A very colorful example with great composition. Using a technique of applying varying thicknesses of paint from the bottom of the painting to the top of the painting, Bartlett masterfully exhibits depth with splashes of thick impasto in the foreground that give way to areas of thinly painted clouds and sky in the distance.
ARTHUR BECKWITH (1860 - 1930)
"Mt. Tamalpais" Oil on canvas 42" x 30"
Painted with heavy impasto and housed in a magnificent and original vintage frame, Arthur Beckwith gives us an intimate view of a dreamy afternoon jaunt through a fertile forest corridor looking towards the mountains. A rugged path meanders through warm caramel colored grasses leading our eye to a tranquil pond nestled amongst the trees. Wispy white clouds float along in a clear azure sky while sunlight cascades down and fills this landscape with joyous warmth.
FRANZ BISCHOFF (1864 - 1929)
"Roses" Oil on canvas
20" x 24"
This elegant and rich painting by Franz Bischoff shows off what he does best - Roses! Full enchanting rose blossoms overflow from a vase that materializes out of deep shadows. The flowers are rendered with dynamic brushstrokes and small bursts of warm light accent the brilliant green leaves and pastel hued blooms which are set against a muted background. Soft airy colors give this still life striking contrast and a luminous feel.
CARL OSCAR BORG (1879 - 1947)
"California Coastal" Oil on canvas 20" x 30"
A bright and crisp coastal landscape. With only a few clouds in the sky, Carl Oscar Borg captures the bright afternoon sun as it reflects off the seaside cliffs. The dry sunlit sand and oceanside cliffs contrast in color with the darker colored wet rocks splashed by the ocean's tide. This painting is housed in a beautiful early Richard Tobey hand carved gold leaf frame.
ELIZABETH BORGLUM (1848-1922)
"Still Life with Grapes" Oil on canvas 24" x 18"
Elizabeth Borglum is one of California's early noted painters that was fortunate to study and paint abroad in France during the late nineteenth century. She exhibited in the Paris Salons during the 1890's. With great detail, Borglum captures the glistening light as it shines on the grapes painted in various shades of green and red reflecting their genuine appearance. This painting rests in a beautifully hand carved Richard Tobey gilt frame.
MAURICE BRAUN (1877 - 1941)
"Mountain and Lake" Oil on canvas 24" x 20"
With vibrant colors depicting a bright sunny day, Maurice Braun paints this well known San Diego County lakeside. Everything you want in a composition is here. Weathered windswept foliage and grasses in the foreground lead our eye up to a well balanced landscape with deep blue water, mountain peaks and downy soft clouds.
MAURICE BRAUN (1877 - 1941)
"The Hillside" Oil on board 12" x 16"
A classic Southern California Maurice Braun landscape. With his short and tight impressionist brushwork, Maurice Braun displays a bright colored and charming California hillside with tall grasses, shrubs and trees nestled against the rolling foothills. Housed in a new hand carved gold leaf frame that really complements the painting nicely.
BENJAMIN BROWN (1865 - 1942)
"Blossom Time" Oil on canvas 18" x 24"
The trees reverberate with energetic rich reds and pinks that dance to celebrate the arrival of spring. With vibrant thick brush strokes and bright colors Benjamin Brown captures the sunny day casting its shadows and warmth on the trail among fertile green grasses and fresh blooms. As new buds reveal themselves on this mountain hillside our eye meanders up the row of trees towards the snowy peaks.
BENJAMIN BROWN (1865 - 1942)
"Dreamy Venice" Oil on canvas 36" x 28"
Absolutely striking to see in person and up close. This painting will reward the art connoisseur with its glowing color and heavy impasto. The blue hues in this painting will melt in your eyes! Subtle soft pinks accent the domes and roofs of the distant basilica which emerges from a calm misty sea while the deep shadows and wispy clounds punctuate the architectural details of this masterpiece. Housed in a unique and extremely rich hand carved 22kt. gold leaf Vandeuren frame.
BENJAMIN BROWN (1864 - 1942)
"Wild Verbenas" Oil on board 16" x 20"
Flourishing bright colored verbenas blanket this desert landscape while snowcapped peaks stand proudly in the distance of this beautiful and unpopulated landscape. With small dabbles of his paint brush, Benjamin Brown captures the blossoms branching out on the desert floor like little jewels growing uninterrupted in a quiet setting void of any population.
BENJAMIN BROWN (1865 - 1942)
"Poppies and Eucalyptus" Oil on canvas 10" x 14"
Benjamin Brown treats us to this delightful view of the Southern California foothills with this marvelous landscape. A slopping hillside of poppies in the foreground leads our eye down to a well balanced and distant composition of eucalyptus trees and green rolling hills. Illustrated page 49, "Benjamin Chambers Brown 1865 - 1942 California Colors". Exhibited Pasadena Museum of California Art.
CONRAD BUFF (1886 - 1975)
"Snowcapped Peaks" Oil on wood panel, 15.5" x 27"
Among all the early California artists to paint the Eastern Sierra, Conrad Buff's own unique modernist style seperates him from the rest and there is no comparison. This work exemplifys Buffs bold use of color and angular lines to create this sharp crisp painting. Small tight brush strokes applied next to looser sweeps of bright colors with simplified geometric lines give this painting an energetic feel as one looks along the snowy mountain summits.
CONRAD BUFF (1886 - 1975)
"Sierra Peaks" Oil on wood panel, 14" x 30"
Horizontal brushstrokes of contrasting color separate the basin floor from the High Sierra Mountains and then again with great contrasting color, the snowcapped peaks against a brilliant dark blue variant sky. Illustrated page 108, "The Art & Life of Conrad Buff".
CONRAD BUFF (1886 - 1975)
"Vase of Flowers" Oil on board 20" x 16"
A truly stunning Conrad Buff still life. The juxtaposition of color that makes up the background and the way the dapples of color contrast with the vase and flowers is really striking. Illustrated page 90, "The Art & Life of Conrad Buff".
FERDINAND BURGDORFF (1881 - 1975)
"Sunlit Trees" Oil on board 29.5" x 32"
Light radiates through the tall trees and illuminates a crisp blanket of grasses and flowers as Ferdinand Burgdorff presents us with a lovely view of the Monterey Carmel coastline. A blissful shore and small peaceful waves greet the viewer as they walk down a narrow path that leads us through the trees to a secluded overlook of the bay. Housed in a beautiful 22kt. gold leaf hand carved frame.
FERDINAND BURGDORFF (1881 - 1975)
"Monterey and Carmel Bay" Oil on canvas, 16" x 30"
A remarkable Ferdinand Burgdorff painting in it's original period frame! Probably painted near the location of Pebble Beach Golf Course. This early Burgdorff displays beautiful color and an attractive impasto texture.
WILLIAM CLAPP (1879 - 1954)
"Bay Orchard" Oil on board 15" x 18"
French inspired and possibly painted during his best period after his return from France. From up on the hill we can see many rooftops an orchard and further down the road even more rooftops. Off in the distance the hills preface the bay with it's shimming water as it reflects light against the sky.
COLIN CAMPBELL COOPER (1856 - 1937)
"Country Lane, Verona Italy" Oil on canvas 22" x 18"
Colin Campbell Cooper creates a superb composition with architectural elements and wonderful depth that draws us in for a stroll through a colorful European stream lined county road. A bright blue sky crowns a cluster of verdant trees layered richly with daubs of autumn color. The natural sunlight dances through the leaves of trees which casts shadows along a path lined with lush green grasses. This painting truely captures the charm of an old European town and reflects the relaxing escape from a bustling city.
LELAND CURTIS (1897 - 1989)
"San Juan Capistrano" Oil on canvas 20" x 24"
An outstanding Leland Curtis painting of one of California's most important historical landmarks. Notice how Curtis paints rays of sunshine on the adobe walls that exhibit it's patina of age. With great balance he also gives us the garden walkway with flowers and the deep blue sky that is Southern California. Housed in it's original and exceptional hand carved frame.
LELAND CURTIS (1897 - 1989)
"Lingering Snows" Long Lake in Sierra Nevada Oil on canvas, 20" x 24"
Leland Curtis was an avid mountaineer and skier (one of the founders of the Sierra Clubs, "Ski Mountaineers Section") as well as a great painter of the Antarctic. This painting captures Curtis great love of the Sierras and combines it with his ability to paint glacial ice. Interesting fine dapples of contrasting color and broken brushwork in the mountain peak add a dramatic impressionist quality to this painting.
PAUL DOUGHERTY (1877 - 1947)
"Carmel Coast" Oil on board 20" x 24"
World famous for his marines and coastals, Paul Dougherty delivers with this robust seascape. Depicting the grandness of the sea with rich color and a nicely balanced composition of water, rocks and sky we witness the ocean's tides colliding into the craggy shoreline in this dramatic scene. Earthy and warm brown tones in the rocks balance nicely with the cool tones of the water and sky. Housed in a very fine 22kt. gold leaf hand carved Vandeuren frame.
PAUL DOUGHERTY (1877 - 1947)
"Late Afternoon" Oil on board 15" x 21.5"
A National Academy marine painter, Dougherty captures the sunlight and shadows of the late afternoon sun reflecting on the white washed waves and contrasting dark colored rocks. Original signature is located in the lower right.
PAUL DOUGHERTY (1877 - 1947)
"Moonlit Surf" Oil on board 12" x 16"
A very interesting nocturne marine painting. This painting has a unique play on light, darkness, and color. Cumulus clouds allow the moonlight to shine though and provide reflections of bouncing red and green colors against a nighttime sea while a bluish-white whitewash from the crashing waves splashes against the dark wet rocky shore.
ANGEL ESPOY (1879 - 1963)
"California Hills with Poppies" Oil on canvas 30" x 40"
Speckling this beautiful sun filled landscape with poppies, Angel Espoy creates a painting with an intimate and peaceful feel. A bolder foreground leads into a softer palette as the distant rolling hills create depth and grandure in this large painting. Multicolored flowers in the foreground lead the viewer to the subdued shadowy blues and greens in the distant hills and sky above.
ANGEL ESPOY (1879 - 1963)
"California Poppy Trail" Oil on board 14" x 18"
One of the best Espoy poppy painting compositions we can find anywhere. Painted with a heavier application of paint and more subdued colors than some of Espoy's later paintings.
ANGEL ESPOY (1879 - 1963)
"Two Boats" Oil on board 14" x 11"
Espoy's employment as a first mate in the Spanish Merchant Marines and his love of the sea led him to become an accomplished maritime painter. In this commendable small painting with great texture and cool blue color, Espoy captures nice detail and proportion in the two boats as they sail in the ocean. The unique and very well made hand carved gold leaf frame adds a nice touch to make this a sweet little package.
ROBERT FRAME (1924 - 1999)
"Hollywood" Oil on canvas 26" x 35"
Robert Frame brings the viewer to one of the most exciting places on earth in this modern brightly colored regionalist painting of downtown Hollywood. With an architectural flow of Hollywood's commercial buildings depicted with an artists vision, Frame created this expressive and marvelous city scene with a personality all its own.
CHARLES FRIES (1854 - 1940)
"On the Hillside" Oil on canvas 14" x 16"
As we gaze through short grasses toward the near distant mountain a sense of relaxation greets the viewer of this magnificant twilight scene. Tall slender trees extend upwards from gentle rolling hills to a lovely twilight scene that radiates with a subtle glow from a crescent moon. A supurbly framed painting in excellent condition.
CHARLES FRIES (1854 - 1940)
"A Hazy Day" Oil on board 8" x 12"
Charles Fries manages to deliver a large landscape in a small painting with "A Hazy Day". With a blanketed forest of green daubed trees spreading throughout a sprawling landscape, your eye if directed to graze over the trees to the distant mountains and calm bluish hued sky.
JOHN FROST (1890 - 1937)
"Desert Tranquility" Oil on board 14" x 18"
John Frost's exceptional color palette of soft blue hues combined with strokes of pinkish white color delight the viewer with this majestic and delicate desert landscape panorama. Small but confidently well executed paintless areas in the sky demonstrate what a master painter John Frost was. As we gaze into this spectacular painting of the vast open desert we are reminded of just how beautiful our California deserts are.
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