Edwin Deakin, Palace of Fine Arts and the Lagoon, ca. 1915. Oil on canvas, 32 3/8 x 48 3/8 in. Crocker Art Museum , long-term loan from the California Department of Finance, conserved with funds provided by Gerald D. Gordon

SACRAMENTO, CA.- One-hundred and twenty years have passed since Edwin Deakin was accorded a major show in Sacramento . Beginning January 26, works by the celebrated California painter will return in a long-overdue, career-spanning exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum . Nearly 50 of his paintings and eight drawings will go on display through April 20, 2008, in Edwin Deakin: California Painter of the Picturesque.
This exhibition presents the works for which Deakin is best known, including landscapes, still lifes and architectural scenes of the American West and Europe . Contrary to the grandiose scenes that were then the norm, Deakin’s quiet landscapes and studies of age-worn buildings embraced the trend toward the picturesque. His depictions of California ’s 21 missions epitomize Deakin’s romantic style and are considered his crowning achievement.
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Edwin Deakin, San Gabriel Mission, n.d. Oil on canvas, 22 3/4 x 35 1/2 in. Crocker Art Museum , gift of Gerald D. Gordon