The Road to Commerce

c.1990

This artwork titled "Fallon House, Colombia, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist William E. Frates, 1891-969 It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 24 x 30 inches. It is in excellent condition, the canvas keys have been replaced. About the artist: Painter, etcher. Born in Hayward, CA in 1896. Frates first studied art in San Francisco with Wm Otto...

This artwork titled "Alvarado Railroad Crossing" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is sign...

This artwork titled "Princeton, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 20 x 24 inches. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Clifford Holmes, noted California artist. The artist is a descendent of early California pioneer families and is a former member of the Art League. Among the founders of the Oakland Art...

This artwork titled "Old Barn Near Auburn" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower...

Scott Conary's "Two" is an original, handmade impressionist still-life oil painting that depicts a steak resting on a cutting board, split perfectly in two against an abstracted whit...

Jonas Lie (American, 1880-1940) Boat at the End of a Jetty OIl on canvas board Signed lower right 12.75 x 10.5 inches 18.75 x 16.75 inches, framed Jonas Lie was a prolific painter, ...

Harry Leslie Hoffman (1871 - 1964) The Artist's Wife (Beatrice Pope) at the Loom, circa 1915 Oil on canvas 30 x 32 inches Housed in a period Newcomb-Macklin frame Provenance: Estate of the artist Private Collection, Massachusetts This painting depicts the artist's wife at the loom, producing textile versions of Hoffman's underwater paintings. The screen shown behind Bea is an underwater scene also painted by Hoffman. The study of this painting is held in the collection of the Wolfsonian Museum in Florida. Harry Leslie Hoffman was born in Cressona, a small community in Pennsylvania's Schuylkill Valley. His mother was an amateur artist who encouraged her son to pursue a career in the arts. In 1893, Hoffman entered the School of Art at Yale University and studied with John Ferguson Weir, the son of Robert Walter Weir. After graduation in 1897, Hoffman moved to New York to continue his studies at the Art Students League. He also traveled to Paris and took classes at the Académie Julien. In the summer of 1902, Hoffman attended the Lyme Summer School of Art, in the town of Old Lyme on the Connecticut coast. The school was headed by Frank Vincent Dumond and was located in a boarding house owned by Florence Griswold. The school eventually grew into an artists' colony and a center for American Impressionism. When Hoffman first arrived as a student, he was not permitted to stay in the house which was designated for the professional artists only. However, his outgoing personality soon won him many friends at the colony. In 1905, Hoffman settled in Old Lyme and worked as a full member of the artist colony. He was particularly influenced by Willard Leroy Metcalf, an Impressionist also working in Old Lyme. Fellow artists later fondly recalled Hoffman's antics at the Griswold house, which included playing the flute and banjo, tap-dancing, singing humorous songs, and performing magic tricks. In 1910 Hoffman...

Capitola, California – Original Oil on Board Seascape Painting by Jon Blanchette (circa 1955) This captivating marine seascape painting titled "Capitola, California" by Jon Blanchet...