Jon Blanchette

Trout Gulch Road Design Proposal, Aptos CA - Watercolor on Heavy Cardstock

c.1960s

Beautiful mid century watercolor of stores in Aptos, California by listed artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Three stores sit side-by-side: a liquor store, a general store, and a pharmacy on the Old Aptos Village Boardwalk". They are brightly colored - green, yellow, and blue. In the background, there is a blue sky, green trees, and representations of the Aptos hills. Circa 1960 Signed "Jon Blanchette" lower right. Information about location and previous owner is on verso. Acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Art size: 9"H x 12"W Jon Blanchette was born in Somerset, England on March 29, 1908. He immigrated to Battle Creek, Michigan in 1918. Artistically inclined at age six, he later studied at the Pittsburgh Art...

Beautiful mid-century watercolor landscape of a California mission with a tree in the foreground by an unknown artist (American, 20th century). Unsi...

San Jose Hills Watercolor on paper An Americana view of the Hills around San Jose by Robert Sugita (American, b- 1938). A Cupertino artist, Robert went ...

California Ranch Original Watercolor Landscape A beautiful Ranch-style, single-story home with low pitched rooftops and a weather vane...

Mendocino Village, CA Watercolor by Gerald Gleeson Beautiful view oMendocino Village on the California Coast by listed Gerald Gleeson, c.1970. Original watercolor on paper. Signed and titled by the artist. Beautifully matted and framed. This is a lovely vintage watercolor. Gerald Gleeson (1915-1986) was active in California and Rhode Island. He is known for his beautiful modernist townscapes and marine paintings. Very good vintage condition. This beautiful vintage painting...

This artwork (California Landscape with House" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by California artist James March Phillips, 1896-1977. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 14.85 x 11.85 inches, framed size is 24.25 x 20.15 inches. Custom framed in a wood frame, with beige matting. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame is in very good condition, it have very minor scratches. About the artist: James March Phillips (1913-1981) Born: Fresno, California; Studied: Turner Art Center (San Francisco). James March Phillips studied art in San Francisco. His intructors were Alfred Owles...

This original watercolor painting by American artist Edgar Britton captures the serene beauty of a Colorado mountain landscape. Created in 1946, this piece showcases soft, airy tones...

Bungalow (fauvist painting of New York scene) 1940's. image is 10X 11.5 inches. Hand signed lower right Country Scene Samuel Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA artist known for abstract, landscape and seascape paintings. Arrived in the USA from Hungary in 1921 and settled in New York City where he studied at the Art Students League. Grunvald worked for the Federal Art Project, taught at Colony House in NYC. Member: Art Guild, Watercolor Society, New York Watercolor Club. exhibited at Montross Gallery, NYC, World House Galleries, NYC, Leonard Hutton Gallery, NYC, Associated American Artists Gallery and the A.C.A. Gallery. Gunvald's work spanned many modern American movements from the WPA to Abstract Expressionist painting. He was a member of the American Watercolor Society and the Brooklyn Society of Artists. He exhibited with both of these organizations and at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. He was involved the the WPA being a Federal Arts Project artist. A number of prominent Jewish artists participated in this New Deal program among them Ben Shahn, Joseph Solman, William Gropper, Philip Guston Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko, Milton Avery, Ben Shahn, the Soyers (Isaac, Moses, and Raphael), and many others Grunwald exhibited alongside other popular artists such as Paul Klee, Jean Arp, Max Ernst and Charles Burchfield. He also taught and lectured on art and easel painting, Federal Art Project, NYC. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and The Jewish Museum, New York. Americana. The Catskills became a major resort destination for Jewish New Yorkers in the mid-20th century. Borscht Belt is an informal term for the summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in Sullivan and Ulster counties in upstate New York which were frequented by Ashkenazi Jews. At its peak of popularity, about 500 resorts operated in the region. Later changes in vacationing patterns have led most of those travelers elsewhere, although there are still bungalow communities and summer camps in the towns of Liberty, Bethel, Monticello and Fallsburg catering to Orthodox Jewish populations. Borscht Belt, The term, which derives from the name of a beet soup popular with people of Eastern European origin, can also refer to the Catskill region itself. In August, 1969, the Catskills were the site of a music and art festival in the town of Bethel, which had originally been planned for Woodstock, New York. Thirty-three of the best-known musicians of the era appeared during a sometimes rainy weekend in front of nearly half a million concertgoers. The event, featuring liberal drug use and nudity, exemplified the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s. Select Exhibitions A.C.A. Gallery Associated American Artists Gallery, 1936-1955 American Watercolor Society, 1932-1942 New York Watercolor Club, 1935-1937 Humanist Art...