Early California Art News

"The Outsiders" Exhibit at Irvine Museum


Gounod Standing

Unique Early California Art by Gounod Romandy

Welcome to a rare collection of early California art as painted by Gounod Romandy. Faithfully reproduced from the original oils, these museum-quality prints represent pieces that have not been available for more than half a century.

Already a famous violinist and orchestra leader in his time, Romandy  was gaining recognition as a landscape painter when he died unexpectedly in 1942.

Since his memorial exhibit that year at the Webb Gallery in Los Angeles, these paintings have been kept in family and private collections. 

Visit the Gallery and experience what one newspaper writer at the time described as a "symphony in paint".