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.