Jon BlanchetteVan's Grocery, Aptos Village - Mid Century California Landscape c.1960s
c.1960s
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- Creator:Jon Blanchette (1908-1987, American, British)
- Creation Year:c.1960s
- Dimensions:Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)Depth: 0.25 in (6.35 mm)
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- Gallery Location:Soquel, CA
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Jon Blanchette
Jon Blanchette was born in Somerset, England, in 1908. He immigrated to Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1918. Artistically inclined at age six, he later studied at the Pittsburgh Art Institute, where he received his BA. In 1932, Blanchette moved to Los Angeles, where he painted, did the architectural design, interior decorating and stage sets for Fox Studios. In 1948, he settled in Aptos, California, where he painted fine art and taught privately. During the summers of 1965–75, Blanchette held workshops in Mendocino. A romantic realist, he was primarily an oil painter but was also proficient with pen & ink, watercolor, and silkscreen. Blanchette died in Aptos in 1987. He had a membership for the Santa Cruz Art League and Marin County Artists. Blanchette exhibited at Santa Cruz Women's Club, 1959, and stood first in the Santa Cruz County Art Competition, Aptos Art Center, 1965.
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