A monograph on Guy Rose, a still-life, figure, and landscape painter who became one of California’s leading Impressionists.

Born in San Gabriel, California, Guy Rose (1867–1925) became the state’s foremost Impressionist. He spent much of his career in Giverny, France, where he was exposed to Impressionism through proximity to Claude Monet’s famous studio and through his friendships with other American artists working there. When he returned to Southern California in 1914, he made shoreline views his favored subject, painting plein-air coastals and inland views, and, later in his career, scenes around Carmel-by-the-Sea. He depicted the southern and central coast’s natural beauty in a style permeated with atmosphere and light.