"Mission San Juan Capistrano" Oil on board 12" x 16"
Known as the "Jewel of the Missions" and standing for over 200 years, San Juan Capistrano symbolizes California history and is a great inspiration for many artists. Notably one of America's best colorists, Arthur G. Rider treats us to a brilliant display of bright vivid colors in this exceptional work of art. As the bright sun shines on the garden's flowers the fountain spills water that ripples in the reflection of the mission's adobe wall and still bells.
CARL SAMMONS (1883 - 1968)
"Mt. San Gorgonio, Wild flowers Palm Springs" Oil on board 12" x 16"
Standing as the tallest mountain in Southern California at 11,503 feet, the snow capped peak and ridges of Mt. San Gorgonio provide a grand and distant contrast to California's beautiful desert wild flowers. Purple, yellow, and white colored springtime flowers rest peacefully in the desert sun as soft colored wind blown clouds whisk in the sky.
WILL SPARKS (1862 - 1937)
"Stevenson House" Oil on canvas 11" x 14"
Dating back to the Mexican era of California history and originally a rooming house known as the "French Hotel" this two story adobe structure located at 530 Houston Street in Monterey was built in the 1830's. Robert Louis Stevenson, poor and in frail health stayed there in 1879. With a heavy application of paint which has over time added an aged craquelure, a dark palette and a few tonal contrasting colors to render the bright moonlight against the adobe wall, Will sparks displays this old adobe on canvas. Housed in a stunning and hard to find black period frame.
DEDRICK STUBER (1878 - 1954)
"Near Monterey" Oil on board 20" x 24"
As we meander down this shaded moonlit path of dark green grasses and tall trees towards the calm waters of the bay we are treated to the magnificent reflection of the brightly lit moon against the water. Off in the distance we notice the soft colors of the gentle rolling hills and up in the sky along with the shimmering moon just a few scattered clouds. Housed in an early antique period frame with the original name plate describing the title of the painting.
JAMES SWINNERTON (1875 - 1974)
"Desert Bee Weed" Oil on board 16" x 14"
This simple but well thought out painting delivers bright colors mixed with strong dark shadows. As the suns rays shine through the various shades of grayish-white clouds, shadows are created and delivered to the painting throughout the entire desert floor. As we study this painting we notice that only the immediate foreground shimmers in the sunlight. With varying darker shades of blues and purples Swinnerton captures the shadows from the yellow flowering green bushes as well as the depth of the distant hills.
MANUEL VALENCIA (1856 - 1935)
"Mission San Antonio de Padua" Oil on canvas 26" x 20"
Founded in 1771, Mission San Antonio de Padua was the third built mission of all the California missions. Valencia's family also has a very early history in California, as Manuel's grandfather was administrator of the Presidio in San Francisco in 1774. In this dramatic nocturne painting, Valencia applies thick paint which adds texture to the missions facade showing a strong moonlit glow on it's large cross atop the old adobe's thatched roof and fire lit windows. Housed in a unique hand carved gold leaf Richard Tobey frame.
MANUEL VALENCIA (1856 - 1935)
"Moonlight on the Ocean" Oil on canvas 20" x 30"
With a impressive display of deep blues and greens, Manuel Valencia treats us to this powerful nocturne painting of the sea. Small but strong white washed waves pound the foreground while out in the distance we see a couple of sailing ships below a heavily clouded moonlit sky. If you look closely at the larger of the two ships you will notice a light on deck.
CHRISTIAN VON SCHNEIDAU (1893 - 1976)
"An Appeal" Oil on canvas 40" x 26"
A portrait of a young elegant woman in Los Angeles society appealing for charity. "A faint image of a child's face appears to be caressed by the fingertips of the woman's right hand. It is a visualization of the needs for which the beautiful young woman is appealing." (Click on the image to view an excerpt from the book, "C. VON SCHNEIDAU"). Illustrated pg. 27, "C. VON SCHNEIDAU".
MARION WACHTEL (1870 - 1954)
"High Sierras" Oil on board 16" x 12"
With impressionist brush strokes that include nice detail, Marion Wachtel renders this great landscape painting of the High Sierra. A mild summer stream with small eroded rock lined cliffs (from when the stream was at a heavier winters flow) lead up the pine forested slopes to tree line. At tree line the moraine gives way to the steep rugged granite walls that the Sierra Mountains are famous for.
WILLIAM WENDT (1865 - 1946)
"San Antonio 1912" Oil on canvas 18" x 24"
This gorgeous painting of Mt. San Antonio (Mt. Baldy) and the peaceful valley below gives us the opportunity to view this region of California before mass development and freeways. An early William Wendt painting dated 1912, Wendt shows us a more detailed style using a narrower brush and with shorter brush strokes than his later paintings.
EDITH WHITE (1855 - 1946)
"Pink Roses" Oil on canvas 27" x 35"
Edith White is one of early California's great floral still life painters and she has an interesting history. She came across the country from Iowa in 1855 in an ox-drawn wagon and in 1892 lived and worked in a studio in Pasadena's famed "Green Hotel". Light sparkles off the vase as various shades of light change the colors and tones of the roses. With nice detail, White adds a rug, basket and curtain to the composition making this a splendid still life painting. Housed in an exquisite early hand carved Richard Tobey gold leaf frame.
ORRIN WHITE (1883 - 1969)
"Saddle Peak, Malibu" Oil on canvas 18" x 24"
The landscape in the Malibu Canyon areas is among the most beautiful anywhere in the world. Saddle Peak's majestic presence surrounded by the natural scenery of this area can be seen from several of the roads that meander though the Malibu Canyon area. Orrin White really captures the beauty of this area with scattered oak trees nestled among the various shades of tall green grasses and the boulder strewn hillside. With only one red tiled roof in this beautiful land, this painting represents an earlier time in California's development.
ORRIN WHITE (1883 - 1969)
"End of the Day" Oil on canvas 30" x 25"
With just a few scattered houses nestled at the base of the foothills, this painting takes us back to a time in Southern California before all the roads were paved and the lawns manicured to perfection. As the sun sets, shade and shadows cover the foreground while off in the distance the sun still shines on the rolling hills and the tall limb less eucalyptus trees with their peeling redish colored bark. This painting is housed in a beautiful Vandeuren hand carved gold leaf frame.
S.C. YUAN (1911 - 1974)
"Barefoot Lady in Red" Oil on canvas 24" x 24"
An extremely talented and unique painter with a vast diversity of painting styles, Si-Chen Yuan creates this portrait of a women dressed in deep dark reds and black and with no facial expression. The model sits comfortably against a background of moody contrasting colors placed confidently on the canvas with a wide painting knife.
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