Phillip Herschel Paradise
Port, 1949
1949

About the Item

Provenance Consigned to the gallery by private collectors Description A prominent watercolorist during the Depression era of the 1930s and early 1940s, Phil Paradise was instrumental in establishing the California Style of Watercolor Painting and was part of the California Scene Painting movement and American Regionalist Art. This colorful and complex bird’s-eye view exhibits the bold execution and experimental approach that was a hallmark of his style. In this painting, a crenelated tower dominates a village rising on a hill. The bay below is scattered with sailboats, and inscribed by a string of mountains. The work is an original mid-century-modern watercolor painting that depicts a colorful fishing village and port, believed to be the island of Haiti, known as “the pearl of the Caribbean.” After the mid-1940s, Paradise traveled and lived in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Islands, painting along the way. Paradise taught at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles and Scripps College in Claremont, California and was elected an Associate Member of the National Academy of Design, New York. Additionally, Paradise served as elected president of the California Water Color Society. FRAMED: 25" x 32" UNFRAMED: 14.5" x 20.75" Frame Wood with gold gilt finish, made by Riegler & Sons. The work is mounted under clear acrylic with a single mat. Artist Information DAV, Benezit Vol. 10 p. 888, CAW p. 172, AIC p. 847 – 848, Whos2 p. 2516 In the 1920s, he studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles and later taught there and at the Scripps College. On Verso “Michael Johnson Fine Arts” label “Katherine Norris Fine Art” label “American Legacy Fine Arts” label “Philip Paradise” white label Framer Stamp: Riegler & Sons Exhibited Early California Masters: Paintings from the Katherine A. Norris Legacy Collection, American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena, California, November 12 - December 19, 2021

Creator:

Phillip Herschel Paradise (1905 - 1997, American)

Creation Year:

1949

Dimensions:

Height: 25 in (63.5 cm)Width: 32 in (81.28 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)

Medium:

Watercolor

Movement & Style:

Impressionist

Period:

1940-1949