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Lasting Impressions: Twenty Years of the Irvine Museum

Presented by The Irvine Museum at The Irvine Museum

April 24-June 6, 2013

The Irvine Museum celebrates its twentieth anniversary with Lasting Impressions: Twenty Years of The Irvine Museum, on display January 26 through June 6, 2013. The exhibition features many of the museum's most popular and important California Impressionist paintings, including works by Franz A. Bischoff (1864-1929), George Brandriff...

Autumn's Glory, Winter's Grace

Presented by The Irvine Museum at The Irvine Museum

September 29, 2012-January 17, 2013

Nature is always with us, and indeed it is within us.  It is part of the human collective subconscious.  Our affinity with nature is inescapable.  The vision of a beautiful day makes us feel uplifted.  A day in the country refreshes and restores us.  When we can no longer deal with the modern world,...

Docent Tour of: "Paradise Found: Summer in California"

Presented by The Irvine Museum at The Irvine Museum

June 21-September 20, 2012

Paradise Found: Summer in California will feature a selection of paintings by California Impressionists that show various familiar views of California as they appeared nearly a century ago, before the great population growth of the late twentieth century.

Starting in the early 1900s, Southern California became a popular...

Paradise Found: Summer in California

Presented by The Irvine Museum at The Irvine Museum

June 16-September 20, 2012

Paradise Found: Summer in California will feature a selection of paintings by California Impressionists that show various familiar views of California as they appeared nearly a century ago, before the great population growth of the late twentieth century.

Starting in the early 1900s, Southern California became a popular...

Inner Visions: Women Artists of California

Presented by The Irvine Museum at The Irvine Museum

March 17-June 7, 2012

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, California had more women artists than other regions of the country. In the East, the entrenched art establishment had existed for more than a century and it consisted solely of men artists. It was deemed inappropriate to have women earning a living and pursuing a career in the arts. By...

Gardens and Grandeur Porcelains & Paintings by Franz A. Bischoff

Presented by The Irvine Museum at The Irvine Museum

November 12, 2011-March 8, 2012

The work of Franz A. Bischoff (1864-1929), both in porcelain and easel paintings reflects the highest standards of American art. Furthermore, those works that focus on landscapes encapsulate the unique qualities of California Impressionism by combining great beauty with historical significance and, most of all, a deep reverence for...