Jackson paints a warm and inviting view of Spring in the gorgeous Sierra Nevada Mountains. A path leads our eye through soft hills blanketed with brilliant golden yellow and violet blossoms. Dazzling emerald green trees set the boundary between a brightly painted foreground and calm blue lake waters surrounded by mountain peaks rendered in a subdued pastel color palette. This view of Donner Lake appears undisturbed but has a rich history of being a route for early pioneers.
WILLIAM JACKSON (1850 - 1936)
"California Coast with Poppies" Oil on board 13" x 18"
Multi-colored orange, blue and even a few red flowers nestle on a small hilltop above a beautiful California coastline surrounded by a grove of trees. In a short distance over the hill, a cool tranquil slight fog capture the mood of an early afternoon as we watch the tide roll in.
FERDINAND KAUFMANN (1864 - 1942)
"Casa Del Prado, Balboa Park" Oil on board, double sided 11.5" x 15.75"
This architectural gem located in Balboa Park, San Diego is a reconstructed remnant from the 1915 Pan American Exposition and is a popular cultural attraction. Its Spanish colonial architecture boasts rich ornamentation. Sunlight illuminates a courtyard lined with hedgerows that come alive in brilliant greens and yellows while tall trees flank the bell towers and stand serenely in front of a pale blue sky. Gorgeous and thick layers of paint are applied in thoughtfully controlled brushstrokes giving this painting remarkable texture.
FERDINAND KAUFMANN (1864 - 1942)
"Colorado Street Bridge" Pasadena Oil on canvas 11.25" x 14.25"
With it's beautiful Beaux Arts arches and ornate lamp posts and railings, the Colorado Street Bridge is one of America's landmark designations. This historic bridge spans 1,467 feet across the Arroyo Seco and has appeared in many major motion pictures. With confident heavy brush strokes, Ferdinand Kaufmann captures the architectural details of the arches and lamp posts as well as the glow of the sun as it radiates off the distant San Gabriel Mountains.
EMIL KOSA, JR. (1903 - 1968)
"Magnify His Name" Oil on board 24" x 36"
The wonderful title of this painting (described verso) defines the thought of nature's beauty in all it's grandeur. The colorful flowers, grasses, and trees, with the sun shining in the small canyon gorge and the slight haze of the far away mountains compose this beautiful California landscape that we all love to set eyes on.
EMIL KOSA, JR. (1903 - 1968)
"Stormy Mountains" Oil on canvas 20" x 24"
This bold painting by "National Academy" artist , Emil Kosa, Jr. communicates an expressive and weathered atmosphere that is dramatic to view. With a unique quality, Kosa uses very bright colors in the foreground that contrast to a dark and somewhat moody view of the mountains and sky above.
BESSIE LASKY (1888 - 1972)
"Spring Bouquet" Oil on canvas 24" x 20"
A shiny
metal vase stands atop a fringed and embroidered textile that echoes the colors
of the flower arrangement. Rose blooms
with crisp contours billow out of the vase with both a softness and
vibrancy. The background drapery is
painted in calming blues and grays and seems to shimmer, its angled folds
leading our gaze back to the still life.
This simple yet stunning composition carries a more personal touch, as
Lasky often painted sill lifes from items found in her own garden.
PAUL LAURITZ (1889 - 1975)
"The Evening Hour, Sierra Madre" Oil on canvas 24" x 30"
A boulder filled hillside of tall grasses meanders through oak tress down to the sun filled glen below. Impressionist brush strokes enhanced with the use of light and shadows describe this landscape of an earlier California when dirt roads traversed through Sierra Madre.
PAUL LAURITZ (1889 - 1975)
"California Foothills" Oil on canvas 16" x 20"
Paul Lauritz captures golden California's eucalyptus and oak trees standing tall in the chaparral brush of the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. This earlier work by Paul Lauritz exhibits his technique of painting over a previously textured canvas with very bright colors to achieve a unique impasto appearance.
THOMAS McGLYNN (1878 - 1966)
"Spring Storm" Oil on board 16" x 20"
Vibrant spring growth greets the moody layers of a dramatic stormy sky. Daubs of color animate the lower foreground with short strokes of intense blue standing out beautifully against a backdrop of rich, warm earthy hues. The dappled brushwork in the clouds expresses the vigor of the impending downpour. We can almost feel the cool winds of the oncoming storm as they travel towards us with haste over rolling hills.
THOMAS McGLYNN (1878 - 1966)
"Carmel Sunset" Oil on board 16" x 20"
A dramatically backlit tree is set against a sky layered beautifully with contrasting hues of yellow, pink and blue. Firey reds illuminate shadowy, jagged boughs that are worn away leaving foliage at just the tips. Outstretched branches hover over softly painted grasses, their long shadows reaching towards the ocean beyond. Warm yellows from waning sunlight make the painting glow.
THOMAS McGLYNN (1878 - 1966)
"Corall de Tierra" Oil on canvas 20" x 26"
This softly painted landscape with subtle colors captures the beautiful terrain of the Corall de Tierra Valley which lies between The Monterey Peninsula and Salinas. John Steinbeck wrote about the Corall de Tierra Valley in, The Pastures of Heaven, "he saw a long valley floored with green pasturage on which a herd of deer browsed. Perfect live oaks in the meadow of the lovely place, and the hills hugged it jealously against the fog and wind."
KARL EUGEN NEUHAUS (1879 - 1963)
"Los Laureles Hills, Carmel Valley" Oil on canvas 25" x 30"
An exceptional landscape painting depicting the pastoral Carmel Valley with a bright red grape vineyard surrounded by rolling hills of scattered oaks and a nice blue sky. With a thick heavy application of paint and deep rich colors, Eugen Neuhaus exemplifies this lovely area with this great work of art. Housed in a really nice early Richard Tobey gold leaf frame.
GEORGE DEMONT OTIS (1879 - 1962)
"Leafy Giants" Oil on canvas 24" x 30"
We gaze upon a verdant eucalyptus grove at the edge of a tranquil lake. Deep ultramarine shadows and light blues from the sky punctuate the negative space between eucalyptus limbs which seem to be dancing as they reach towards each other and the skies above. The flowering trees bear dazzling red-orange blossoms that complement the rich green fronds and cool toned shadows. Sunlight enters the scene from the right, casting warm tones across the foliage making it glimmer. Otis depicts a truly splendid day in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
WILLIAM LOUIS OTTE (1871 - 1957)
"Summer Day at the Foot of LaCumbre" Pastel on board 22" x 28"
La Cumbre is the highest peak on the Santa Ynez Mountain ridge near Santa Barbara, where William Louis Otte made his home. Our eye begins at the edge of a dense cluster of trees and follows a path through wheat-hued fields upwards to the mountains in the near distance. Gazing through the valley, we see shadows reaching across the landscape from a low lying sun. Fluffy white clouds peer over the ridge line and seem to glow against a brilliant blue sky. The use of pastels gives a softer look to this image which is reminiscent of the feathery applications of paint in Otte’s oils.
WILLIAM LOUIS OTTE (1871 - 1957)
"Eucalyptus at Eventide, Santa Barbara 1925" Oil on wood panel 22" x 28"
This beautiful landscape painting gives you a sense of peace as you look at it. An inviting shady path meanders off in the distance towards the sun filled view of the Santa Barbara Mountains. Painted on a solid wood board with extremely soft blues and greens and a heavy application of paint. Signed and titled by the artist front and back and resting in it's original hand carved antique frame.
JULES PAGES (1867 - 1946)
"Place De L'Eglise" Oil on canvas 18" x 22"
Pages gives us a charming glimpse into daily life in a quaint French town. Our eye wanders back through a narrow winding street bustling with pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage. There is a great sense of depth and perspective in the architectural detail as the buildings recede into the near distance. Warm, earthy red tones compliment teal greens and deep blue shadows while traces of blue peek through a sky thick with clouds that casts a diffused glow upon the town. There is a lovely balance of neutral and colorful tones, with gray hues tying the palette together giving the painting unity.
JULES PAGES (1867 - 1946)
"View of Ile St. Louis from the Seine, Paris" Oil on canvas 25" x 32"
Jules Pages is another in a long list of early California painters that lived and studied in France during his career. However he differentiates himself from other California artists because he lived there for 40 years. While in France Pages gained international recognition and was talented enough to exhibit in the Paris Salon where he received a "Honorable Mention" in 1895, and Gold Medals in 1899, and 1905. This was an amazing accomplishment for an American native. This grand painting with it's many soft juxtaposing colors rests in a beautifully hand carved Richard Tobey frame.
EDGAR PAYNE (1883 - 1947)
"Early Sunrise, High Sierra" Oil on board 10.5" x 14"
Single strokes simplify the forms in the landscape creating a stunning capture of this Sierra scene. Edgar Payne uses thick brushwork to apply rich layers of paint that give us a visual treat of texture. Our view is from a grassy hillside looking out over a calm lake and a rugged terrain. The teal hued lake stands out boldly against the orangey browns of the mountain side. Packed snow and a light blue morning sky contrast beautifully against darkly hued forest and shadowy mountain summits.
EDGAR PAYNE (1883 - 1947)
"Big Pine Lake" Sierra Nevada, Temple Crag Oil on canvas 25" x 30"
Among the most noted magnificent and hard to climb Sierra peaks is Temple Crag. At 12,976 feet, Temple Crag offers no easy trail to it's summit (easiest route is Class 3). Edgar Payne captures the grandeur of the Eastern Sierras better than anyone. A spring time icy cold glacial colored lake surrounded by pines at tree line gives way to the granite moraine of this famous Sierra Peak.
EDGAR PAYNE (1883 - 1947)
"Clouds over Mt. Whitney" Oil on board 11" x 14"
With striking brush work and a heavy application of paint, Edgar Payne paints the sky over the continental United States tallest mountain peak, Mt. Whitney 14,495 feet (.pdf). With the Alabama Hills in the foreground, Mt. Whitney off in the distance below those spectacular clouds, this little painting packs a big punch.
CHARLES ROLLO PETERS (1862 - 1928)
"Moonlit Adobe" Oil on canvas 19" x 25"
Dubbed "the Poet of the Night" because of his ability to paint nocturnes, James McNeill Whistler is reported to have said that Peters was the only artist other than himself who could paint nocturnes. This brilliant Charles Rollo Peters example displays the vivid deep blue sky with a few shining stars shimmering down on the small houses. A couple candlelit windows from the house on the hill look down to another house as the moonlight provides a dramatic reflection of the lakeside house against the water.
CHARLES ROLLO PETERS (1862 - 1928)
"Carmel Mission" Oil on canvas 19" x 25"
Historic Spanish missions have inspired many of the early California painters but none captures them better in the nights darkness than Charles Rollo Peters. Painted not far from his home in Monterey this nocturne displays a luminous feel with radiating discreet areas of purples, greens, and red color bouncing off of the missions muted tones.
CHARLES ROLLO PETERS (1862 - 1928)
"Monterey Adobe" Oil on canvas 16" x 24"
The modest adobe buildings of the Monterey area were among Charles Rollo Peters favorite painting subjects. With the gleaming moonlight shining through a muted blue-gray sky and the hills in the background, Peters reflects light on the old adobe's facade with a palette of bright purple, green and a touch of red. Peters also treats us to his trademark brightly lit window and dirt road meandering up to the adobe through the tonal gray-green foliage.
CONSTANCE PETERS (1878 - 1939)
"Monterey Bay" Oil on canvas 8" x 12"
Monterey cypress trees rest atop a textured hill overlooking a lonely beach cottage. In the distance we see the soft blue sky contrasting with the deep blue sea and the tiny white sails of boats out in the distance. This rare painting by the second wife of Charles Rollo Peters rests in an interesting multicolored period frame. A great little package!
HANSON PUTHUFF (1875-1972)
"Summer Evening" Oil on board 9.5 x 11.75
Mountain peaks extend up into a pale blue sky accented with delicate pink and white clouds. Bold sweeps of color through mountain ridges create movement which guides our eyes down the hills to a serene little town that comes alive with dashes of the brilliant orange of a low sunlight. Dazzling reds and oranges set against muted greens and blues remind us of the fantastic color palette of summer.
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