Langson IMCA is temporarily closed through June 10, 2022 due to an Airport Tower renovation project.
We look forward to welcoming visitors back on June 11, 2022 with the opening of the summer exhibition, Variations of Place: Southern California Impressionism in the Early 20th Century.

painting with rocks and a river in the foreground and snowy mountain range in the background
Edgar Payne, Snow in the High Sierras, Early 20th century, Oil on canvas, 31 x 39 in.UC Irvine Institute and Museum of California Art, Donated in Memory of Christian A. Gerola

Snow in the High Sierras

Edgar Payne

Snow in the High Sierras (early 20th century)
Donated in memory of Christian A. Gerola

Edgar Payne (1883 – 1947)
Primarily self-taught, Edgar Payne is widely recognized as one of the most prominent California Impressionist painters of the early to mid-20th century. An avid plein air artist, he produced dramatic coastal views and mountainous scenes of which the Sierra Nevada mountain range was a favorite. Snow in the High Sierras showcases Payne’s modulation of color to produce atmospheric depth. Payne was a founding member and first president of the Laguna Beach Art Association, an organization that would eventually become the Laguna Art Museum, and wrote in 1941 the influential instructional manual Composition of Outdoor Painting, a book that remains in print. Langson IMCA’s collection includes eight other paintings by Payne.

Year acquired: 2021