"Wild Heliotrope and Poppies" Oil on canvas 12" x 16"
A really nice example of John Gamble's work. As the dirt road meanders up the hill we are visually enticed by colorful poppy and heliotrope flowers surrounded by boulders and oaks in a chaparral landscape. As we look up the road towards the crest of the ridge we notice the beautiful California sunshine coming into view across the higher mountains.
JOE DUNCAN GLEASON (1881 - 1959)
"Red Rock Canyon" Oil on canvas. Original artist's label with description verso. 16" x 20"
A brilliant light filled and well balanced composition highlight this extremely well done painting of a man on horseback surrounded by the beauty of Red Rock Canyon. The broken brush strokes in the sky and the bright red color of the cliffs exhibit the grandeur of this California state park. Red Rock Canyon's wonderful bright colored and eroded mountain forms surround both sides of CA Highway 14 about 25 miles north of Mojave.
PAUL GRIMM (1891 - 1974)
"South Palisades" Oil on canvas 30" x 40"
Reminiscent of Paul Grimm's earlier works, this large painting of the South Fork in the Eastern Sierra near Big Pine gives us a view of the beauty of spring in the High Sierra. Tall trees, fore- ground shading, and the darker muddy colors of the rocks contrast the view in the distance of the cool blue lake, grass covered hillside and sunlit mountain peaks. This painting is complemented with a beautiful hand carved antique vintage frame.
PAUL GRIMM (1891 - 1974)
"Eucalyptus, Griffith Park LA" Oil on board. Titled verso by Paul Grimm. 16" x 20"
In 1919 Paul Grimm moved to Hollywood and lived very close to Griffith Park and this location. This painting with it's peaceful scenery and without the infrastructure that probably exists there today, exhibits a different place in Los Angeles history. Look carefully in the bright colored foreground and you'll notice the nice little footpath leading off in the distance towards the hills.
SAM HYDE HARRIS (1889 - 1977)
"Tripolay Club House" Oil and charcoal on board 10" x 14"
A Sam Hyde Harris gem! Illustrated verso by Sam Hyde Harris with artistic custom lettering and Tripolay Club logo, "May 15th 1933 to JOE STARBUCK whose most capable administration strengthened and carried the Tripolay Club through the most trying period of the depression May, 1932 - May, 1933". This painting is signed lower right by Sam Hyde Harris and is housed in it's original vintage frame.
SAM HYDE HARRIS (1889 - 1977)
"Along the Beach" Oil on board. 15" x 10"
An early (circa 1920) Sam Hyde Harris painting displaying short impressionist brush strokes, light filled color and a great composition. Painted at a time when Southern California's coastal hillsides were free of development and crowds of people. Illustrated page 40, "SAM HYDE HARRIS 1889-1977 A Retrospective".
SAM HYDE HARRIS (1889 - 1977)
"Foothills Ranch" Oil on board 16" x 20"
Sam Hyde Harris is well recognized for his masterful technique of creating atmospheric effects. "Foothills Ranch" is a very well executed example of his technique of using soft muted colors and heavy paint layers to capture and display a level of fog or haze in the air of his painting.
SAM HYDE HARRIS (1889 - 1977)
"Weathered" Oil on board 18" x 24"
Broad confident brush strokes in the sky contrast the bright multiple colors of the roof and barn. Barns tend to be often painted subjects, allowing a painter to express and capture the character of a building in a different place in time and painted as through it were a portrait. Illustrated page 191, "SAM HYDE HARRIS 1889-1977 A Retrospective".
THOMAS HILL (1829 - 1908)
"Yosemite Valley" Oil on canvas 28" x 36"
A really spectacular museum quality piece by one of America's finest Yosemite Valley painters. With El Capitan looming large over Bridalveil Falls and Half Dome, this Yosemite Valley painting captures the grandiose feeling of all that is Yosemite. Housed in a beautiful wide gold leaf frame. Signed and dated, "T. Hill 83".
ANNA HILLS (1882 - 1930)
"Riverside Valley" Oil on board 7" x 10"
Once there was a place in Southern California called, "Riverside Valley". This great little palette knife gem by Anna Hills represents a different time and place in Southern California. This small painting really delivers a pleasing view with vibrant color and composition under those great clouds that Anna Hills is known to paint.
ANNA HILLS (1882 - 1930)
"The Green Domes, San Francisco Exposition 1915" Oil on board 7" x 10"
With flags waiving and the famous Panama-Pacific Exposition's Green Domes in the background Anna Hills captures this great historical event. A wonderful little palette knife painting housed in a nice gold leaf frame with frame label. Signed and dated 1915 by the artist front and back. For more information about the Panama-Pacific Exhibition read Ask Art's fine essay.
ANNA HILLS (1882 - 1930)
"Red Roses" Oil on board 7" x 10"
Another beautiful display of palette knife work by Anna Hills! Confident paint strokes are seen all-around this artist's board with no areas of thin paint anywhere. Anna Hills captures color, light, composition, and detail in this striking little painting. Packaged in a appropriately selected and custom hand carved, gold leaf frame.
CLARENCE HINKLE (1880 - 1960)
"Surf, Hills - Laguna" Oil on board 10.5" x 13.75"
Dated and signed on the reverse, "Surf, Hills, Laguna 1920" this painting captures the Laguna coastline at an early time in our states history. Short broken brush strokes and vibrant colors contrast the cool blue ocean from the warm colored beach and hills of this early California art colony. Provenance stickers on the reverse of this painting include the, "Laguna Beach Art Association" and the "E. Gene Crain Collection". This painting was also exhibited (label verso) at the Laguna Art Museum, "Greetings from Laguna Beach Our Town in the Early 1900's, October 1999 - October 2000".
CLARENCE HINKLE (1880 - 1960)
"Laguna Village" Oil on board 18" x 22"
Modernist bold lines and vibrant colored beach umbrellas set the tone for this fun and joyful painting. Clarence Hinkle lived in Laguna Beach from 1931-1935 and often painted landscapes like this one capturing Laguna's undeveloped hillsides and sparse development. Illustrated page 50, "Early Artists in Laguna Beach: The Impressionists".
CLARENCE HINKLE (1880 - 1960)
"Still Life" Oil on board 15.5" x 13.25"
A young and gifted painter, Hinkle won a scholarship to travel and study art in France. While in France Hinkle was inspired by Cezanne and this painting exemplifies that influence. Extremely talented and able to paint a diversity of subjects, Hinkle captures this still life with a composition of simplicity, crude brush strokes and bright contrasting colors.
CLARENCE HINKLE (1880 - 1960)
"Laguna Sunset 1920" Oil on board 10.5" x 13.75"
Hinkle was an artistic innovator during his time and would become known as one of the "Group of Eight" modernists during the late 1920's. This painting, although small in size exhibits more to the eye as we stand back from it and study it's detail. Where the tide meets the sand we notice two birds and off in the distance beyond the horizon the sunset against the cloud filled sky.
RALPH HOLMES, GEORGE DEMONT OTIS, ROBERT CLUNIE, JOHN COTTON, FRED GRAYSON SAYRE
"Casa de Pintores" Oil on board 18" x 14"
Dated, July 4th 1927 and signed individually by the artists listed above. "Casa de Pintores" or "House of the Painters" is a fun filled display of artist's camaraderie on one of America's most significant holidays. Look through the door and you'll see an artist painting a portrait of a woman and at the bottom of the door a cute little kitten. The gold and green colored frame adds a nice touch.
WILLIAM HUBACEK (1871 - 1958)
"Blue Vase" Oil on canvas 18" x 15"
With subtle red and pink colored flowers resting in a beautiful vibrant blue ceramic vase, Hubaceck displays light and shadows bouncing off the wall in this appealing still life. This painting rests in an exquisite antique hand carved gold leaf frame.
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