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End of Ocean Avenue
1931
14 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (36.83 x 49.53 cm)
John Haley (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1905 - 1991, Richmond, California)
Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection, November 20, 2004 - July 9, 2006, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection (2004-2006)
As a professor of art at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1930 to 1972, John Haley was known as the unofficial leader of a group of art faculty members who began painting outdoors together in the 1930s. In 1937, San Francisco Chronicle art critic Alfred Frankenstein coined the term "Berkeley School" to describe their predominantly urban landscapes, typically executed in spontaneous wet washes of color and loose calligraphy. As Frankenstein observed, "Theirs is an essentially graphic way of looking at things. Their line is lighthanded, neat, and precisely delicate. The composition is usually two dimensional, their color an element of feeling rather than an element of form or modeling." This painting, completed only three years after Haley’s arrival in Berkeley, already exhibited all the stylistic elements of the Berkeley school.
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End of Ocean Avenue
Painting
193114 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (36.83 x 49.53 cm)
John Haley (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1905 - 1991, Richmond, California)
Object Type: Painting
Medium and Support: Gouache on paper
Credit Line: Gift of George Krevsky and the Haley Charitable Trust, in honor of the San Jose Museum of Art's 35th anniversary
Accession Number: 2004.08
Exhibition
Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection, November 20, 2004 - July 9, 2006, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.
SJMA Label Text
Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection (2004-2006)
As a professor of art at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1930 to 1972, John Haley was known as the unofficial leader of a group of art faculty members who began painting outdoors together in the 1930s. In 1937, San Francisco Chronicle art critic Alfred Frankenstein coined the term "Berkeley School" to describe their predominantly urban landscapes, typically executed in spontaneous wet washes of color and loose calligraphy. As Frankenstein observed, "Theirs is an essentially graphic way of looking at things. Their line is lighthanded, neat, and precisely delicate. The composition is usually two dimensional, their color an element of feeling rather than an element of form or modeling." This painting, completed only three years after Haley’s arrival in Berkeley, already exhibited all the stylistic elements of the Berkeley school.
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (36.83 x 49.53 cm)
Bibliography List
This object has the following bibliographic references: - Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection. Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection San Jose Museum of Art. San Jose, CA, 2004
Page Number: 112-113
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