END OF THE RANGE: CHARLOTTE SKINNER IN THE EASTERN SIERRA

UCI Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art (Langson IMCA) presents new fall exhibition, End of the Range: Charlotte Skinner in the Eastern Sierra, on view October 5, 2024 – January 18, 2025.  Featuring 31 paintings along with drawings and photographs spanning Charlotte Skinner’s lifelong career as an artist and educator along with related photographs and ephemera, the presentation also includes 24 additional works by artists in Skinner’s circle and 13 related paintings drawn from Langson IMCA’s collection.    

Charlotte Butler Skinner (1879𑁒1963) defined herself as a painter of the remote Sierra Nevada and desert country of Owens Valley, CA. Lone Pine Peak, Mount Whitney, the Alabama Hills, and other landmarks of that distinctive landscape were the central focus of her body of work. She also immersed herself in printmaking and teaching art classes to local children. Even after Skinner left the family homestead and relocated to Eugene, OR, and later to Morro Bay, CA, she continued to render these scenes for the rest of her life.

End of the Range is organized by the Nevada Museum of Art, where it was on view October 14, 2023 – May 5, 2024. The exhibition is generously supported by John A. White, Jr., in memory of Charlotte Skinner’s grandson, James Skinner.

Charlotte Butler Skinner, Pasture Lands, Owens Valley, date unknown., Oil on canvas, 24 x 28 in. Collection of the Nevada Museum of Art, bequest of John A. White, Jr., in memory of Charlotte Skinner’s grandson, James Skinner.

Dorothea Lange, Untitled [Charlotte Butler Skinner], 1929, Photograph, 10 x 8 in. Collection of the Nevada Museum of Art, bequest of John A. White, Jr., in memory of Charlotte Skinner’s grandson, James Skinner. © The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California, City of California. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.

Charlotte Butler Skinner, Pasture Lands, Owens Valley, date unknown., Oil on canvas, 24 x 28 in. Collection of the Nevada Museum of Art, bequest of John A. White, Jr., in memory of Charlotte Skinner’s grandson, James Skinner.