San Luis Obispo Museum of Art and The History Center of San Luis Obispo County are pleased to present an evocative glimpse of San Luis Obispo on the brink of the 20th century. Cen Dallidet: At the Edge of a New World is on exhibit from September 2 through October 2, 2016.

Maria Ascension “Cen” Dallidet (1859-1913) was a Franco-Californio artist. A native San Luis Obispan, she was the eldest daughter of pioneering Central Coast vintner Pierre Dallidet and Ascencion Concepcion Salazar. Because the Dallidet’s adobe home was preserved intact, complete with family belongings, a significant body of Dallidet’s work survives locally, thanks to the preservation efforts of the History Center of San Luis Obispo County. The art shows her development from the vernacular to a sophisticated artistic vision informed by contemporary international movements of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.