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Publications by Alfred C. Harrison, Jr.
Books
Pastoral California: The Art of Thaddeus and Ludmilla Welch, San Francisco, CA, 2007
L.P. Latimer: California Watercolor Painter, San Francisco, CA, 2005
John Ross Key, American Painter, publication pending.
William Keith: The Saint Mary's College Collection, Moraga, CA, 1988.
Articles
“L.P. Latimer: California Watercolor Painter,” The Magazine Antiques, April 2005.
“John Ross Key’s World’s Fair Paintings,” The Magazine Antiques, March 2004.
“Gilbert Munger: Rise from Obscurity,” California Art Club Newsletter, December 2003-January 2004.
“Thaddeus Welch, California Landscape Painter,” The Magazine Antiques, November 2003
“From Collector to Dealer: Perspectives on Collecting American Paintings From Both Sides of the Counter,” The Walpole Society Notebook, 1999-2000, published in 2003, pp. 57-71.
“Luminist Paintings in California,” The Magazine Antiques, November 2001.
“George Inness and the San Francisco Art World in the 1890s,” The Magazine Antiques, November 2000.
“Albert Bierstadt Paintings in the Haggin Museum,” The Magazine Antiques, November 1999.
“Thaddeus Welch’s View of Los Angeles,” Los Angeles Art Show Catalogue, Los Angeles, CA, September 1999, pp. 70-73.
“Images of the Railroad in Nineteenth Century American Paintings,” The Walpole Society Notebook, 1995-1996, published in 1999, pp. 64-83.
“Percy Gray,” American Art Review, Summer 1998.
"Albert Bierstadt and the Emerging San Francisco Art World of the 1860s and 1870s," California History, Spring 1992, pp. 74-87.
"The James Harvey California Collection," Art of California, March 1991, pp. 42-47.
"Yosemite Painting: The Golden Age 1850-1930," Art of California, January 1991, pp. 12-16.
"Paintings in the Collection of Edward McLaughlin," Art of California, November 1990, pp. 46-53.
"The Charles Noble Collection," Art of California, January 1990, pp. 53-59.
"Cleveland Rockwell," Art of California, Oct.-Nov. 1989, pp. 14-21.
"The Excitement Continues, The Recent Butterfield and Butterfield Sale of Early California Art Paints a Picture of Continued Growth," Antiques and Fine Art, June 1989, pp. 45-48.
"California Paintings in the Collection of Dr. Albert Shumate, Art of California, Aug.-Sept. 1989, pp. 30-37.
"Paintings from the Society of California Pioneers," Art of California, June-July 1989, pp. 21-28.
"John Ross Key, The California Paintings," Art of California, April-May 1989, pp. 21-27.
"The Crocker Art Museum, 1860s and 1870s Landscapes Compared," Art of California, Feb.-March 1989, pp. 28-36.
"California Paintings in the Haggin Museum," Art of California, Dec.-Jan. 1989, pp. 10-19.
"The William Keith Collection, Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College," Art of California, Oct.-Nov. 1988, pp. 41-45.
"Collector's Notes," edited by Eleanor H. Gustafson: "Some Key Evidence," The Magazine Antiques, November 1986, p. 1059.
"Bierstadt's Bombardment of Ft. Sumter Reattributed," The Magazine Antiques, February, 1986, pp. 416-422.
Exhibition Catalogues
“Fertile Ground: California Landscape Painting from 1870-1930,” and “Biographical Entries on the Artists,” California Impressions: Landscapes from the Wendy Willrich Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2006.
“Frederick A. Butman, Mount Madison,” and “John Ross Key, Presidential Range from Jefferson Highlands,” Consuming Views: Art & Tourism in the White Mountains, 1850-1900, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH, 2006.
“Gold Country: Historic Paintings and Drawings of California's Mother Lode by Alburtus del Orient Browere (1814-1887) and Adolph Schwartz (1829-1872),” The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA, March 2 through April 9, 2005.
“Discoveries in California Painting V” New Acquisitions, The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Fall 2002.
“Discoveries in California Painting IV,” New Acquisitions, The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA, March 10 through April 15, 2000.
“Percy Gray: An Evolution of an Artist,” The Legacy of Percy Gray, Carmel Art Association, 1999.
“Discoveries in California Painting III,” New Acquisitions, The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA, November 12 through December 19, 1998.
“Paintings of Marin County, Past and Present,” The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Spring 1998.
“William Hahn: A Retrospective Exhibition,” The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA November 2 through December 16, 1995.
"Discoveries in California Paintings II," New Acquisitions, The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Spring 1993.
"L.P. Latimer: Early California and Nevada Watercolors," The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 9 through November 7, 1992.
"Discoveries in California Paintings," New Acquisitions, The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Spring 1992.
"Chris Jorgensen: Master of American Watercolor," The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 18 through November 23, 1991.
"When California Was Young: Landscape Paintings from Bierstadt to Braun," The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA, July 12 through August 17, 1991.
"The Golden Age Of Yosemite Painting, 1859-1930," Transamerica Pyramid Lobby, San Francisco, CA, January 23 through March 5, 1991.
"William P. Silva: Gems of American Impressionism," The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA, October 19 through November 17, 1990.
Compiled and Printed Privately
The Boston Evening Transcript, An Indexed Compilation of Art Reporting and Criticism, January 1871 through December 1874, Berkeley, Ca. 1985.
The Evening Post (New York), An Indexed Compilation of Art Reporting and Criticism, January 1866 through December 1869, Berkeley, Ca. 1985.
The Evening Post, An Indexed Compilation of Art Reporting and Criticism for the years 1874, 1875, 1876.
Projected and In Progress
New York Post indexed clipping books covering the remaining years between 1865 and 1880.
A Comprehensive Archive of Art Reporting and Criticism from early San Francisco newspapers and periodicals, (1855-1910 already covered in depth.)
John Ross Key, a biography. (In progress.)
Early California Painting 1849-1906. (In progress).
