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'Tuscan Landscape', California Fauve, Paris, De Young & Oakland Museums, SFAA
By Wedo Georgetti
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
known as California Fauvism. He exhibited widely and with success, both at exhibitions and at one-man
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Plywood, Oil, Laid Paper

'Seated Nude', California Fauve Interior Scene, San Francisco Art Institute
By Myra Dorn Eastman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
California, Santa Cruz, in 1977 and from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2002.. She has exhibited
Category

1990s Expressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, California Fauve
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
furthering his studies in Rome at the Studio Hinna. Returning to California, Di Gesu worked beside several
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

'Reclining Nude in Coral', California Fauve, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts
By Wedo Georgetti
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
circa 1950. Born in Italy, this California Post-Impressionist came to the United States at the age of
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Monotype

'Reclining Nude', California Post-Impressionist, de Young Museum, Fauve
By Wedo Georgetti
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'W.Georgetti', and created circa 1950. Born in Italy, this California Post
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Monotype, Paper, Crayon

'Woman Seated', Post Impressionist Woman Artist, Fauve, Carmel, California, PAFA
By Virginia Sevier Rogers
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Artists and of Artists Equity, she was an active member of California's Carmel Art Association and taught
Category

1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Paper, Oil Pastel

'Camille IV', Fauve Figural of Young Woman, California Post Impressionist Oil
By Anthony McNaught
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
substantial and vibrant, Fauve study of the head of a young woman, composed in scumbled shades of coral, jade
Category

2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

'Camille VI', Fauve Figural of Young Woman, California Post Impressionist Oil
By Anthony McNaught
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. This California Post-Impressionist and Abstract Expressionist artist has studied at the Esalen
Category

2010s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

'Janet Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
ficus. A major work by this notable California Fauve and long-time member of the Carmel Art Association
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Reclining Nude', Fauve Figural, SFAA, Carmel, LACMA, Louvre, Paris
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
furthering his studies in Rome at the Studio Hinna. Returning to California, Di Gesu worked beside notable
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

‘The Feast’ Figurative colorful Mixed Media By Scott
By Scott Jacobs
Located in Carmel, CA
and an homage to the Fauve movement by Scott Jackson TYPE: Wine paintings, contemporary art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait of a Fauvist Nude Figurative
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored nude by California artist Don Klopfer (1920-2009). Signed and dated "Klopfer 93
Category

1990s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Bathers" - Modern Fauvist Nude Figurative Landscape
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
California artist Don Klopfer (1920-2009). The stylized nude figures, depicted in a bright and vivacious
Category

1970s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

Original Vintage Henri Matisse Exhibition Poster, The Tate Gallery, 1953
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Soquel, CA
his death. Between 1900 and 1905, Matisse painted in the style called Fauves (French for “wild beasts
Category

1970s Fauvist Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

Ocean Sunset Landscape
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Boldly colored sunset seascape by California artist Richard "Don" Klopfer (1920-2009). Signed and
Category

Late 20th Century Fauvist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Masonite

Ocean Sunset Landscape
Ocean Sunset Landscape
H 7.5 in W 9.5 in D 0.13 in
Blue and Purple Mountains - Fauvist Landscape
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant and playful landscape by California artist Richard "Don" Klopfer (1920-2009). Signed and
Category

1980s Fauvist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Woman with Black Cat - Fauvist Nude Figurative on Blue
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
background by California artist Richard "Don" Klopfer (1920-2009). Signed on verso and was acquired with a
Category

Late 20th Century Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

Two Figures with Cat - Fauvist Nude Figurative Abstract
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
bright palette by California artist Don Klopfer (1920-2009). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection
Category

Late 20th Century Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

Artist Self Portrait in an Orange Sweater - Fauvist Portrait
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Boldly colored portrait of a the artist sketching by California artist Richard "Don" Klopfer (1920
Category

Late 20th Century Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

'Old Carmel', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, mid-century oil townscape showing a view of the old town of Carmel, California, with a grove of lemon
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Neo-Expressionist Oil "The Beach at Santa Monica" by Dan Shube in Gold Frame
Located in Pasadena, CA
, California, where he started sculpting early. He took many trips to Mexico and was profoundly influenced by
Category

Late 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Paint, Wood

Nickle Drawing
By Dorothy Dehner
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cleveland, Ohio, but, as a teenager in 1916, moved to Pasadena, California when her parents died. Her
Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Delusion
Located in San Francisco, CA
of Southern California, BFA cum laude. MFA, 1951; Academia di Belle Arti, Rome, 3rd Year Certificate
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Delusion
Delusion
H 26 in W 20 in D 0.01 in
St Paul De Vence
Located in San Francisco, CA
; University of Southern California, BFA cum laude. MFA, 1951; Academia di Belle Arti, Rome, 3rd Year
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Someday
Located in San Francisco, CA
, Beverly Hills High then Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles; University of Southern California, BFA cum
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Someday
Someday
H 21.75 in W 29.5 in D 0.01 in
Pensive Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rodeo, Beverly Hills High then Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles; University of Southern California
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Gabriella
Located in San Francisco, CA
of Southern California, BFA cum laude. MFA, 1951; Academia di Belle Arti, Rome, 3rd Year Certificate
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pierrot
Located in San Francisco, CA
, Los Angeles; University of Southern California, BFA cum laude. MFA, 1951; Academia di Belle Arti, Rome
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pierrot
Pierrot
H 24.75 in W 33 in D 0.01 in
A Coastal View
By Yolande Ardissone
Located in Sheffield, MA
has much in common with the Fauves. This is understandable, when you see her strongly colored
Category

1980s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Coastal View
A Coastal View
H 47.5 in W 60 in D 2 in
The Dead Tiger
By Dorothy Dehner
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Pasadena, California when her parents died. Her artistic interests were initially in acting. She majored in
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

French Artist Charles Lapicque Tapestry Limited Edition 1/2 "Pelops", 1964
By Charles Lapicque
Located in Paris, France
after drawing. " Heir to the Fauves, Charles Lapicque plays like them on pure colors, whose dissonances
Category

Mid-20th Century European Tapestries

Materials

Wool

Still-life with Melon
By Philip Speakes
Located in New York, NY
. Since 1978 he has been painting in New York. Influences on his work include the California Colorists and
Category

1980s Fauvist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Impressive Lundy Siegriest Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Lundy Siegriest
Located in Fulton, CA
A large oil on canvas by Lundy Siegriest. Born 1925 in Oakland California. A significant California
Category

20th Century American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Cityscape Painting by Lundy Siegriest
By Lundy Siegriest
Located in Fulton, CA
Cityscape oil on canvas by important California abstract expressionist painter Lundy Siegriest
Category

Vintage 1940s American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Seated Nude Combing her Hair
By Ilyia Mashkov
Located in Graton, CA
postimpressionist and Fauve art. After the Revolution, he fell into line and began to turn out realistic still lifes
Category

Early 20th Century Fauvist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Impressionism
By Judith Bledsoe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
lower corner, there is a bowl with fruits. This work is reminiscent of the works of the master fauve
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Impressionism
Impressionism
H 27 in W 32 in D 2 in
Lundy Siegriest "Monuments of War" 1949 California Modernist Painter
By Lundy Siegriest
Located in Fulton, CA
Oil on canvas by important California modernist painter Lundy Siegriest. (1925-1985). Signed lower
Category

Vintage 1940s American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

'Mid-20th Century Modernist Landscape' Oil on Canvas Painting by William Chaiken
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
dominant group of Canadian painters comparable to the Fauve movement. They concentrated on Canadian
Category

20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Madame Lebasque et sa fille Marthe (Madame Lebasque and her Daughter Marthe)
By Henri Lebasque
Located in New Orleans, LA
, Vlaminck, Manguin, Vuillard and Rouault. The critic Louis Vauxcelles dubbed the group Les Fauves, or "wild
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fete Nautique
By (after) Raoul Dufy
Located in Missouri, MO
originality. During the first half of the 20th century, the Fauves, the Cubists, and the Surrealists dominated
Category

1920s Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving, Aquatint

Nu Allonge -19th Century Watercolor, Nude Figure in Interior by Kees van Dongen
By Kees van Dongen
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
, wrote: 'Van Dongen has followed the Fauves at a distance, he might even have moved ahead of them from
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Oil No. 9
By Raymond Jonson
Located in Denver, CO
younger Jonson to the colorist experimentation of the Fauves. The Arthur Dove exhibition and the Armory
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Alabaster

Irish Village Scene (Post-Impressionism, Ireland, Landscape, California, Fauve)
By Wedo Georgetti
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
California Post-Impressionist came to the United States at the age of one. Georgetti first worked as a
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Black Cat Sleeping', California Fauve, Paris, San Francisco, Laguna Beach
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
dimensions: 17.5 x .75 x 24 inches. This California painter and printmaker grew up in Long Island, New York
Category

1970s Post-Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Board

'Pink Roses in a Blue Jug', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel California
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
1, 1986'. A lyrical, late still-life by this well-listed and exhibited California Fauve and Post
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of a Woman with Flowers & Leaves - Fauvist Nude Botanical Figurative
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
unique and colorful depiction of a nude female in orange by California artist Don Klopfer (1920-2009
Category

1990s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Dancing Bathers - Fauvist Nude Figurative Abstract
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
abstracted nature setting by California artist Don Klopfer (1920-2009). Signed and dated "Klopfer 11.74" in
Category

1970s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Group of Reclining Bathers - Modernist Nude Figurative Landscape
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
masterpiece "Les Demoiselles d’Avignon", by California artist Don Klopfer (1920-2009). Signed and dated
Category

1990s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

Mid Century Birch Trees Abstracted Landscape
By Ed Schlick
Located in Soquel, CA
the artist taught painting and watercolor at the California Labor School where he also studied
Category

1960s Fauvist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

San Francisco Figurative Landscape
By Christine Chatwell
Located in Soquel, CA
California artist Christine Chatwell (American, 20th century). Unframed. Signed "Christine Chatwell" lower
Category

1990s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Nu Allonge -19th Century Watercolor, Nude Figure in Interior by Kees van Dongen
By Kees van Dongen
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
: 'Van Dongen has followed the Fauves at a distance, he might even have moved ahead of them from 1895
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Osmos
By Dorothy Dehner
Located in Fairlawn, OH
born in 1901 in Cleveland, Ohio, but, as a teenager in 1916, moved to Pasadena, California when her
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Osmos
Osmos
H 24.75 in W 18.88 in
War Bonnet
By John Nieto
Located in San Francisco, CA
of brilliant colors has been likened to the Fauves of the 1920s' French movement. Nieto has spent
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

War Bonnet
War Bonnet
H 14.5 in W 12 in D 0.01 in
Wolf
By John Nieto
Located in San Francisco, CA
been likened to the Fauves of the 1920s' French movement. Nieto has spent time in Paris and also seems
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Screen

Wolf
Wolf
H 33 in W 40 in D 1.75 in
"Ponca Chief" large original color serigraph
By John Nieto
Located in San Francisco, CA
Europe. His unfettered use of brilliant colors has been likened to the Fauves of the 1920s' French
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

35cm Hermes Matte Fauve Alligator Birkin Handbag
By Hermès
Located in Chicago, IL
Fauve Alligator Birkin Handbag | White Stitching | Palladium Hardware | P Stamp The bag measures 35cm
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Top Handle Bags

Modern Classic Abstract Painting by Kenneth Joaquin
By Kenneth Joaquin
Located in Cathedral City, CA
California self-taught artist Kenneth Joaquin (b. 1948) titled this abstract, acrylic on canvas
Category

20th Century American Paintings

Window II
By Katie Ré Scheidt
Located in Greenwich, CT
she calls “The Fauve Barn,” and has developed a strong commission business over the past five years
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

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California Fauve For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the california fauve you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. You can easily find an example made in the Expressionist style, while we also have 3 Expressionist versions to choose from as well. Finding the perfect california fauve may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right california fauve for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, beige, orange and pink. Creating a california fauve has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Victor Di Gesu, Wedo Georgetti, Anthony McNaught, Myra Dorn Eastman and Virginia Sevier Rogers are consistently popular. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, paper and oil paint.

How Much is a California Fauve?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a california fauve in our inventory may begin at $575 and can go as high as $11,500, while the average can fetch as much as $2,750.