Friday, October 19, 2012

moon valley 2 *Art Gallery The third level is devoted to the Gallery of California Art, featuring works by artists





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*Art Gallery The third level is devoted to the Gallery of California Art, featuring works by artists who have studied, lived, moon valley 2 and worked here. Included are works by 19th-century landscape painters, moon valley 2 California moon valley 2 Impressionists, mem bers of the Bay Area Figurative movement, and later works by the likes of David Ireland.

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