Phippen Museum
Phippen Museum at Dusk, photo courtesy of Phippen Museum
On Location in Malibu - Members of the California Art Club
July 22 - November 5, 2000
The Phippen Museum
will present a traveling exhibit by members of the California
Art Club entitled "On Location in Malibu." Assembled by
Dr. Michael Zakian, Curator of the Frederick
R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University at Malibu, the exhibit
contains 64 impressionistic works by 47 members of the California Art Club.
A beautiful four-color catalog accompanies the exhibit. (left: Anita
Hampton, Malibu Canyon, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches)
When the initial call to artists was issued,
artists logged their heavy painting equipment over mountains and rocky terrain,
through creeks, and along lengthy stretches of beaches to capture some of
the most captivating scenes indigenous to the spectacular Malibu area. More
than 80 artists submitted in excess of 300 paintings to be juried. Dr. Zakian
selected sixty of them to be included in the exhibit, all depicting the
allure of Malibu. ( left: Vic Riesau, Near Sundown - Malibu Creek,
oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches)
The California Art Club was founded in 1909
and ranks among the oldest professional 
art organizations
in the country. Early members included such leading Southern California
Impressionists as Franz A. Bischoff,
Edgar Payne, Guy
Rose and William
Wendt. Today the club numbers more than 1700 members internationally.
Their mission is to uphold the original artistic standards and traditions
of the club's founders. They play an important historical role by recording,
natural landscapes in the 20th and 21st centuries. (left: Gregory
Hull, Malibu Fields, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches; right: Ray Roberts,
Sequit Point - Malibu, oil on panel, 24 x 30 inches)
In 1993, artist Peter Adams was asked by a patron member
to help revive the failing California Art 
Club. Now President
of the group, Peter Adams and his beautiful wife, Elaine, have coordinated
the traveling exhibition to Prescott in addition to producing a monthly
newsletter and generating Club activities. Presently, the California Art
Club is recognized as one of the oldest, largest and most active professional
art organizations in the United States. It is respected for its reputation
in fine art, including paintings, drawing and sculpture. Plans are underway
to establish a museum to exhibit their work. (right: John Budicin,
Point Dume, oil on board, 12 x 24 inches)
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