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Period: 20th Century
St. Ives Harbor, Cornwall, England — British Post-Impressionism
By Hayley Lever
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
An early 20th-century Hayley Lever watercolor depicting fishing boats docked at the St. Ives Harbor, Cornwall, England. A fine, spontaneous rendering on watercolor paper, with fresh ...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Watercolor
$2,240 Sale Price
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La Chemise Blanche - B/W Etching by G. Arnulf - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
La Chemise Blancheis a black and white etching realized byGeorges Arnulfin 1969.
Hand-signed, dated, hand-numbered and titled by the artist on the lower margin.
Our specimen is th...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Etching
New York City, Office Party, Black and White Dance Party Photograph 1960s
Located in New york, NY
Office Party by Leonard Freed is a 13" x 19" limited-edition photograph. The print 4/5 is signed verso (back of photo) by Brigitte Freed (wife of the phot...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigme...
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well exe...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Huge 20th Century French Fauvist Oil Painting Sunny Hot Market Scene & Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Market
by Michel Kritz (French 1925-1994)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 32 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nichols Canyon
Located in Manchester, GB
David Hockney, Nichols Canyon, 1980
Colour giclee poster on 230 gsm paper
62 x 95 cm (24.40 x 37.40 in)
Based on the original painting, Nichols Canyon,...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Giclée
Diurnes : Woman By the Sea - Original Collotype and Stencil (Cramer #115)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Diurnes, Woman By the Sea, 1962
Original collotype and stencil (Jacomet workshop)
Unsigned
Limited to 1000 copy
On paper 40 X 30 cm (c. 15.7 x 11.2 in)
R...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Stencil
JULES RENE HERVE (1887-1981) Childen Feeding Ducks Woodland River signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Feeding the Ducks
by Jules Rene Herve (1887-1981) French, signed front and back
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 9 x 11 inches
framed: 15 x 16.5 inches
Provenance: private col...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Head of a Gaul, British Museum Roman Classical sculpture photogravure
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Head of a Gaul'
Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the imag...
Category
Other Art Style 20th Century Art
Materials
Photogravure
Stars/Sterren - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher in 1948.
Hand signed in pencil and annotated in pencil lower right "eigen druck".
Monogrammed and dated in the plate "MCE/X-'48 upper right.
One o...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Woodcut
Southern Cross Road Grocery Store and Gas Pump 1994
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 31.5 x 23.75 inches ( 80.01 x 60.325 cm )
Image Size: 31.5 x 23.75 inches ( 80.01 x 60.325 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Offset
$48 Sale Price
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Pool At Lake Tahoe Slim Aarons Estate Stamped Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
Pool At Lake Tahoe
1959
by Slim Aarons
Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Bathers by a pool on the shore of Lake Tahoe, California, 1959.
unframed
c type print
printed 2023
20 x ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
ANN ORAM R.S.W. (1956-) original signed impressionist oil painting SPANISH
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Ann Oram RSW (1956-) Scottish
TITLE: “Vejer De La Frontera Spain”
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 62cm x 52cm inc fram...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Flowers in terracotta pot - Still life Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Unsigned
Work on canvas
Gilded wooden frame
70,5 x 48 x 4,5 cm
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
$408 Sale Price
49% Off
"Boulevard de la Madeleine, Paris" Impressionist Scene Oil Painting on Canvas
By Jean Salabet
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Jean Salabet. Salabet was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His wor...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fishing Boats at Sunset off the Neapolitan Coastline, large signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Italian School, mid 20th century
Title: The Neapolitan Coast
Medium: oil on board, framed
Framed: 21 x 29 inches
Board: 19 x 26 inches
Provenance: private collect...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Spring Morning - Seal Beach
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869 – 1958)
SPRING MORNING – SEAL BEACH c. 1929
Color block print, signed in pencil. Image 8 ½” x 9 3/4”, sheet, 11 3/8 x 11 7/8”. Full margins as issued with...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Linocut, Woodcut
Large Italian Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Grand Canal Venice Atmospheric
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Grand Canal, Venice
Italian Impressionist artist, second half 20th centuyr
indistinctly signed
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 26 x 32 inches
Provenance: Private collection
Cond...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Mother & Child" Post-Impressionist Interior Scene Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A charming oil painting depicting an interior scene of a mother and child reading together while sitting on a table round table with a mantel, and a window on the background with the...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coastal Garden - British Edwardian Impressionist art landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Edwardian Impressionist oil painting is by noted artist Tom Mostyn. Painted circa 1910, the composition is a view looking out over a pond with fountain, across gr...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Ed Baynard 'Flowers in Vase on Black Stand' 1980- Vintage
By Ed Baynard
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original exhibition poster was created for Ed Baynard: Watercolors, a 1980 solo show at the Alexander F. Milliken Gallery in New York City. Known for his elegantly stylized flor...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Offset
$100 Sale Price
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shellfish harvesters women on the beach Spain spanish seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
**Title**: Fisherwomen on the Beach
**Author**: Rafael Mumpao Hinojosa
**Technique**: Oil on canvas
**Canvas dimensions**: 25.6 x 31.9 in
**Framed dimensions**: 37.8 x 44.1 in
This artwork captures a beautiful costumbrist scene, focusing on traditions and everyday life. **Rafael Mumpao Hinojosa**, with his detailed and realistic style, draws inspiration from renowned painters such as **Joaquín Sorolla**, a master of light and movement, and **Julio Romero de Torres...
Category
Realist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,285 Sale Price
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Antique English Oil Painting Night Time Moonlit Landscape Coastal Estuary
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Heading to Church
E. Oldham, British 1913
signed & dated
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 17.5 x 24 inches
canvas : 13 x 19 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very goo...
Category
English School 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Pommiers en Fleurs - Post Impressionist Divisionist Landscape Oil by Leon Detroy
By Leon Detroy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1920 by French post impressionist painter Leon Detroy. The piece is painted in a divisionist style and depicts blossoming apple trees in an orcha...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Henri-André Martin, Les Baux de Provence, Oil on Canvas, 1961
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Henri-André Martin (1918-2004), France, ca.1980s. Les Baux de Provence. With frame: 71x98 cm - 28x38.6 inches. Without frame: 65x92cm - 25.6x36.2 inches. 30P format....
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ingrid with Hat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a rare and iconic poster from the first printing created by the legendary Andy Warhol for a special exhibition held in Sweden in 1983. Designed as a tribute to the legendary ...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Art
Materials
Offset
$560 Sale Price
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1920's French Portrait of Man with Moustache Signed & Dated Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man
French School
signed and dated 1923
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: good and sound conditi...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Barrister Fine Antique English Huge Oil Painting Portrait of Lawyer Gent
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Barrister (the sitter is James Guy Baker, the artists brother).
by Gladys Marguerite Baker (British, 1889-1959)
signed
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 146cm x 101cm
canva...
Category
English School 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Modernist Gouache Painting Multicolor Scene Man Playing Piano
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Gouache
French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Tranquil Scene of Fishing Boats at Rest
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Tranquil Scene of Fishing Boats at Rest
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 8.25 x 10.5 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, u...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Elizabeth Taylor and Conrad Hilton on Their Wedding Day
By Frank Worth
Located in Austin, TX
Black and white portrait of actor John Wayne on the set of a movie, driving a car, circa 1947.
John Wayne, nicknamed "the Duke", was an American actor who became a popular icon thro...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Treasure Rute I, Relief, stamping, linocut, collage on handmade paper, Signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Alan Shields
Treasure Rute I, 1979
Relief, stamping, linocut, collage on handmade paper
Titled, numbered, signed, and dated Treasure Rute I 1/11 Alan Shields 1979 on the bottom front...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Linocut
Lake Landscape - Fine English Dartmoor Devon Antique Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very beautiful early 20th century oil on canvas landscape depicting a lake with hills beyond, by Frederick John Widgery.
The location is lik...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Man and Horse' by Harold Stevenson, Lithograph
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 28" x 32" lithograph was produced by Harold Stevenson in 1988. This print features a skeletal figure and horse. The skeleton, with elongated and angular features, is centrally p...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Antique American Modernist Abstract Signed & Framed Cubist Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract cubist oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 28 by 18 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a ...
Category
Cubist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Board
The Endeavour.
Located in Storrs, CT
The Endeavour. c.1935. Pencil and watercolor on watercolor board. 14 3/8 x 20 7/8. Signed in pencil, lower right; titled in pencil, verso. Housed in a subtle 23 1/2 x 36-inch light ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Art
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
$2,000 Sale Price
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DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1950s Photograph of "Beefcake" model VAL MEMECEK #2
Located in Glenford, NY
Rare early 1950s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of model VAL MEMECEK. Memecek was one of Juleff's most natural and gra...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Giuliana con cappello" Olio su tela cm. 50 x 60 1976
Located in Torino, IT
Opera espressionista ,sui blu e azzurri
Edgardo CORBELLI (Torino, 1918 – 1989)
Dal tradizionale impianto paesistico degli anni ‘30, la pittura di Corbelli sfocia in esiti tecnico-e...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon
Sailing Ship at Anchor in the Grey Waters of the Mediterranean French Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sailing Ship
Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994)
signed watercolour on artist paper
painting : 12.75 x 17 inches
Provenance: private collection in the South of France,
Condition: v...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Bateaux a Carnac" Impressionist Marine Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This stunning piece of art titled “Bateaux a Carnac" is a captivating original work by renowned artist Yolande Ardissoner. Ardissoner was mostly known for her playful and sophisticat...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province' — Lifetime Impression
By Kawase Hasui
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series Collected Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fûkei shû II Kansai hen), woodblock print, 1934. A very fine, atmospheric impression, with fresh colors; the full sheet, in excellent condition. Signed 'Hasui' with the artist’s seal 'Kawase', lower left. Published by Watanabe Shozaburo with the Watanabe ‘D’ seal indicating an early impression printed between 1931 - 1941. Stamped faintly 'Made in Japan' in the bottom center margin, verso.
Horizontal ôban; image size 9 3/8 x 14 1/4 inches (238 x 362 mm); sheet size approximately 10 5/16 x 15 1/2 inches ( 262 x 394 mm).
Collections: Art Institute of Chicago; Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (Vienna); Honolulu Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Museum in Warsaw; University of Wisconsin-Madison.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
“I do not paint subjective impressions. My work is based on reality...I can not falsify...(but) I can simplify…I make mental impressions of the light and color at the time of sketching. While coloring the sketch, I am already imagining the effects in a woodblock print.” — Kawase Hasui
Hasui Kawase...
Category
Showa 20th Century Art
Materials
Woodcut
Parisian Street Scene
By Roland Dubuc
Located in London, GB
'Parisian Street Scene', watercolour on art paper, by Roland DuBuc (circa 1970s). This artwork is a delightful depiction of a Parisian street which scales the hill to the neighbourhood of Montmartre, the home of the basilica of Sacré-Cœur. DuBuc's artworks serve as a love letter to the city of Paris and are recognised by his incredibly charming style. The signed artwork is in good overall condition and has been newly framed with anti-reflective glass. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying this listing. Upon request a video of the piece may be provided.
About the Artist: Roland DuBuc (1924-1998), French artist, the sixth of 13 children and son of a construction worker. The very precariousness of the family's financial situation forced him to go to work at the age of 14. In extreme poverty, he moved to Rouen where he was lodged by the Salvation Army. During that time he struck up friendships with several artists who gave him advice and taught him techniques of drawing. He moved to other cities later where he met painters including, among others, Fred Pailhès...
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Josef Albers, Blue Reminding, dazzling 1967 silkscreen (signed/numbered) Framed
By Josef Albers
Located in New York, NY
Note: This is a unique text variant which Albers titled in pencil "Blue Reminder" instead of "Blue Reminding". The authenticity of this work has been kindly confirmed by Brenda Danil...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Art
Materials
Pencil, Screen
Miniature Painting of Cattle Grazing in Ireland Countryside 20th Century Vintage
Located in Preston, GB
Miniature Painting of Cattle Grazing in Ireland Countryside by 20th Century Irish Artist - Presented in an ornate vintage gold frame
Art measures 7 x 5 inches
Frame measures 11 x ...
Category
Realist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Large Original Oil Painting on canvas contemporary Art cityscape with many faces
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an amazing, very impressive original large modern painting on canvas, depicting an urban cityscape with many faces in the foreground.
The painting is in excellent condition....
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Large French Expressionist Oil Portrait, The Seated Beauty.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large French Mid 20th Century, oil on paper laid on canvas, portrait of a seated female figure by Sylvain Vigny. The painting is signed bottom left and presented in a very fine carve...
Category
French School 20th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Huge 1950's French Signed Oil Figures Bathing in Large River Green Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1950's, signed H. Eubriet
Title: 'Bathing'
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 29 x 45 inches
Painting: 24 x 30 inches
Provenance: private ...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
EDWARD BOHLIN 1920s-1930s SILVER ART PARADE SADDLE HOLLYWOOD WESTERN ARTIST VAIL
By Edward H. Bohlin
Located in San Antonio, TX
Circa Late 1920s - Early 1930s. It is all Bohlin made and marked to include the saddle, the headstall and the breast collar. All made in Hollywood California. The only non-Bohlin item is the bit which appears to also be early California. There is some interesting provenance of the fine saddle. It was commissioned by Charles R. Bell, married to Margaret Vail Bell who was the daughter of Walter Vail. On the Bolin nameplate it has engraved, Vail Ranch as well as made for Charles Bell. Charles Bell Died in 1939.
The Vail Ranch has some great Western History which I will go into a little detail. You see, not only am I selling Saddles, but I’m also selling History.
If you want to skip the history lesson you can just scroll down past the following info to images of the saddle.
It’s no secret that ranching runs in the family blood. There is no greater example of that than California Rangeland Trust CEO Nita Vail. On April 14, 2018 Nita had the opportunity to witness her great-grandfather Walter L. Vail’s induction into the Hall of Great Westerners at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. This high honor is bestowed by the Museum to “exceptional individuals who have made an indelible impact upon the history of the great West.” A pivotal figure in early California and Arizona ranching, Walter Vail joins just over only 200 individuals who have been inducted into this esteemed hall.
The Vail legacy of advocacy and ranching lives on strongly through his descendants, including Nita.
All these years later, Nita carries the mantle of advocacy for ranchers in her own work at the California Rangeland Trust. Reflecting on her great-grandfather’s induction ceremony in Oklahoma, Nita says, “Witnessing my great-grandfather’s induction with family and friends was an incredible experience and a reminder of why I do what I do. Ranching plays an integral role in the culture, economy, and quality of life in California. Generations later, I get to honor Walter L. Vail’s legacy in my work with the California Rangeland Trust every day, preserving those open spaces for new generations and partnering with ranchers to continue to sustain life on the range in California.”
Walter Vail History
A native of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Walter Vail purchased the 160-acre Empire Ranch southeast of Tucson, Arizona in 1876, along with an Englishman named Herbert Hislop. In 1882, the Empire Land & Cattle Company was formed with Walter L. Vail as principal shareholder. Over the years Vail, along with various partners, expanded the original land holdings to include over one million acres. The year after Walter purchased the Empire Ranch, the Southern Pacific Railroad built a railroad line, which was great news for the Vail family as it provided a means for them to ship their cattle.
Edward L. Vail, George Scholefield and Bird at the mouth of Rosemont Canyon ca. 1896-1898
Standing Up for Ranchers
In the fall of 1889, the Southern Pacific Railroad announced they would raise cattle freight rates by 25 percent. They ignored loud protests from ranchers who had already been hit hard by depressed cattle prices. In response, the Vails made a plan to drive the cattle overland themselves without the railroad. They knew that, if they were successful, they could break the railroad’s monopoly on the ranchers and force prices down.
Walter’s brother Edward Vail and foreman Tom Turner volunteered to drive the almost 1,000 steers on the 300-mile trip to the Warner Ranch in San Diego. The journey ahead would be grueling. Most of their trip was through desert with water sources 15 to 30 miles apart.
The ranchers would face a slew of obstacles—a stampede, a chaotic Colorado River crossing, an encounter with a group of horse thieves. In spite of all the dangers and challenges, they reached their destination. Just 71 days after leaving Arizona, the Empire cowboys arrived at the Warner Ranch. They had only lost 30 steers.
The historic Empire Ranch Trail Drive of 1890 inspired other Arizona ranchers to make similar drives as a stand against the railroad. That fall, a group of Arizona cattlemen met and agreed to fund improvements to establish a safe cattle trail from Tucson to California.
In response to the united stand of the ranchers, sparked by the Vails, the railroad finally agreed to restore the old freight rate—on the condition that the cattlemen would make no more cattle drives.
Walter Vail led by example, but he was also an active representative of ranching interests in the legislature. He served in the 10th Arizona Territorial Legislature in 1878 and in 1884 on the Pima County Board of Supervisors. He introduced two significant bills: One proposing the creation of Apache County in the northeastern corner or Arizona Territory, and the other calling for the repeal and replacement of a Pima County fencing ordinance. Elected to the Arizona Stock Growers Association in 1884, Walter L. Vail advocated for levying fines on outfits that brought diseased cattle into the Territory, proposed a system of recording brands and earmarks, and requested the establishment of the livestock sanitary commission to oversee quarantines on infectious diseases, and tighter trespass laws.
Moving to California
In the late 1880s when a long drought hit Arizona, the Vails began leasing California pastures and shipping increased numbers of their cattle there to fatten. This marked the beginning of Walter’s efforts to purchase land in Temecula Valley.
Vaqueros (Mexican cowboys) at the Empire Ranch in Arizona
In 1890, with growing corporate holdings in California, Walter Vail established his headquarters in downtown Los Angeles and moved his family there. By this time, he had pieced together four Mexican land grants—Pauba Rancho, Santa Rosa Rancho, Temecula Rancho and Little Temecula Rancho—to form the Pauba Ranch. Eventually, the Vails would own more than 87,500 acres surrounding the little town of Temecula. In 1892 they leased Catalina Island and in 1901-1902 in partnership with J. V. Vickers, they purchased most of the interests in Santa Rosa from the estate of A.P. More. In March of 1894, Vail and Gates joined Vickers in setting up a third cattle company, the Panhandle Pasture Company, with the hopes of expanding new markets in the east. The Panhandle Pasture Company bought seven thousand acres of grassland in Sherman County, Texas, and an equal amount across the line in Beaver County, Indian Territory (later Oklahoma).
Walter Vail was tragically killed in a Los Angeles streetcar accident in 1906. After his death, the Empire Land & Cattle Company (later renamed the Vail Company) assumed control of all his ranches and other real estate holdings. Walter had five sons and they would all have a hand in running the various ranches and the Vail Company as whole throughout their lives. The Empire Ranch in Arizona was sold in 1928. The Temecula area ranches continued to operate until it was sold in 1965. Santa Rosa Island, the last of Walter Vail’s holdings, was sold to the National Park Service in 1986, and ranching operations shut down there in 1998.
Walter Lennox Vail (May 13, 1852 - December 2, 1906) was an American businessman, cattle dealer, and politician. He is known for his Empire Land & Cattle Company (later the Vail Company), which spanned over one million acres throughout five states.[1] Vail has been called "a pivotal figure in early California and Arizona ranching."
Early life
Vail was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia on May 13, 1852, to Mahlon Vail, Sr. and Eliza Vail.
Career
Empire Ranch
The headquarters of the Empire Ranch in the modern day
Vail left his family's Plainfield, New Jersey house in the middle of 1875 to pursue riches in the West. He worked for a few months in Virginia City, Nevada as a mine's timekeeper, but in November he wrote of his intention to get involved in Arizona's sheep business. He, along with an Englishman named Herbert R. Hislop, then purchased the Empire Ranch along with its 612 cattle on August 22, 1876. The purchase from Edward Nye Fish and Simon Silverberg cost $1,174 at the time and was only 0.25 square miles (0.65 km2). Vail had met Hislop for the first time in August of that year, at the Lick House in San Francisco. Vail also became the main shareholder of the Empire Land & Cattle Company, which was formed in 1882.
Politics
Vail additionally served in the House of Representatives on the 10th Arizona Territorial Legislature for two years, starting in 1879. He was one of five representatives from Pima County. There, he proposed the creation of Apache County in the northeast. In 1884, Vail was elected to the Arizona Stock Growers Association, where he introduced many laws relating to cattle farming.
California
Vail moved his main operations to California in the late 1880s due to a long drought in Arizona. He started leasing Californian land mainly in Temecula Valley, but established his headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. By this time, he had already bought four ranches: the northern half of Rancho Little Temecula, Rancho Pauba, Rancho Santa Rosa, and Rancho Temecula. Later, Vail would own over 135 square miles (350 km2) surrounding the city of Temecula. He also leased Santa Catalina Island and Purchased Santa Rosa Island in 1892 and 1901, respectively. Vail, along with Carroll W. Gates and J.V. Vickers, set up the Panhandle Pasture Company, which bought about 22 square miles (57 km2) in Sherman County, Texas and Beaver County, Oklahoma.
Personal life
Vail married Margaret "Maggie"[a] Newhall in 1881, with them having five children: Nathan Russel, Mahlon, Mary, Walter Lennox Jr., and William Banning (who used his middle name) together.
In 1890, a Gila monster bit Vail on his middle finger, and for years thereafter he experienced bleeding and swelling in his throat, which was thought to be caused by the venom from the bite.
Death
Vail died at 54 on December 2, 1906, due to complications from a tram (Trolley Car) accident in Los Angeles. He was cremated, then buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on December 6.
Legacy
Vail's sons took over the company after his death, renaming it to the Vail Company. The Empire Ranch was sold in 1928, and the Temecula ranches were bought by a syndicate of companies, including Kaiser Aluminum, Kaiser Industries, and Macco Realties in 1965. Santa Rosa Island was acquired by the National Park Service in 1986, and ranching ceased in 1998.
Vail was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 2018.[2] Various properties have been named after the Vail family including: Vail Headquarters, an outdoor shopping mall, Vail Lake, and Vail, Arizona.
In 1867, German immigrant, Louis Wolf, and his Chumash wife, Ramona, built a small adobe trading post next to Temecula Creek. Their Wolf Store helped launch the Temecula community, serving as a saloon, livery stable, legal services, hotel, general store, stagecoach stop, post office, school and employment agency. After Louis and Ramona’s deaths, their land and other Ranchos were purchased by Arizona cattle baron Walter Vail. By 1905, the 87,000-acre Vail Ranch became one of the largest cattle operations in California, stretching from Camp Pendleton to Vail Lake to Murrieta. It operated through the late 1970’s when it was sold to build Temecula’s housing. Some of the ranch’s oldest buildings survived in a cluster around the long-vacant Wolf Store. Together they would wait more than 40 years to be restored and once again become a center for community life in the Temecula Valley.
In 1905 after his death, Wolf’s Temecula was purchased by Arizona cattle baron Walter Vail, along with three other Ranchos totaling 87,500 acres. The sprawling Vail Ranch spread from South of Highway 79 to South of Clinton Keith Road, East to Vail Lake Resort and West to Camp Pendleton and continued operations through the late 1970’s when it was sold for housing subdivisions. The remaining buildings that comprised the Vail Ranch Headquarters, several having been demolished, have sat mostly vacant since then awaiting their restoration and re-use.
John N. Harvey, Edward L. Vail, Walter L. Vail, 1879
Ned Joins the Partnership - May 1879
In May of 1879 Walter’s older brother, Edward Lang Vail, known as Ned, joined the Empire Ranch partnership. He had no ranching experience but quickly learned. The Empire Ranch herds were finally sufficiently developed for sale, and the Empire Ranch found a ready market in the town of Tombstone and its nearby mines. Walter finally had sufficient funds to begin to pay off some of the loans from his Uncle Nathan and Aunt Anna.
North end of the original four rooms of the Empire Ranch House.
Empire Ranch Census Records - 1880
The 1880 U.S. Census documents that eight men were living full time at the Empire: the partners, Walter Vail, John Harvey and Ned Vail; John Randolph Vail, Uncle Nathan and Aunt Anna’s son; John Milton Requa, nephew of Isaac Requa who hired Walter in Virginia City; John Dillon, who was instrumental in locating the Total Wreck Mine; Tomás Lopez, a herder; and Mon Ta, the cook.
Section of Official Map of Pima County by Roskruge 1893.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Arrives in Pantano - April 1880
In 1880 the Southern Pacific Railroad finally reached Tucson and by April it was extended to Pantano, north of the Empire Ranch. The availability of rail transportation was a major boom to the Empire Ranch as it was now possible to sell cattle and beef to markets beyond Southern Arizona. The railroad also increased the availability of goods in Tucson and allowed for much quicker and safer transportation to California and the East.
Empire Ranch land acquisitions are highlighted in red. Courtesy of Dave Tuggle
Land Holdings Expand-1881-1882
Starting in 1881 the land holdings of the Empire Ranch expanded considerably. They acquired Charles and Agnes Paige’s Happy Valley Ranch near the Rincon Mountains in 1881. 1882 saw the addition of Don Alonzo Sanford’s Stock Valley Ranch totaling over twenty-eight square miles of grassland between the Whetstone and Empire Mountains.
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