Albert Blaisdell

'Peaceful Valley', Country Landscape, National Veterans Creative Arts Festival

Circa 1975

Signed lower right, 'Dorothy Garrett' (English, 1908-2000) and painted circa 1955; additionally inscribed verso, 'Griffith'. Born Dorothy Mabel Ellen Herring, Dorothy Garrett studie...

Signed lower left, "E Hansen" for Ejnar Hansen (American, 1884-1965) and dated 1936. Ejnar Hansen studied at Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Art before moving to the United States in 1914 and settling in Pasadena in 1924. An ardent proponent of modernist color theory, Hansen became an influential teacher at the Chouinard School, the Otis Art Institute, the John Muir College, and the Pasadena School of Fine Arts. He exhibited widely and with success, including in Denmark and at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the 1939 World's Fair and at the Cincinnati Museum. Ejnar was a member of the Academy of Western Painters, the Los Angeles Art Association, the California Art Club, the California Watercolor Society, Pasadena Society of Artists and the Foundation for Western Art. Ejnar Hansen's works may be found in numerous public and private collections including LACMA, the Pasadena Art Institute and the San Diego Fine Art Society. Reference: Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 1, p. 484; Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, p. 1449; Weilbach, Dansk Kunstnerleksikon, the Castle and Cultural Agency, Copenhagen; Vollmer Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler des 20. Jarhhunderts, Hans Vollmer, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 2, p. 371; Revyen, Chicago 23.12.1916; 17.2.1917; 8.12.1917; 2.2.1918; 16.3.1918; Vore Herrer, okt. 1918; Internat. Studio, juli 1920; Ekstrabl. 14.2.1921 (G. Nygaard); Tidens Kvinder, maj 1934; Fr. Graae: Fra Sydhavsøerne, 1934, 133-45; Art Digest, aug. 1937, dec. 1944, maj 1945; Da. Tid., Chicago 3.9.1937; Arts and Arch., apr. 1938; P. Uttenreitter: Olaf Rude...

"Shenandoah Valley" - Rural California Landscape in Watercolor on Paper Idyllic country landscape by California artist Alice M. Duke (American, 1921-2012). Two large brown-red barns sit at the edge of a glassy body of water. They are surrounded by towering dark green trees, which are reflected in the water along with the barns. Titled "Shenandoah Valley"; California Shenandoah Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area that includes portions of Amador County and El Dorado County, California, United States. It is a sub-region of the Sierra Foothills. titled "shenandoah Valley" and monogrammed AC #25 on mat verso verso. (we have two others with signed labels "Alice Duke" and initialed AC #23 & AC #24 by this artist) Presented in a vintage frame with a double mat. Frame size: 16.75"H x 20.75"W Image size: 10"H x 14"W Duke, Alice (American, 1921-2012 was an artist from Jackson, California. She was a student of Dorner Schueler. A member and exhibitor with the Central Coast Art League. Memberships: Founding member, Gallery 10. Central California Art League Member, Northern California Arts. Member, Society of Western Artist Shows and Awards: 1999 - Gallery 10, Sutter Creek, CA 1986 - (1st Place, Watercolors) Sonoma Valley Art Center, Sonoma, CA 1985 - (Hon. Mention, Watercolors) Sonoma Valley Art Center, Sonoma, CA 1982 - Sunshine Art...

Landscape of a road approaching a farmhouse by notable California artist Tom Olson (American, b. 1927). Signed and dated in the lower left corner. Presented ...