Jean Stern Boeken

The book features 200 stunning plein air landscape paintings by members of the California Art Club, highlighting seascapes and beach communities from San Diego to San Francisco. These works, created over the past century, capture the unique atmosphere, light, and drama of California's natural settings. Founded in 1909, the California Art Club has become a prestigious painting society, showcasing an impressionistic style that emphasizes the fleeting beauty of outdoor scenes. This volume continues the exploration of California's artistic legacy, following a previous acclaimed publication.

This book started life as a short diary of memorable moments whilst I was working overseas, mainly in areas of existing or previous wars. I wanted to record these times to print, so that my granddaughters would be aware of my involvement as they grow older and learn to understand the sometimes-brutal real world.

A first-of-its-kind celebration of the California Art Club, a society whose members have for one hundred years captured California's staggeringly beautiful landscapes in resplendent plein air paintings. At the dawn of the twentieth century, California became home to artists from all over America and Europe who aspired to depict the state's awe-inspiring natural landscapes on canvas. In 1909, these artists founded the California Art Club, which stands today as one of the most esteemed painting societies in the United States. The club has achieved distinction for its commitment to plein air painting, an Impressionistic style in which painters work outdoors in order to capture the ephemeral moment when the natural lighting of a landscape elevates an already beautiful scene into something sublime. Celebrating a century of unique artwork, this volume presents impeccable images of the art club's masterworks, including unforgettable paintings of California's stunning and varied beauty- desert vistas, plunging coastlines, verdant vineyards, charming towns, and snow-topped mountains.