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  • Adelie Landis was raised in Brooklyn. She studied with Elmer Bischoff, David Park and Hassel Smith at the California School of Fine Arts in1951/1952. The...0March 11, 2011

    Adelie Landis Bischoff

    Adelie Landis was raised in Brooklyn. She studied with Elmer Bischoff, David Park and Hassel Smith at the California School of Fine Arts in1951/1952. The…

  • By the mid-’50s, Julius Wasserstein already had spent three years at CSFA (now the San Francisco Art Institute), and he was studying at San Francisco...0March 11, 2011

    Julius Wasserstein

    By the mid-’50s, Julius Wasserstein already had spent three years at CSFA (now the San Francisco Art Institute), and he was studying at San Francisco…

  • Painter and post war artist Carlos Villa was born in San Francisco. He studied under Diebenkorn, Lobdell and Bischoff at the San Francisco Art Institute,...0March 11, 2011

    Carlos Villa

    Painter and post war artist Carlos Villa was born in San Francisco. He studied under Diebenkorn, Lobdell and Bischoff at the San Francisco Art Institute,…

  • Jean Varda is best known as a collagist. From 1949 to his death in 1971, Varda experimented with paper, woven textiles, designer fabrics and painting...0March 11, 2011

    Jean Varda

    Jean Varda is best known as a collagist. From 1949 to his death in 1971, Varda experimented with paper, woven textiles, designer fabrics and painting…

  • Strong studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn, Jack Jefferson and Frank Lobdell. He was influenced by Lobdell and Clyford...0March 11, 2011

    Charles Strong

    Strong studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn, Jack Jefferson and Frank Lobdell. He was influenced by Lobdell and Clyford…

  • Deborah Remington was several years younger that the rest of the “6” Gallery founders, Wally Hedrick, John Allen Ryan, Hayward King, David Simpson and Jack...0March 11, 2011

    Deborah Remington

    Deborah Remington was several years younger that the rest of the “6” Gallery founders, Wally Hedrick, John Allen Ryan, Hayward King, David Simpson and Jack…

  • In 1958, after nearly a decade of Turneresque, landscape-formed imagery, Clayton turned to the human figure. This is seen by some as the first Bay...0March 11, 2011

    Clayton Pinkerton

    In 1958, after nearly a decade of Turneresque, landscape-formed imagery, Clayton turned to the human figure. This is seen by some as the first Bay…

  • Born in Long Beach, California, Okamura gave his first solo show for his kindergarten class in his parents’ garage.  Okamura continued his education (13 years...0March 11, 2011

    Arthur Okamura

    Born in Long Beach, California, Okamura gave his first solo show for his kindergarten class in his parents’ garage.  Okamura continued his education (13 years…

  • Seymour Locks is one of the progenitors of assemblage and found object construction in the Bay Area art scene during the early to mid-fifties. Born...0March 11, 2011

    Seymour Locks

    Seymour Locks is one of the progenitors of assemblage and found object construction in the Bay Area art scene during the early to mid-fifties. Born…

  • Lerma was among the small group of Chicano artists who emerged out of post-War San Francisco. After studying with Hassel Smith, Edward Corbett and James...0March 11, 2011

    Jose Ramon Lerma

    Lerma was among the small group of Chicano artists who emerged out of post-War San Francisco. After studying with Hassel Smith, Edward Corbett and James…

  • Ralph Johnson was reared on his family’s farm near Vancouver, Washington. He served in the Navy during World War II, and following the war, began...0March 11, 2011

    Ralph Johnson

    Ralph Johnson was reared on his family’s farm near Vancouver, Washington. He served in the Navy during World War II, and following the war, began…

  • Poet and sculptor Miriam Hoffman made her first life-sized ceramic figures over fifty years ago. Hoffman spent 1931 at Columbia University in New York, but...0March 11, 2011

    Miriam Hoffman

    Poet and sculptor Miriam Hoffman made her first life-sized ceramic figures over fifty years ago. Hoffman spent 1931 at Columbia University in New York, but…

  • Although she lived and worked in San Francisco for less than a decade, Sonia Gechtoff took a highly active role in Bay Area art while...0March 11, 2011

    Sonia Gechtoff

    Although she lived and worked in San Francisco for less than a decade, Sonia Gechtoff took a highly active role in Bay Area art while…

  • Lilly Fenichel was born in Vienna, Austria and fled to Great Britain during World War II. After relocating to California in 1940, Fenichel studied at...0March 11, 2011

    Lily Fenichel

    Lilly Fenichel was born in Vienna, Austria and fled to Great Britain during World War II. After relocating to California in 1940, Fenichel studied at…

  • Though at an early stage in her career, and married to Wally Hedrick at the time she appeared at the “6″ Gallery, De Feo would...0March 11, 2011

    Jay De Feo

    Though at an early stage in her career, and married to Wally Hedrick at the time she appeared at the “6″ Gallery, De Feo would…

  • Born in Kentucky, Ralph Du Casse did not arrive in the Bay Area until the mid-1940s, when he came to study at the University of...0March 11, 2011

    Ralph Du Casse

    Born in Kentucky, Ralph Du Casse did not arrive in the Bay Area until the mid-1940s, when he came to study at the University of…

  • Michael Bowen, born in Beverly Hills, California is an avant-garde innovator. His work as a Beat artist spans several decades and provided inspiration to poets...0March 11, 2011

    Michael Bowen

    Michael Bowen, born in Beverly Hills, California is an avant-garde innovator. His work as a Beat artist spans several decades and provided inspiration to poets…

  • The American landscape plays a vital role in the definition of national identity and pride, both a tribute to the glorious past and a testament...0March 8, 2011

    DA Bishop

    The American landscape plays a vital role in the definition of national identity and pride, both a tribute to the glorious past and a testament…

  • This annual conference is the largest professional art function in the region0March 6, 2011

    22nd Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art

    This annual conference is the largest professional art function in the region

  • “Among the gifts that art gives us is a mute amazement at the world itself. Through Sharon Wolpoff’s eyes, we look at slanting shadows or...0March 5, 2011

    Sharon Wolpoff

    “Among the gifts that art gives us is a mute amazement at the world itself. Through Sharon Wolpoff’s eyes, we look at slanting shadows or…

  • William T. Wiley’s works on paper from the 70′s and 80′s represent his character and humor towards life and society. Wiley’s self-portraits exude his playful...0March 5, 2011

    William T. Wiley

    William T. Wiley’s works on paper from the 70′s and 80′s represent his character and humor towards life and society. Wiley’s self-portraits exude his playful…

  • Wayne Thiebaud received his Master of Arts in 1953 from California State Sacramento and has been a professor of art at the University of California...0March 5, 2011

    Wayne Thiebaud

    Wayne Thiebaud received his Master of Arts in 1953 from California State Sacramento and has been a professor of art at the University of California…

  • Yoshio Taylor has worked in clay for over two decades and has become one of Sacramento Valley’s foremost artist in the field of ceramics. Taylor...0March 5, 2011

    Yoshio Taylor

    Yoshio Taylor has worked in clay for over two decades and has become one of Sacramento Valley’s foremost artist in the field of ceramics. Taylor…

  • My work is influenced by post-modernism and American imagery: The humor and graphic nature of the Pop artists, like Warhol and Liechtenstein and the figurative...0March 5, 2011

    Myron Stephens

    My work is influenced by post-modernism and American imagery: The humor and graphic nature of the Pop artists, like Warhol and Liechtenstein and the figurative…

  • Spring is one of the pioneers in wood sculpture and installation art. Her scenes range from complex room-size installations to the smaller, more compressed “vignettes”....0March 5, 2011

    Barbara Spring

    Spring is one of the pioneers in wood sculpture and installation art. Her scenes range from complex room-size installations to the smaller, more compressed “vignettes”….

  • In late 1954, Hassel Smith was only an intermittent visitor to San Francisco. He had left the California School of Fine Arts in the early...0March 5, 2011

    Hassel Smith (1915-2007)

    In late 1954, Hassel Smith was only an intermittent visitor to San Francisco. He had left the California School of Fine Arts in the early…

  • Underneath, there's a hint that they might bite0March 5, 2011

    Esther Shimazu

    Underneath, there’s a hint that they might bite

  • Lisa Reinertson had been creating monumental sculptures cast in bronze at Artworks Foundry since her first major commission: “Martin Luther King, Jr.” in Kalamazoo, MI...0March 5, 2011

    Lisa Reinertson

    Lisa Reinertson had been creating monumental sculptures cast in bronze at Artworks Foundry since her first major commission: “Martin Luther King, Jr.” in Kalamazoo, MI…

  • At first glance, Robert Ransom’s paintings may show the viewer a backyard barbeque or a roadside diner; the characters seem comical and somewhat blocky, each...0March 5, 2011

    Robert Ransom

    At first glance, Robert Ransom’s paintings may show the viewer a backyard barbeque or a roadside diner; the characters seem comical and somewhat blocky, each…

  • Implying bizarre narratives, Avery Palmer’s sculptures encourage engagement of the imagination. HIs dreamlike combinations of figurative and architectural elements with other objects of ambiguous symbolism...0March 5, 2011

    Avery Palmer

    Implying bizarre narratives, Avery Palmer’s sculptures encourage engagement of the imagination. HIs dreamlike combinations of figurative and architectural elements with other objects of ambiguous symbolism…

  • The years Emmy Lou has lived have enriched her pictorial language but have not destroyed in this fine painter of today, who handles beautifully, fresco,...0March 5, 2011

    Emmy Lou Packard (1914-1998)

    The years Emmy Lou has lived have enriched her pictorial language but have not destroyed in this fine painter of today, who handles beautifully, fresco,…

  • Gladys Nilsson, a founding member of the Chicago Hairy Who, studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) from 1958 to 1962....0March 5, 2011

    Gladys Nilsson

    Gladys Nilsson, a founding member of the Chicago Hairy Who, studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) from 1958 to 1962….

  • Royal Nebeker is a highly regarded Oregon narrative painter and teacher. During his academic tenure, he was the Director of the Art Institute on the...0March 5, 2011

    Royal Nebeker

    Royal Nebeker is a highly regarded Oregon narrative painter and teacher. During his academic tenure, he was the Director of the Art Institute on the…

  • William Maul graduated from Central Michigan University in 1980. His primary media are oil and acrylic. Maul’s most successful works express his deepest interest: “I...0March 5, 2011

    William Maul

    William Maul graduated from Central Michigan University in 1980. His primary media are oil and acrylic. Maul’s most successful works express his deepest interest: “I…

  • Much like a portrait painter, Martucci produces three-dimensional portraits of dogs in addition to making artwork on other subjects. One of the most enjoyable aspects...0March 5, 2011

    René Martucci

    Much like a portrait painter, Martucci produces three-dimensional portraits of dogs in addition to making artwork on other subjects. One of the most enjoyable aspects…

  • Lush landscapes and poignant still lifes, which reflect years of study of the characteristics of light0March 5, 2011

    Pat Mahony

    Lush landscapes and poignant still lifes, which reflect years of study of the characteristics of light

  • David Hollowell’s exquisite figures inhabiting the spaces are rendered in carefully formed historical illusions often with a disorienting sense of perspective. For many years, he...0March 5, 2011

    David Hollowell

    David Hollowell’s exquisite figures inhabiting the spaces are rendered in carefully formed historical illusions often with a disorienting sense of perspective. For many years, he…

  • Sean Henry’s nearly (but never quite) life-size sculptures of human beings are more mundane than monumental. They’re expressive but expressionless, individuated yet general. They engage...0March 5, 2011

    Sean Henry

    Sean Henry’s nearly (but never quite) life-size sculptures of human beings are more mundane than monumental. They’re expressive but expressionless, individuated yet general. They engage…

  • Nemo Gould was born to artist parents in 1975, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Named after the protagonist in Windsor McKay’s comic strip “Little Nemo in Slumberland,”...0March 5, 2011

    Nemo Gould

    Nemo Gould was born to artist parents in 1975, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Named after the protagonist in Windsor McKay’s comic strip “Little Nemo in Slumberland,”…

  • Dark, somber and foreboding0March 5, 2011

    Arthur Gonzalez

    Dark, somber and foreboding

  • Boyd Gavin, “…paints in a very straightforward manner, with a loose brushstroke and bright palette that lends itself well to painting small, easily recognizable objects...0March 5, 2011

    Boyd Gavin

    Boyd Gavin, “…paints in a very straightforward manner, with a loose brushstroke and bright palette that lends itself well to painting small, easily recognizable objects…

  • Roy De Forest, one of the preeminent artists of the Bay Area, has long worked on his stunning visual tales. He has constructed exciting images...0March 5, 2011

    Roy De Forest (1930-2007)

    Roy De Forest, one of the preeminent artists of the Bay Area, has long worked on his stunning visual tales. He has constructed exciting images…

  •   “Frank Damiano’s work has always had an emblematic side. In his early collages and paintings, objects were presented rather as one finds them displayed...0March 5, 2011

    Frank Damiano

      “Frank Damiano’s work has always had an emblematic side. In his early collages and paintings, objects were presented rather as one finds them displayed…

  • Dan Corbin’s figurative sculptures are a convergence of conceptual tendencies and the human figure. In Corbin’s intersection of figuration and conceptualism, past, present and future...0March 5, 2011

    Dan Corbin

    Dan Corbin’s figurative sculptures are a convergence of conceptual tendencies and the human figure. In Corbin’s intersection of figuration and conceptualism, past, present and future…

  • Playful, mysterious, contemplative0March 5, 2011

    Lisa Clague

    Playful, mysterious, contemplative

  • Born in Indiana and a graduate of Ball State University with a BS in Art Education, Chella came to Modesto in September 1956 and over...0March 5, 2011

    Chella

    Born in Indiana and a graduate of Ball State University with a BS in Art Education, Chella came to Modesto in September 1956 and over…

  • Assembling her sculpture from junk materials, defining her skills as a true constructivist0March 5, 2011

    Deborah Butterfield

    Assembling her sculpture from junk materials, defining her skills as a true constructivist

  • Explored the complexities of human nature0March 5, 2011

    Joan Brown
    (1938-1990)

    Explored the complexities of human nature

  • A piercing visual language, one that motivates us, if not to act, then to think differently0March 5, 2011

    Stephen Braun

    A piercing visual language, one that motivates us, if not to act, then to think differently

  • Elmer Bischoff is generally regarded as one of the leaders among the artists in the San Francisco Bay Area who, after contributing to the local...0March 5, 2011

    Elmer Bischoff (1916-1991)

    Elmer Bischoff is generally regarded as one of the leaders among the artists in the San Francisco Bay Area who, after contributing to the local…

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