California Impressionism

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American art movement art movement regional art movement

California Impressionism is an early 20th-century regional art movement in which painters depicted the California landscape with vibrant color and loose, light-filled brushwork influenced by French Impressionism.

Aliases (2)

California Plein-Air Painting ×1
California plein air school ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American art movement → art movement → regional art movement →
associatedInstitution	California Art Club → Laguna Beach Art Association → Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art →
country	United States →
developedInContextOf	American Impressionism →
focusesOn	atmospheric conditions → effects of sunlight →
hasCharacteristic	light-filled brushwork → loose brushwork → plein air painting → vibrant color →
influencedBy	French Impressionism → Impressionism →
mainRegion	California →
movementAlsoKnownAs	California Plein-Air Painting → California plein air school →
movementEndTime	mid 20th century →
movementStartTime	circa 1900s → early 20th century →
notableArtist	Anna Hills → Armin Hansen → E. Charlton Fortune → Edgar Payne → Franz A. Bischoff → Granville Redmond → Guy Rose → Hanson Puthuff → Jack Wilkinson Smith → Maurice Braun → Selden Connor Gile → William Wendt →
notableArtistGroup	The Ten (California group around Selden Gile) →
notableCenter	Laguna Beach → Los Angeles → Monterey Peninsula → San Diego → San Francisco Bay Area →
paintingTechnique	broken color → visible brushstrokes →
relatedMovement	American Impressionism → Plein air painting → Tonalism →
typicalSubject	California deserts → California landscape → California mountains → California urban scenes → California valleys → coastlines of California →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
California Impressionism ("California Plein-Air Painting") → California Impressionism ("California plein air school") →	movementAlsoKnownAs
Crocker Art Museum →	hasCollectionStrength