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Alice Beamish
'Coastline', Expressionist California Landscape, San Francisco Woman Artist

Circa 1960

$3,575
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£2,762.31
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CA$5,051.73
CA$7,771.9035% Off
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CHF 2,967.12
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NOK 37,677.46
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SEK 35,720.89
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DKK 23,837.72
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About the Item

A dramatic, Expressionist Coastal landscape showing a view of white-capped jade green breakers crashing against a rocky shoreline, with a distant mountain painted in shades of scarlet, slate blue, and indigo rising in the background. Signed lower right, "Beamish", titled verso and painted circa 1960. Provenance: The Vincent Price Collection and bearing labels verso. Alice Beamish first studied with Hans Hofmann at the University of California at Berkeley, receiving an M. A. and B. A., followed by extended study with Hoffman in Europe, North Africa and the United States. She completed a fellowship at Huntington Hartford Foundation receiving a residence, studio and full stipend. Beamish was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and purchase awards and exhibited at De Young, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles County Museums. She served as president of the Central California Art League and was also a teacher and a widely-published poet and author. She was a member of the National League of American Pen Women and the California Federation of Chapparal Poets.
  • Creator:
    Alice Beamish (1922 - 2011, American)
  • Creation Year:
    Circa 1960
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    minor restoration, minor craquelure; unframed. shows well.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU3441906493

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