GIFTED : collecting the art of California at Gardena High School, 1919-1956 / Susan M. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Susan M. (Susan Mary), author, curator.

Contributor:

GHS Art Collection, Inc., sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting, American--California--20th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, American.

Art, American--California--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art, American.

Impressionism (Art).

California.

California--In art--Exhibitions.

Impressionism (Art)--California--Exhibitions.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xxi, 183 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

[Pasadena, Calif.] : Pasadena Museum of California Art ; [Gardena, Calif.] : in association with GHS Art Collection, Inc. and the Gardena High School Student Body, [2019]

Summary:

"The collection includes paintings representing many renowned California Impressionist artists." Susan Anderson tells the "story relating how the collection came to be as each graduating class selected a painting to add to the collection. Also included is information about each painting in the exhibit."--From publisher description.

Contents:

Silent teachers

Engagement with nature

Cultivation

Majoring in art

Art for the people

The New Deal

The tools of combat

Advancing American art

The writing on the wall

Aftermath

Solutions in high school art collections.

Notes:

"This book is published on the occasion of the Gardena High School Art Collection's 100th Anniversary and coincides with the exhibition GIFTED: Collecting the Art of California at Gardena High School, 1919-1956."--Title page verso.

Catalog of an exhibition held at The Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University, May 11-October 19, 2019; Fresno Art Museum, January 24-June 28, 2020; Oceanside Museum of Art, July 18-November 29, 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780977040827

0977040828

OCLC:

1120083329