Society of Six

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Society of Six was a group of early 20th-century Northern California plein-air painters known for their vibrant, modernist landscapes and influential role in West Coast art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artists' group ⓘ
painting collective ⓘ
activeUntil 1930s ⓘ
activity group painting excursions ⓘ
informal exhibitions ⓘ
artisticGoal modernize California landscape painting ⓘ
artStyle bold color usage ⓘ
loose brushwork ⓘ
simplified forms ⓘ
basedIn Oakland, California ⓘ
linked to: Oakland
country United States ⓘ
exhibitionVenue Oakland galleries ⓘ
San Francisco galleries ⓘ
field painting ⓘ
visual arts ⓘ
formedIn 1910s ⓘ
genre landscape painting ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
influenced West Coast modernist painting ⓘ
later California landscape painters ⓘ
influencedBy Fauvism ⓘ
French Impressionism ⓘ
linked to: Impressionism

Post-Impressionism ⓘ
location Northern California ⓘ
member Auguste Francois Gay ⓘ
Bernard von Eichman ⓘ
Louis Siegriest ⓘ
Maurice Logan ⓘ
Selden Connor Gile ⓘ
William H. Clapp ⓘ
memberCount 6 ⓘ
movement American modernism ⓘ
California Impressionism ⓘ
plein-air painting ⓘ
notableFor influential role in West Coast art ⓘ
vibrant modernist landscapes ⓘ
regionActive San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
subjectMatter Bay Area hills ⓘ
linked to: Oakland hills

Northern California landscapes ⓘ
coastal scenes ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ

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Selden Connor Gile → memberOf → Society of Six ⓘ