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William Paul Morehouse
"February 21st - Red" Abstract Expressionist Landscape by William Morehouse

1960

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About the Item

"February 21st - Red" Abstract Expressionist Landscape by William Morehouse The image shows an abstract landscape painting by William Paul Morehouse (American, 1929-1993), titled "February 21st - Red". The painting has a textured application of impasto, in oil on canvas, with dominant earth tones and a contrasting red section at the top. The composition is divided into geometric shapes and lines, suggesting a stylized representation of a landscape. The colors and textures evoke a sense of the Northern California coastal prairie, a recurring theme in Morehouse's work. The painting is signed, titled, and dated 1960 on the reverse., and WM '60 center bottom of painting. Image, 34"H x 20"W x .5"D Signed center at bottom, Signed and dated on verso, with exhibition label and title. Post War California artist, William Paul Morehouse studied at the California School of Fine Arts (1947-1950) receiving his BFA. Not long after graduation from the CSFA he joined the Army during the Korean War. He became a Master Sergeant and was released with a Purple Heart in 1953, at which point he enrolled in courses at the California College of Arts and Crafts (now the California College of the Arts). A transfer to the San Francisco Art Institute the following year led to his Bachelors in Fine Arts, and in 1954 he enrolled at San Francisco State University where in under two years he earned his MFA. He traveled to New York that same year to participate in the Young American Painters exhibition at the Guggenheim, along with Diebenkorn, deKooning, Motherwell, and Jackson Pollock. He soon began dividing his time between the two coasts. Morehouse eventually settled in Bodega Bay permanently, where he continued to paint as part of the group the "Sonoma Four" Selected Group Exhibitions: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; University of Illinois; Fort Worth Museum; Los Angeles County Museum; National Academy; Oakland Art Museum; Rotunda Gallery, San Francisco; Denver Art Museum; Fourth Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, California Palace of The Legion of Honor 1951; First Pacific Coast Biennial Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art & California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco 1955; PACIFIC COAST ART, 3rd Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1955; CALIFORNIA PAINTERS, 40 Painters, Municipal Art Center, Long Beach, 1956; Contemporary American Painters, 1950-1955, Stanford Art Gallery 1956; Pacific Coast Invitational, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1962 Literature: Thomas Albright, Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Painting and Sculpture Collection Source: David J Carlson, Carlson Gallery, California. Carlson's specialty is Post-World War II California artists, and he is preparing a catalogue for a 2004 traveling exhibition of these artists to several California museums. The following is from Michele Morehouse, October 2003: Education: 1947-50 California School of Fine Arts 1953 California College of Arts and Crafts 1953-54 San Francisco Art Institute BFA 1954-56 San Francisco State University MA Selected Solo Exhibitions: 1996 William Morehouse: The Chinois Paintings,King/Heller Gallery, Bodega, CA 1995 Willaim Morehouse, A Memorial Exhibition, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 1994 The Coffee Gound Series, King/Heller Gallery, Freestone, CA 1994 Landscape Envisioned, Paintings "En Plein Air" ,Bradford Gallery, San Anselmor, CA 1994 William Morehouse: The Chinois Series,Hing -Heller Gallery, Bodega, CA 1993 Landscape Paintings, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco 1991 California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA 1987 SFMOMA Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1986 Gannon Gallery, Bismark, ND 1984 South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco 1983 Oberon Gallery, Napa, CA 1982 Dana Reich Gallery, San Francisco 1980 John Bolles Gallery, Santa Rosa 1979 Sunne Savage Gallery, Boston 1979 Santa Rosa Junior College Art Gallery, Santa Rosa 1978 Kingswood Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 1977 William Morehouse: The Subway Series (An Evolution of an Idea) San Jose Museum of Art 1873 St Mary's College, Moraga, Ca 1969 Galeriea Carl Van der Voort, Ibiza, Spain 1967 Richmond Art Center, Richmond,Ca 1965 Harbor Gallery, Oakland, Ca 1961 Realities Gallery, Taos, New Mexico 1960 Atherton Gallery, Menlo Park, Ca 1958 6 Gallery, San Francisco 1958 John Bolles Gallery, San Francisco 1958 John Bolles Gallery, New York 1954 Telegraph Gallery, San Francisco
  • Creator:
    William Paul Morehouse
  • Creation Year:
    1960
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 34 in (86.36 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Some normal shrinking to paint texture while wet, minimize with matching color. UV protective varnish applied.
  • Gallery Location:
    Soquel, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: RJA98091stDibs: LU54216080922

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