The Art of Arthur and Lucia Mathews [Author Signed & Inscribed]

San Francisco; Oakland: Pomegranate Communications; Oakland Museum of California, 2006. First Edition. Oblong quarto with goldenrod cloth boards and grey spine title; pictorial DJ with olive spine and white text; illustrated endpapers; 272 pages; illustrations (chiefly color); 31 cm Fine in near fine(+) jacket with slightest rubbing to upper edge. . Hardcover. ISBN: 0764935496

A exemplary copy, inscribed and signed on title page by author Harvey Jones. Flyer for exhibit laid in. San Francisco artists Arthur F. Mathews (1860-1945) and Lucia K. Mathews (1870-1955) produced murals, easel paintings, furniture, interior design, graphics, wooden frames, and other objects in what has come to be known as the California Decorative Style. Arthur's easel paintings and murals placed figures of myth and allegory in idyllic California settings that evoke a new Arcadia, where they danced, in fanciful Greek garb, through light-filled landscapes. Similarly prolific, Lucia painted portraits, landscapes, and botanicals in a soft color palette; her dreamy, windswept scenes of the Monterey Peninsula are accented with diffused light and a golden glow. Her expertise as a decorative artist established her as one of the leading artists of early-twentieth-century California. Committed to their mission of treasuring the California they knew and loved, while urging their community forward in the quest for high artistic values, Arthur and Lucia Mathews were key players in California history and in encouraging a West Coast aesthetic. As the leaders of the California Decorative Style, they hold an important and honored place in the history of all American art. Published in connection with the exhibition of the same name held at the Oakland Museum of California, Oct. 26, 2006-Feb. 17, 2007 // Artist couples, Artist couples California, California, Couples d'artistes Californie, Exhibition catalogues, Mathews, Arthur Frank, 1860-1945, Mathews, Lucia Kleinhans, 1870-1955 // **Heavy item. Additional shipping fees may be needed. Please inquire**