good morning i am cuba rose. it is summertime in the bay area and our thoughts turn to art. we are going to talk about the impressionist show that is also the fine arts museum.

welcome back. >> it is a similar name, it is a home town hero of the bay area. want to stanford, he went to the art institute so he is born and bread in the area and a product of the culture of san francisco. the exhibition is the voted to the berkeley years. this is the period one devincorn becomes famous. these are the other aspect of

his work that are known to us. >> will i know him if i see one of his paintings on the screen here. >> we go first to berkeley number three, it is a work owned by the fine arts museum. they are numbered sequentially. these are works that have a strong landscape killing but one of the revelations was seeing studies for this work that revealed there is a human figure in good old in the landscape. -- it is a human figure embedded in the landscape. he lived in the berkeley hills so he often had that and by

theater like perspective on the day. they also a figure, an oval at the upper left they are actually a female figure. we know from the other works. in this work he is able to reconcile one of the great conundrums of 1953. you were either figurative, or abstract, he was able to bring them to gather in this complete fusion. >> how big is a painting? >> it is quite encompassing. >> so when i go see it i can see the woman and they are? >>

>> about one third of the exhibition is works on paper. both from live models in the studio. they would hire a model together because it was less offensive to do that then have these wonderful door and is -- then have these wonderful erring sessions. this is the number 44. -- this is berkeley number 44. these look like bodies of water, this work was reproduced in life magazine. they suggested he was looking

at these kinds kind of the and i think viewers feel this is kind of the meeting of the earth, the and sky that we experience here in the bay area. >> so, he is numbering each of these works. we are focusing on his berkeley years and how many images are they are clerks. >> there are 130 works in the exhibition. it is the first ever devoted to the entire berkeley period. this is the first one to go is on this period in his career where she becomes nationally known. >> can we see another one? >> so now we switch to figurative. this is the same are just in 1959 only five years later, it

is a wonderful pain thing. captures one of the things that devincorn does best. which is to capture authorization. all five senses are captivated here. figure looks across the river to the horizon line. it has all the says primus it back hope of a new day but it is good it is all drawn from his imagination. >> i am going to go look for that one. let's do another. >> this is a work that is in fact his studio.

this a studio no longer exists. it was behind a bar in berkeley . it was pouring down in 1960. but is -- but what is wonderful about his studio paintings at the same time this sense of the inside and outside that you get from the open door and open window is a metaphor for the studio itself. then of course the exterior world is the observed world, the rural world, the world that would be a subject for the artists. >> we are deep the start and how did you get it here? >> it is a major undertaking it is always a team effort. this was several years in the

planning. we have a beautiful book with essays devoted to his work at this period. especially because we are here in the bay area we also pay special deference and respect to local artists who are part of our culture. devincorn was the perfect artist, the perfect subject especially in this wonderful summer that you mentioned. we head towards coming from all over the world who love devincorn and others for whom he will be a revelation. >> going on right now. plenty of time to go. we are going to welcome in melissa, amazing amount of information in a short amount of time.

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we are talking about art exhibitions that will fill your soul. lissa is here with us. -- melissa is here with us. the impressionist on the water is the show you carry.

i think this exhibition is beautiful. >> let's get to an image and you can tell us about the "impressionists on the water". >> this is a painting you will see in the first gallery of the exhibition. you might recognize it from the legion of honor. this pain thing was important because what he is doing in the year he painted it is that he has outfitted a boat as a floating studio. so, he is looking at the world around him through nature. kind of like a house boat.

he is literally looking around the world. >> he is a precursor of the impressionist. let's look at another one. >> this is a painting from our permanent collection and you get this amazing perspective like you are actually on the water. mornay uses a floating studio also. >> remind us of the impressionist. what makes someone an impressionist? >> in 19th century the typical way for an artist the train was to go to the school of mozart.

so you would study, submit works, if you could get your painting exhibited you could probably have a potential patron and make a living. those are just were painting something so different they could not get their paintings exhibited. so, they created their own group shows at which they had eight in sequential. so, they rejected the salon, they said we want to paint modern life. >> who ordered the impressionist? -- who are the impressionist? >> so, you have mornay, one of the most important in painters is in artist, he is so

important in this examination. not only is he a wonderful painter but he'd designed both to and sales them. >> here we are looking at kibot in his boat. if you look carefully when you come to see he is maneuvering that pool with just one finger. >> so he is showing off. what makes an impressionist and impressionist? >> when i was talking about the salon one of the things they would expect was a finished

surface. almost denying the hand of the artist. with impressionist impressionist you see the hand of the artist everywhere. you see they have taken this painting and a sense of movement. >> it is out of doors, and where are all these paintings? >> this is a pain thing from paris, this is important aspect of the time period. for the first time in history people can get outside the city centers by taking the train to the suburbs. that is a radical thought. this is also a location shot and it is a subject of paris.

this is a two person pleasure rowboat. one of the exciting things about this painting is we actually have a real life-size fold at the exhibition. so, you will remember that boat. you will be able to look at the painting and actually see the boat. >> how did this come together? >> we have three curators to work done the project. we realized this would be the perfect exhibition to bring to san francisco. >> where are you from? >> i am from california. >> why did you decide to be a curator parks.

>> i love what i do so much because for anyone who has ever written a term paper you had to have illustrations. working on in illustration is like writing a turn paper. we get to tell about moments in history and it is very exciting. >> tell us about the next image. >> this is a perfect image to wrap up our conversation. this is very much what we will be seeing on the san francisco bay this summer. when they wanted to watch these races, this was the widest and deepest point where the races were held. you see the boats in full sail,

a group of people gathering on the banks to watch them. >> how many images in the exhibition? >> they are are 85 works in the additions. there are paintings, works out art on paper, there is a life size boat and also models of the votes. this is at the legion of honor in lincoln park. >> timothy is going to come back, thank you very much, "impressionists on the water", go see it. we will be right back. @@

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we are talking in the summertime about the fine art museums in san francisco. two great shows going on now. devincorn, he grew up around here? >> he did, one of his first art experiences was at one of our museums in 1936 his grandfather took him to see his first exhibition. vincent van gogh and his vivid memory of this examination, that introduced then send them go to

the american public was that the poor group going through was laughing at these paintings as not being art and even the towards guide was laughing. i find the story fascinating because vincent van gogh, each of those groups of artists were conceded are bond guard and a suspect in their day and overtime this is what happened to ground breaking exhibitions. you get this great work of art and new perspectives and new interpretations of that moved these artists from the margins of society to the absolute center. i have always been struck by that. today's star of the art world

may be tomorrow's has been. devincorn always followed his own a star, he was -- he went back and fourth between styles each time running called her prevail and to the art world. >> devincorn is huge now. >> he is, he is an international art star. also, the barns collection, there has been a very known documentary about this. before he founded his you see him he offered it to the philadelphia museum of art. this is a great collection. the founding fathers of the philadelphia art museum said,

no, these really aren't significant artists. no, thank you, we don't want them. this was in the 1920s and 1930s it was not that long ago. this is one of the great functions of art and especially radical art movements is that they change the way we think and the way we see the world around us. >> even though it is a movement that is so loved today, it is so important to remember in the 1870s it was reviled. so, the fact that impressionist him today is such a well loved turn you have to think about it in the context of the 19th century.

there were so many paintings that were rejected they actually put together a line of the salon used paintings. >> ease pain things, "impressionists on the water", come from all over. >> they come from all over the world. we have many from private collections also. >> they are here, they are available to us, the fine arts museum of san francisco, go to their website to learn more. you can become a member and they will give you a magazine or you can just go out and do it.

"impressionists on the water", where is it? >> it is at the legion of honor in lincoln park. >> so, enjoy the americas cup then go visit the museums. we will be back again next month.

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