Courtesy of IMCA Courtesy of IMCA
UC Irvine s Institute and Museum of California Art (IMCA) will debut a new exhibit, â
Radiant Impressions,â upon reopening in May after an over yearlong closure due to the pandemic.
Selections of California art, from the IMCAâs permanent collections and private collections, will be exhibited. Works demonstrate how California artists rendered light to convey the rich and varied meanings in everyday experience. Highlights include paintings by George K. Brandiff, E. Charlton Fortune, Elsie Palmer Payne, Arthur Grover Rider and two seminal works by Guy Rose, âThe Green Parasolâ and âLaguna Eucalyptus.â
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After a delay, the exhibition will be on view from May 15 through Aug. 15, 2021. Radiant Impressions was originally scheduled to coincide with Jean Sternâs retirement as the senior curator of California Impressionism at IMCA in July 2020. Stern, a noted author and lecturer, is also Executive D