Franz Bischoff

Perspectives from The Artist's Road

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In our article on the origins of California Impressionism, we present a brief survey of fifteen of the brightest lights of the movement to give an overview of the history and wonderful art that they created. We hope that this will pique your interest enough to look further into the lives and times of your particular favorites. Many of these artists were European transplants who had interesting backgrounds and diverse professional experiences. Many, if not most, sought training in Europe, most notably at the Académie Julian in Paris, under Benjamin Constant and Jean-Paul Laurens. In France, they were exposed to Impressionism. A few, such as Guy Rose, knew Monet and lived in Giverny for many years. Some of them won medals in the European Salons. There perhaps has never been another time when so much highly trained artistic talent was on the move and ultimately headed for the United States.

It is interesting that the…