A lavish celebration of the golden light of California as seen through a hundred years of landscape painting. From the craggy Sierras to windswept beaches, to verdant fields and valleys, there is something for everyone here and amateur painters, lovers of landscape, Californians and tourists alike will find this book a must have.

This is the Sunday painter's dream book -- a first-of-its-kind celebration of the California Art Club, a society that for 100 years has captured landscapes in resplendent plein air paintings.

About The Author

Jean Stern, author of the first part of the book, 1880-1925, is the Executive Director of The Irvine Museum. An authority on California Impressionism, he co-authored California: This Golden Land of Promise and has contributed to several books about California artists. He also appears in the PBS documentary series Impressions of California: Early Currents in Art, 1850-1930. Molly Siple, who wrote the second half of the book, 1925-2009, is an Artist Member of the California Art Club. She contributed to the book Enchanted Isle: A History of Plein Air Painting in Santa Catalina Island and has written for such magazines as American Artist and Workshop.