RON HENGGELER

January 3, 2022
Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo, at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park

Impressions of an Exhibition

December 18, 2021 – April 17, 2022

Upon its completion in 1878, Jules Tavernier’s Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California, was hailed in a San Francisco newspaper as “by far the most remarkable picture ever painted on the Pacific Coast.” The French-born artist’s painting now returns to California for the first time in more than 140 years as the central focus of this presentation of his work. The current exhibition puts forth a new interpretation of his career masterwork and his other compositions of the Western United States by offering a multiplicity of voices and perspectives, including those of Pomo cultural leaders and curators. 

To learn more, visit, de Young Museum

 

Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo

At the de Young Museum

December 18, 2021 – April 17, 2022

 

Watch this short film to explore the painting “Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California” (1878) by French-born artist Jules Tavernier. 

Exhibition Film

 

Detail of: 

Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California (1878) 

by French-born artist Jules Tavernier

Detail of: 

Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California (1878) 

by Jules Tavernier

Detail of: Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California (1878) 

by French-born artist Jules Tavernier

 

Detail of: 

Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California (1878) 

by Jules Tavernier

Exhibition Film

Detail of: 

Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California (1878) 

by Jules Tavernier

Detail of: 

Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California (1878) 

by French-born artist Jules Tavernier

 

The Volcano at Night 1885-1889

by Jules Tavernier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California (1878) 

by Jules Tavernier

Exhibition Film

A Disputed Passage (in the Days of '46) 1876 

by Jules Tavernier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist's Reverie, Dreams at Twilight, 1876

 

Detail of: 

Yosemite (Forest Fire in Moonlit Landscape), 1886

by Jules Tavernier

Yosemite (Forest Fire in Moonlit Landscape), 1886

by Jules Tavernier

 

Sentinel Rock, Yosemite, 1886 

by Jules Tavernier

 

Mary Pinto with Basket, 1913 

by Grace Carpenter Hudson

 

 

 

 

"Play to Learn" Basket

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watch this short film to explore the painting “Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California” (1878) by French-born artist Jules Tavernier. 

Exhibition Film

 

 

 

Gathering of the Clans, 1876

 

Detail of: Gathering of the Clans, 1876

Detail of: Gathering of the Clans, 1876

Detail of: Gathering of the Clans, 1876

A Sunset in Wyoming, 1889

Detail of: A Sunset in Wyoming, 1889

 

Indian Village at Dawn, ca. 1875

 

Red Cloud's Camp, Nebraska, ca. 1874

Detail of: 

Red Cloud's Camp, Nebraska, ca. 1874

 

Indian Sun Dance- Young Bucks Proving Their Endurance by Self-Torture

1875

Indian Sun Dance- Young Bucks Proving Their Endurance by Self-Torture

1875

 

 

 

Map of Northern California showing Pomo linguistic groups and present-day Pomo tribes, 2021.

Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo

At the de Young Museum

December 18, 2021 – April 17, 2022

 

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