On display through October 13th 2018
“Scenic View Ahead: The Westways Cover Art Collection”
Organized by the Hilbert Museum of California Art in cooperation with the Automobile Club of Southern California. Capturing the beauty of the scenic American West, this is an exhibition of works painted for the covers of AAA’s beloved Western travel magazine by many of California’s greatest artists.
“Magical Visions: The Enchanted Worlds of Eyvind Earle”
The legendary Disney artist and concept designer of the animated Sleeping Beauty movie was also a gifted landscapist. This exhibition displays both his Disney art and his beautiful, stylized landscapes.
“A New Hope: The Star Wars Art of Robert Bailey”
(in the Motion Picture Arts gallery) Lucasfilm artist Robert Bailey creates realistic graphite-pencil drawings of favorite scenes from the original Star Wars trilogy.
“Sunlight and Shadow: A Gift from the California Art Collection of Jim and Lynne Doti”
And also ~
“Character References: The Art of the Animation Drawing”
A mini-exhibition focusing on the free-flowing pencil work of animation artists from Disney and other studios.
“American Illustration: Children at Play”
The Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University, which opened in 2016, was established thanks to the generosity of Mark and Janet Hilbert. The Hilbert’s superlative collection focuses on California narrative art of the 20th and 21st Century, with a particular focus on the “California Scene” painting movement of roughly the 1920s through the 1970s. The Hilbert Collection includes oils, watercolors, sketches and lithographs of rural and urban scenes, coastal views, farms, ranches, freeways and landscapes of everyday life in the Golden State; American illustration art; and movie production and animation art.
Located across the street from the Orange Metrolink Station at
167 N. Atchison Street, Orange, CA, 92866 in Old Towne Orange
hilbertmuseum.com
Open Tues-Sat 11am to 5pm *FREE ADMISSION* (714) 516-5880