Jean Mannheim | California Plein Air Artist

From a Versatile Brush: The Life and Art of Jean Mannheim, a comprehensive book on the artist’s life and art, is now available.

This long-awaited release from Arroyo Publishing contains 385 vivid illustrations, a comprehensive digest of the life and times of acclaimed California Plein Air artist Jean Mannheim, and in-depth explorations of over sixty years of the artist’s work, meticulously compiled by Jean Mannheim historian and collector Richard W. Reitzell.

Readers will also be pleased to find an introductory essay by Jean Stern, Executive Director of the Irvine Museum, and a full chronology of key events in Jean Mannheim's life and an extensive record of his exhibitions.

Hardcover with jacket, 9.5 H x 12 inches, 260 pages, $65 (plus CA tax and s/h).

BOOK EVENTS and LECTURES

Saturday, April 7, 2012: Presentation & Book Signing at the Irvine Museum at 1:30pm in the Museum's Meeting Room. The event is free and open to the public.

Sunday, January 15, 2012: Presentation & Book Signing at the California Art Club membership meeting at the Curtin House at the Pasadena Museum of History.

Thursday, July 14, 2011: Discussion & Book Signing at The Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts. The event is a part of the Art Talk Series on the festival grounds.

Thursday, June 16th, 2011: Mannheim Presentation and Book Signing at The Pasadena Museum of History.

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011: The Historical Council of California's Annual Meeting & Dinner at The Balboa Bay Club & Resort. Presentation and book signing.

About Richard Reitzell

Author of 'From A Versatile Brush: The Life And Art of Jean Mannheim'

Born in downtown Los Angeles as a third-generation Californian and a direct descendant of the artist Jean Mannheim, Richard Reitzell grew up in Pasadena very close to the fabled Arroyo Seco, center of the area’s art community in the early 1900s. He graduated from the University of Southern California. . . Click here to read more.