Description: The California Scene Museum of Art (CSMA) is an online museum that educates the public about the cultural value of California Scene painting for the Golden State and the world. Dedicated to art advocacy, the CSMA supports visionary artists inspired by the West.
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About California Scene Painting California Scene Painting captures the regional spirit of the Golden State by illustrating epic landscapes and expressive genre scenes, which depict narratives of everyday life. It went through a golden age in the 1930s, when it documented the catalysts of cultural change of the time: industrial development stemming from the aftermath of the Great Depression. Born out of a larger national movement called the American Scene style, California Scene painters sought to create rep