www.elverhoj.org/Brandt-Erichsen/index.html Belmore Browne www.BelmoreBrowne.com Howard Russell Butler www.aaa.si.edu/collections/collection/butlhowa.htm Emil Carlsen www.emilcarlsen.com George Chann www.GeorgeChann.com Ralph Chesse www.ChesseArtsLtd.com/ralphchesse.html Samuel Colburn samcolburn.com Cyrus Cuneo www.CuneoSociety.org Tilden Daken www.tildendaken.com Hideo Date www.janm.org/collections/online/hideo_date_collection Walt Disney www.justDisney.com Maynard Dixon www.maynarddixon.com and www.MaynardDixon.org Jose Drudis-Biada www.msmc.edu/resources-culture/art-gallery/about-jose-drudis-biada.aspx Nicolai Fechin www.Fechin.com Lorser Feitelson www.LorserFeitelson.com Eva Scott Fenyes www.AutryNationalCenter.org/mweb/index.htm Oskar Fischinger www.OskarFischinger.org Harrison Fisher www.HarrisonFisher.com Leon Franks www.vernonkerr.com/leonfranks.html Don Freeman DonFreeman.info Duncan Gleason DuncanGleason.com Hardie Gramatky www.Gramatky.com and www.LittleToot.org. Edith Hamlin EdithHamlin.com Ray Harryhausen www.RayHarryhausen.com Anthony Heinsbergen historicfresno.org/heinsber.htm Hans Hofmann www.HansHofmann.org Donal Hord www.SanDiegoHistory.org/hord/hord.htm Grace Hudson www.GraceHudsonMuseum.org Mentor Huebner www.mentorhuebnerart.com Esther Hunt www.EstherHuntArt.com Allen Hutchinson www.SanDiegoHistory.org/Journal/73Spring/Hutchinson.htm Everett Gee Jackson www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview.everett-gee-jackson-12744 Chuck Jones, cartoonist www.ChuckJones.com and www.chuckjonescenter.org Christian Jorgensen http://missiontour.org/jorgensen/index.htm William Lees Judson www.JudsonStudios.com Reuben Kadish ReubenKadish.org Leo Katz LeoKatz.com William Keith www.stmarys-ca.edu/arts/hearst-art-gallery/william-keith-collection.html Clyde Leon Keller Clyde Leon Keller.com Dong Kingman www.dongkingman.org Alice Klauber www.aliceklauber.museumartistsfoundation.org/Inside%20Front%20Cover.htm Joseph Kleitsch www.JosephKleitschGallery.com Dorothea Lange (photographs) www.oac.cdlib.org/dynaweb/ead/omca Harold Lehman haroldlehman.com Ralph Love www.RalphLove.com Theodore Lukits www.TheodoreLukits.net Sam Maloof www.malooffoundation.org Oscar Maurer berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/maurer_studio.html Gilbert Munger www.d.umn.edu/tma/MungerSite Harry Oliver www.klaxo.net/hofc/Larry.htm Piazzoni family of artists www.bolinasmuseum.org/exhibition10048.html Joseph Raphael www.JosephRaphaelGallery.com Ed Reep www.pbs.org/theydrewfire/artists/reep.html Gounod Romandy gounodromandy.com Frederick Ferdinand Schafer ffscat.csail.mit.edu/ffshtml/ Hubert Stowitts www.stowitts.org Stanislaw Szukalski http://szukalski.com/ Gunnar Widforss www.gunnarwidforss.org Beatrice Wood Studio, Ojai, California www.beatricewood.com Robert Wood www.RobertWood.net
Clubs (websites for) These organizations for collectors of historic California art are at once social, educational and philanthropic. Through monthly events members meet each other, visit private collections, enjoy private tours of special exhibits, make one-day trips to view out-of-town art, hear lectures, etc. Monies raised go to support exhibits, catalogues, or restoration of artwork at the non-profit institution with which the club is affiliated. CLUBS/COUNCILS FOR COLLECTORS OF HISTORIC (PRE-1945) CALIFORNIA ARTHistorical Collections Council of California associated with Irvine Museum. See www.historicalcollectionscouncil.org Historical Art Council associated with the Laguna Art Museum. California Regionalist Art Collector's Club, a private group interested in California Style watercolors. See its website www.californiaregionalistart.com Arts Council of the San Diego Historical Society. www.sandiegohistory.org/membership/artcouncil California Arts Council associated with the Bowers Museum. www.bowers.org/index.php/support/volunteer/affiliate-councils Western Art Council associated with the Palm Springs Art Museum. www.psmuseum.org/councils/western_art.php American Art Council associated with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Contact 323-857-6028. www.lacma.org/american-art-council |
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