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Behold the day : the color block prints of Frances Gearhart

Title

Behold the day : the color block prints of Frances Gearhart / Essays by Victoria Dailey, Nancy E. Green and Susan Futterman ; editor Susan Futterman.

Author

Gearhart, Frances H. (Frances Hammel), 1869-1958

Publication

Pasadena, California : Pasadena Museum of California Art, [2009]
Pasadena, California : Kathy Grupe : The Castle Press

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Description

115 pages : color illustrations, photographs, portraits; 26 cm

Summary

"Frances Hammel Gearhart (1869-1959) of Pasadena was the most important Southern California Color Block Print artist of the first part of the twentieth century. Gearhart began as a watercolorist but she turned her talents to color block printing, which was growing in popularity in America and particularly in California. She remained devoted to color printing for the rest of her artistic life. It was in this medium she truly found herself as an artist. Gearhart's approach to printmaking was bold in her use of color and powerful in the lines of her key block. She looked to the California landscape for her subject matter - the majesty and strength of its mountains and crags, its hidden lakes, shorelines, vistas and its multitude of trees. Seasons and times of the day captivated her. She communicated the wintery day, the morning sun on the hills, the splendor of fall. As a Pasadena artist, Frances Gearhart was embedded in the time, place and ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement. Her work personifies a handcrafted aesthetic: it conveys a sense of directness, immediacy, and has a strong visual impact while depicting a clearly ideal, Californian subject matter. This publication for the exhibition will substantially enlarge the limited published scholarship and images on Frances Gearhart."

Subject

Genre/Form

Illustrated works.
Essays.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Note

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Pasadena Museum of California Art, October 4, 2009-January 31, 2010.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

Text in English.

Contents

Frances Gearhart and the development of artistic printmaking in California / by Victoria Dailey -- Western grandeur : the art of Frances Gearhart / by Nancy E. Green -- Let's play / by Susan Futterman.

Call Number

MDG (Gearhart) 22-4024

ISBN

9781616235383
1616235381

OCLC

518196148

Author

Gearhart, Frances H. (Frances Hammel), 1869-1958, artist.

Title

Behold the day : the color block prints of Frances Gearhart / Essays by Victoria Dailey, Nancy E. Green and Susan Futterman ; editor Susan Futterman.

Publisher

Pasadena, California : Pasadena Museum of California Art, [2009]

Manufacturer

Pasadena, California : Kathy Grupe : The Castle Press

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Event

"Behold the Day: the Color Block Prints of Frances Gearhart" : October 4, 2009-January 31, 2010, the Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, California, United States.

Language

Text in English.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Place of Publication

United States California Pasadena.

Added Author

Gearhart, Frances H. (Frances Hammel), 1869-1958, artist. Works. Selections.

Dailey, Victoria, author.

Green, Nancy E., author.

Futterman, Susan, author, editor.

Grupe, Kathy, printer.

Pasadena Museum of California Art, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.

Castle Press, place of manufacture.

Research Call Number

MDG (Gearhart) 22-4024

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