Molly Luce - Four Generations, Landscape and Figures by Female American Realist Artist (2024)

Carmel Beach

A tranquil oil painting featuring an early evening sunset with people strolling on the main beach in Carmel in front of a majestic sky from Willard Dixon, who is one of the finest American contemporary realist painters today. Dixon has painted coastal landscapes for 35 years, capturing the undeniable beauty of the West with its grand and humble spirit. The painting, with its atmospheric light and calm color palette in natural sky blue and setting sun warm red to purple, is contemporary and serene. The colors are reminiscent of Rothko as they shift in natural bands. Looking at this painting is like looking through a window to a lovely moment as the close of a day. Dixon’s work can be found in numerous distinctive private and public collections, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and his work is collected Internationally. Artist signed and dated. A classic Dixon that will sure to bring those who view it a life time of pleasure. Carmel Beach, 18 x 53 inches. Oil on canvas, and traditionally framed in contemporary, minimal oak floater frame.The artist was born: Kansas City MO, 1942 Education: Art Students League, New York, NYCornell UniversityBrooklyn Museum SchoolSan Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969Awards and CommissionsN.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998Teaching1989-90: San Francisco State University1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CAOne Man Exhibitions2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY.2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery) 1994: Fischbach Gallery1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery1992: Fischbach Gallery1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA1990: Fischbach Gallery1989: William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA1988: Gallery 454 North, Los Angeles, CA1987: Fischbach Gallery1987: Gallery 454 North1986: William Sawyer Gallery1985: Fischbach Gallery1984: Harris Gallery, Houston, Tx1984: William Sawyer Gallery1983, 1982: Fischbach Gallery1981: William Sawyer Gallery1980,1979: Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA1976, 1975: William Sawyer Gallery1973, 1972: William Sawyer GallerySelected Group Exhibitions2017: SHIFT / with Elizabeth Barlow, Kim Frohsin, Erin Parrish, Irene Zweig, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA2015: REAL with Elizabeth Barlow Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA.2014: Stillness and Activity / A father and daughter exhibition, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA. 2013: Outwin Boocher Portrait Competition 2013 Exhibition” Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.Hey Everybody / Portraits, Diablo Valley College2012: Artistic Visions of the Golden Gate Bridge”, George Krevsky Gallery, S.F., CA. Introduction Two/ Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA. 2011: California: A Landscape of Dreams/ Fresno Art Museum2010: Self Portrait Invitational/ Julie Nester Gallery, Park City UT2009: On Beauty /I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA.2008: At Water’s Edge / I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA.2007: San Francisco Scenes/ George Krevsky Gallery, S.F., CATen Years- A Retrospective/ Dolby Chadwick Gallery, S.F., CA.2006: Our Planet, Our Home/ SFMOMA Artists Gallery, S.F. CA2005: 2005 Spring Group Show/ Earl McGrath Gallery, L.A., CA2002: H2O’02, Paintings of Water/ Fischbach Gallery, NYCScene in Oakland 1852-2002 Oakland Museum Oakland, CAThe Garden/ Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CAThe Moving Still Life/ Fischbach Gallery, New York, NYBay Area Printmakers/ works from Trillium Press,Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CACalifornia Landscape Paintings/ College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CABay Area Printmakers/ SF Museum of Modern Art/Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CAVisions: Northern California/ Bank of America, San Francisco, CA2001: Opening Exhibit: Group Show, Fischbach Gallery, NY, NY2000: Hackett Freedman Gallery Artists/ Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, Ca1999: Homage to the Art Institute, Artists Who Transformed American Culture, Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA1999: What is Art For? What are Museums For? What are You For? curated Curated for the Oakland Museum by William T. Wiley & Mary Hull Webster, Oakland, CA1998: Paintings of Marin County Past and Present/ The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA1997: 10th Anniversary Exhibition/ Hackett Freedman Gallery, S.F., CA1996: Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas/ Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (traveling exhibition)Contemporary American Realist Painters/ Halls Crown Center Gallery, Kansas City, MO1996: Foundation for the Future: Celebrating 125 Years at the San Francisco Art Institute/ One Bush St., S.F., CA1996: New Work by Selected Gallery Artists, Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Flower Paintings/ Contemporary Realist Gallery, S.F., CA1995: Facing Eden: 100 Years of Landscape Art in the Bay Area / De Young Museum, S.F., CAContemporary Still Life Painting/ David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI1994: Still Life/ Fischbach Gallery, New York City, NYNew Bay Area Painting/ Contemporary Realist Gallery, S.F., CAA Room with a View/ The North Point Gallery, S.F., CA1993: Bay Area Painting/ Contemporary Realist Gallery, S.F., CAVanishing Point: A Look at Contemporary Landscape Painting”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CATribute/ William Sawyer Gallery, S.F., CARevolution: Into the 2nd Century at the San Francisco Art Institute, One Market Plaza, S.F., CAContemporary Realism: Central and Northern California Landscapes/ Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CAThe Artist as Native: Reinventing Regionalism/ a traveling exhibition curated by Alan Gussow and Babco*ck Galleries, N.Y., NY1992: A Day in the Country, California Landscape Painting / I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CAWest Art and the Law/ Weat Publishing Co., St. Paul, MN(traveling ex.) The New York Academy of Art, New York, NYIn Support of Contemporary Bay Area Artists / One Market Plaza, S.F., CA1991: The Landscape in 20th-Century American Art: Selections from theMetropolitan Museum of Art/ New York, NY, National Traveling Exhibit 1990: Contemporary Landscapes/ 21st Anniversary ExhibitionTortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.1990: New Bay Area Painting Contemporary Realist Gallery, S.F., CA1989: The Modern Pastoral/ Robert Scholekopf Gallery, New York, NY1988: Images of the Land/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA1988: Ten Artists from the William Sawyer Gallery / Shasta College Gallery, Redding CAWorks on Paper/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA1987: The Contemporary American Landscape/ Swain Gallery, NJ1986: Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape/ Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA1985: The Bay Area Seen/ Bay Area Regionalists Show, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA Large Scale/ Harris Gallery, Houston, TXA City Collects/ Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CAAmerican Realism/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA1984: San Francisco Bay Area Painting/ curated by George Neubert for the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NEAmerican Landscape Painting/ California State University, L.A. CAWestern Landscape Painters/ The Museum of the West, Houston, TXThe Urban Landscape / One Market Plaza, San Francisco, CA1982: Collectors Gallery 16/ McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TXThirty Approaches to Realism/ William Sawyer Gallery, S.F., CA1981: Views of California Past and Present/ Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CALandscapes/ Harris Gallery, Houston, TX110th Anniversary S.F. Art Institute Alumni Group Show/ William Sawyer Gallery, S.F., CA1980: Realism/ Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA1979: Bay Area Artists Exhibition/Sale/ Oakland Museum, Oakland, CAOmnium Gatherum/ Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CACalifornia Viewpoints/ Sunne Savage Gallery, Boston, MA1978: New Work/ Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CAImages of the Land/ William Sawyer Gallery, S.F., CA1977: Contemporary California Artists/ Marshall-Meyers GalleryAlternative to the Whitney Annual/ James Yu Gallery, N. Y, N.Y. San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize)1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gallery, Seattle, WAFaculty Show/ California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA1975: Realism in Painting and Ceramics/ Helen Euphrat Gallery,De Anza College, Cupertino, CA1975: A Tribute to the Art Institute/ Hansen Fuller Gallery, S.F., CACalifornia Artists/ Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT1974: Our Land, Our Sky, Our Water/ by Alfred Frankenstein Expo 74, Spokane, WAA Sense of Place/ curated by Alan Gussow for the Joslyn Museum, Omaha, NEThe Discovery Gallery, Montclair, N.J. 1973: College of Marin Gallery, Kentfield, CACalifornia Artists/ Kaiser Center, Oakland, CA1972: Visiting Artists/ California State University, Hayward, CA1970: Drawing Invitational/ Emanuel Walter Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, S.F., CA1970: San Francisco Art Institute Centennial Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, S.F., CA1967: Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art Annual,San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, S.F., CA1966: California Landscape Painters/ San Francisco Art Institute, S.F. CA.Selected CollectionsThe San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe Oakland MuseumThe Utah Museum of Fine ArtSan Francisco Art CommissionShaklee CorporationPacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, CAKemper Insurance Company, Long Grove, IlMorrison and Foerester, San Francisco, CASSI Container Corporation, San Francisco, CASan Francisco International AirportOxford Petroleum Company, Houston,TXCalifornia First Bank, San Francisco, CAUnited Pipeline, Houston, TXSecurity Pacific National Bank, S.F., CACrocker Bank, Los Angeles, CAVisa Corporation, San Francisco, CAAtlantic Richfield CorporationShell Oil, Houston, TXFirst National Bank of SeattleRREEF Corporation, San Francisco, CATexas Heritage SocietyGenstar Corporation, San Francisco, CASohio CorporationSkidmore Owings and Merrill, N.Y.C., NYChemical Bank, NYSwissre Corporation, NYThe Insurance Company of North AmericaFirst National Bank of Midland, TexasCommerce BankAMA Headquarters, Washington, DCHughes Tool, Houston, TXATT, NYMorgan Stanley Dean Witter, San Francisco, CAIBM Corporation, San Jose, CANorthern Trust Company, Chicago, ILSmith Kline and French Corp., Philadelphia, PAWells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, CARepublic National BankChevronTrammel Crow Company, Dallas, CAU.S. Insurance Group, N.J.Southwestern Bell Corp., MOUnion BankPacific BellUnited States Trust Company, NYThe United Bank of Denver, COCigna Corp., Philadelphia, PAAtlantic Richfield Corp., Los Angeles, CAShow, Pittman, Pots and Trobridge, Washington, DCSan Francisco Zen CenterHughes Aircraft Co. Los Angeles, CAMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M), St. Paul, MNBank of America, NYCommerce Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City,MORobinson Humphrey/American Express, Atlanta, GAMerrill Lynch, San Francisco, CAGoldman Sachs, NYMetropolitan Life Insurance Co., NYVictoria Bank and Trust, Victoria, TXNYNEX, NYCoca Cola, U.S.A., Atlanta, GATransAmerica CorporationPacific Telesis GroupBrobeck, Phleger, & Harrison Exxon CorporationU.S. TrustSelected Private CollectionsEstate of Ahmet Ertegun, New York, NYMr. Harrison Ford, Los Angeles, CAEstate of Irving Lazarr, Los Angeles, CaMr. and Mrs. Leonard Holzer, New York, NYMr. and Mrs. Peter Asher, Los Angeles, CAMr. John Irvin, London, EnglandMs. Joan Didion, New York , NYMs. Sabrina Guinness, London, Eng. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Hills, San Francisco, CAMr. and Mrs. Peter DuchinMs. Linda RonstadtMs. Faye DunawayMr . Peter MortonMrs H.J. Heinze, New York, NYMr. Rupert LowensteinMr. and Mrs. Robert Emery, San Francisco, CA Mr. Earl Mc Grath, New York, NYMr. Nat Weiss, New York, NYMr. Luca BarillaMr. Bruce Schnietzer, New York, NYDr. and Mrs. Robert Carroll, New York, NYMrs. Nicholas Boyd, San Francisco, CAMr. and Mrs. Robert Green, San Francisco, CAMr. Chappy Morris, New York, NYMs. Carla Kirkeby, Los Angeles, CAMr. and Mrs. Elliot Caplow, Los Angeles, CAMr. and Mrs. Robert Meyerowitz, New York, N.Y.Mr. and Mrs. Steven GilsendaineMrs. Caroline Cushing Graham, Los Angeles, CAMr. Michael Nesmith, Los Angeles, CAMr. Griffen Dunne, New York, N.Y.Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Erskine, Pasadena, CAMr. N.J. Friedman, Hillsborough, CAMr. Harold Hollingsworth...