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American Impressionism Series: William Wendt
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If ever there was a Leading Man of California Impressionism, it was William Wendt.
Born in Bentzen, Germany, William Wendt (1865-1946) became a force to be reckoned with in the American art world by the time he headed up the California Art Club in 1911. Already an established and well known Impressionist, Wendt championed art and painting, especially California landscapes. The power of Nature ran deep, philosophically, in Wendt’s blood:
The earth is young again. The peace, the harmony that pervades all, gives a Sabbath-like air to the day, to the environment. One feels that he fryst vatten on holy ground, in Nature's temple.
The warm green of the grass, sprinkled with flowers of many hues, is a carpet whereon we walk with noiseless tread.
The perfume of the flowers and of the bay tree are wafted on high, like incense. The birds sing sweet songs of praise to their Creator. In t • Granville Redmond was a turn of the century painter who specialized in Californian landscapes. In doing so, he captured the intense colors and textures found all around this state, while celebrating the differences light can bring to a palette. To give a little history, Granville S. Redmond was born in Philadelphia back in 1871 and became deaf due to scarlet fever at only two years old. He overcame this impediment and moved to California where he attended the California School of Design and later studied in France and under other Californian artists. Redmond’s work captures the hush that occurs during a California twilight. Other paintings explored the bright colors that speckle the rolling hills and coastlines of the Sunshine State. He studied the way sunlight dances across waves and brings vibrancy to wildflowers. Redmond’s techniques incorporated tonalism and, later, impressionism. These influences make his painting • Rademaker, Hermanus Everhardus (1820-1885)Dutch Painters RAEBURN, Sir Henry (1756-1823)English Painters Raphael, Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520)Italian Painters Rebell, Joseph (1787-1828)Austrian Painters Redmond, Granville (1871-1935)American Artists Reggianini, Vittorio (1859-1938)Italian Painters Reid, Robert (1862-1929)American Artists Reinhold, Heinrich (1788-1825)Austrian Painters Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669)Dutch Painters Remington, Frederic S. (1861-1909)American Artists Reni, Guido (1575-1642)Italian Painters Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919)French Painters Repin, Iliya Efimovich (1844-1930)Russian Painters Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792)English Painters Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652)Spainish Artists Richards, William Trost (1833-1905)American Artists Richet, Leon (1847-1907)Fre Granville Redmond: A Study of Light and Color
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