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Jean "Yanko" Varda (11 September 1893—10 January 1971) was a Turkish-born American artist, best known for his collage work. Varda was one of the early adopters of the Sausalito houseboat lifestyle that was popular in the 1960s–1970s. [1] He was the subject of the short documentary, Uncle Yanco (1967), made by his cousin, Agnès Varda.
Edith Kiertzner Heath (May 24, 1911 – December 27, 2005) [1] [2] was an American studio potter and founder of Heath Ceramics.The company, well known for its mid-century modern ceramic tableware, including "Heathware," and architectural tiles, is still operating in Sausalito, California, after being founded in 1948.
Mary Tuthill Lindheim, sculptor, studio potter, and a planner of the Sausalito Art Fair; Sacheen Littlefeather, political activist; Sondra Locke, actress and director; Ki Longfellow (born Pamela Longfellow), Redwood High School in Larkspur, CA; author of The Secret Magdalene, Flow Down Like Silver, Hypatia of Alexandria
The Bay Area Figurative Movement (also known as the Bay Area Figurative School, Bay Area Figurative Art, Bay Area Figuration, and similar variations) was a mid-20th-century art movement made up of a group of artists in the San Francisco Bay Area who abandoned working in the prevailing style of Abstract Expressionism in favor of a return to figuration in painting during the 1950s and onward ...
Artists who were born in, have lived in, have worked in or been involved with California. Also, art movements based in California. Also, art movements based in California. The category also includes artisans from California (see Category:Artisans ).
Major recent shows in the San Francisco Bay Area have included Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, July–September 2013, at the De Young Museum, San Francisco; an exhibition of small works, June 6–August 23, 2015, at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma; and Matisse/Diebenkorn, a major show highlighting Matisses's influence on Richard ...
Beniamino "Bene" Bufano (October 15, 1890 – August 18, 1970) was an Italian American sculptor, best known for his large-scale monuments representing peace and his modernist work often featured smoothly rounded animals and relatively simple shapes.
Sunny A. Smith (born 1972 in Manassas, Virginia) is an American artist who is based in Oakland, California. [1] Smith's work draws from American history to create artworks which combine social practice, performance, and craft-based sculpture.