1902 Promotional Pamphlet THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY California J. DUNCAN GLEASON

Description

1902 Pamphlet THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY California J. DUNCAN GLEASON Artist W. S. GREEN
DESCRIPTION:
1902
[reprinted from Out West, April 1902] booklet
The Sacramento Valley
by
W. S. Green
[President of the Sacramento Valley Development Association]; 38 photographic images in and around the Sacramento Valley with descriptive text; 16 stapled and numbered pages measuring approximately 9-1/2 inches by 6-1/2 inches; Cover art signed
J. Gleason
.
CONDITION:
Good condition with discoloration and chipping around edges [SEE SCANS].
SECURITY:
ARGUS BOOKS
[or other wording] in light grey may have been super-imposed over images for security and are not on the actual item.
HISTORY:
The Land of Sunshine
[Out West]
was a magazine published in Los Angeles, California, between 1894 and 1923.
It was renamed
Out West
in January 1902.
In 1923, it merged into Overland Monthly to become Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, which existed until 1935.
The magazine published the work of many notable authors, including John Muir, Jack London, Mary Hunter Austin, Sharlot Hall, and Sui Sin Far (Edith Maude Eaton).
The Land of Sunshine was also known for its "lavish" use of illustrations, many of which were halftone photo-engravings.
In the words of Jon Wilkman, the magazine
"extolled the wonders of Southern California and had a major influence on the region’s early image and appeal to tourists"
.
COVER ART: J. Duncan Gleason
[1881-1959] was a native of California, born in Watsonville, in 1881. He was known for his landscape and marine paintings of San Pedro Harbor on the California coast. He also wrote and illustrated several books on California maritime history and worked for the scenic art department at Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Warner Brothers studios.
Gleason was raised in Los Angeles, California and was working for the Union Engraving Company when he was only fourteen years old. He was skilled at drawing and sketching and took his first art training at the University of Southern California as a pupil of Lees Judson.
Gleason then moved north to San Francisco to attend the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. While going to school he worked for the Sunset Engraving Company [where this cover illustration was probably engraved] as a commercial artist.
He studied in Chicago at the Art Institute of Chicago and from 1900 to 1901, took lessons from Frank DuMond at the Art Students League in New York City. He supported himself as a commercial artist.
He stayed in New York for ten years before returning to Los Angeles in 1910. He exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1924), the California Palace of the Legion of Honor (1945) and the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939). He painted murals in the Hotel Clark and for Gardena high school (Los Angeles).
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