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Embracing Scenes About Lakes Tahoe and Donner: Painters, Illustrators, & Sketch Artists, 1855-1915
by Barbara Lekisch (Author)
\"We cannot describe Lake Tahoe, because this paper is not canvas; and if it were, there are no colors rich and pure enough to portray that marvelous sheet of liquid sapphire.\" (Sacramento Daily Union, July 27, 1863.)
Herein a list of 150 artists who exercised their talents \"about Lakes Tahoe and Donner,\" including their brief biographies and a list of their relevant works. Includes \"Art Beginnings on the Pacific\" by Benjamin P. Avery, \"Charles Warren Stoddard and the Artist Colony,\" and the 1861 diary of Joseph Lamson.
