Previously on loan to the State Capitol ...

         Trotter Galleries loaned to the Capitol Art Program their collection of 28 pastels and color sketches by early California artist, Mary DeNeale Morgan (1868-1948), documenting firsthand the ruins caused by the 1906 fire and earthquake in San Francisco. They were displayed in the leadership offices and committee rooms of the State Capitol Building, as well as in the State Capitol Museum's exhibit "Rumors of Great Disaster" in the first floor museum rooms. It was  a historically important documentary by one of California's most recognized and distinguished woman artist active during the first half of the 20th century. Morgan was born in San Francisco. She studied at the School of Design (1884-1895), and opened a studio in Oakland in 1896. In 1909 she settled in Carmel where she bought the studio-home of artist Sydney Yard located on Lincoln near Seventh.

          Trotter Galleries loaned to the newly restored historic landmark, the Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park in Sacramento...

          Historically important and highly acclaimed collection of 37 mission paintings depicting the complete series of 21 California missions, asistencias and missions of Arizona and New Mexico. Once owned by Alma de Bretteville Spreckles, (heir to the Spreckles fortune) she exhibited them in 1939 at the Golden Gate International Exposition and later at the California Legion of Honor-San Francisco. This complete mission series, and his only one remaining, was painted by the noted early California artist, Will Sparks (1862-1937), and was executed between 1933-1937. One of California's most important artists, he is nationally known for his jewel-like paintings of the California missions and nocturnal adobe scenes. "Will Sparks: California Mission Paintings" - exhibition had extended through the spring of 2007.