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Mid Century California Gold Rush Landscape, Amador City
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century California landscape of Gold Rush's Amador City with iconic stone building
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

CALIFORNIA 1850 GOLD RUSH CARICATURE
By Charles Amedee de Noe (CHAM)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH CARICATURE Charles Amédée de Noé, aka CHAM (1819 -1879) CROQUIS
Category

1840s Barbizon School Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Gold Rush Town Western Landscape
By Diane Baldwin
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming, vibrant watercolor painting of a small California gold rush town by Diane Baldwin
Category

1970s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Rare Gold Rush Caricature - Crossing Panama to California
By Currier & Ives
Located in Santa Monica, CA
RARE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH / NATHANIEL CURRIER THE WAY THEY CROSS THE ISTHMUS, 1849 (Conn. 6576
Category

1840s Folk Art More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

CALIFORNIA GOLD DIGGERS
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH - c. 1849 - Early CALIFORNIA GOLD DIGGERS - Mining Operations on the Western
Category

1840s Other Art Style Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

"California Gold Diggers": A 19th C. Hand-colored Woodcut Gold Rush Scene
By John Andrew
Located in Alamo, CA
California Gold Rush mining and camp scene. On the left, three miners are taking a break beside their tent
Category

Mid-19th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Harry Fonseca (1946 -2006) - Mixed Media, The Discovery of Gold and Souls #3
Located in Corsham, GB
An extension of Harry Fonseca's explorations of the California Gold Rush, is his 1991-92 collection
Category

1990s Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Harry Fonseca (1946 -2006) - Mixed Media, The Discovery of Gold and Souls #4
Located in Corsham, GB
An extension of Harry Fonseca's explorations of the California Gold Rush, is his 1991-92 collection
Category

1990s Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Old Town Auburn, Vintage California Landscape Watercolor by Les Anderson
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
, known for it's California gold rush history. Signed "Les Anderson" lower left. Titled "At Auburn
Category

1970s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

“Seaside Cliffs, California”
Located in Southampton, NY
news of the California Gold Rush. After serving as an aide to Gen. Rufus Saxton during the Civil War
Category

1870s Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

“Near Mount Shasta, California”
Located in Southampton, NY
news of the California Gold Rush. After serving as an aide to Gen. Rufus Saxton during the Civil War
Category

1870s Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

“View of Mount Shasta, California”
Located in Southampton, NY
the California Gold Rush. After serving as an aide to Gen. Rufus Saxton during the Civil War
Category

1870s Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

“View of Mount Shasta, California”
Located in Southampton, NY
news of the California Gold Rush. After serving as an aide to Gen. Rufus Saxton during the Civil War
Category

1870s Hudson River School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Pastel

P.D. Armour by Carlo de Fornaro
Located in Bristol, CT
during the California gold rush from 1852 to 1856. He later opened a wholesale soap business in
Category

20th Century Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Painting of San Francisco California Bay Bridge by Contemporary British Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
bridge was conceived as early as the California Gold Rush days, with "Emperor" Joshua Norton famously
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Board

Gold Rush Town Columbia, California Landscape by Lillie Heebner
By L. Heebner
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful figurative landscape watercolor painting of Columbia, California, showing two men in
Category

1970s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Horse in the Fields - 1930's Watercolor Figurative Landscape
By John Stellman
Located in Soquel, CA
California's Gold Rush Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts Said the Observer Sam
Category

1930s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Christos J. Palios - Gold Dust, Study V, Photography 2018, Printed After
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
dust panned during the mid 19th-century California Gold Rush. Scattering the precious heavy dust onto a
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Christos J. Palios - Gold Dust, Study IV, Photography 2018, Printed After
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
dust panned during the mid 19th-century California Gold Rush. Scattering the precious heavy dust onto a
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Christos J. Palios - Gold Dust, Study III, Photography 2018, Printed After
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
dust panned during the mid 19th-century California Gold Rush. Scattering the precious heavy dust onto a
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Christos J. Palios - Gold Dust, Study II, Photography 2018, Printed After
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
dust panned during the mid 19th-century California Gold Rush. Scattering the precious heavy dust onto a
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Christos J. Palios - Gold Dust, Study VI, Photography 2018, Printed After
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
dust panned during the mid 19th-century California Gold Rush. Scattering the precious heavy dust onto a
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

FRAME # 99: Original Animation Frame from Gold Rush
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This framed still is part of an animated video project titled "Gold Rush," from McLean Fahnestock's
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Glitter, Black and White

FRAME # 92: Original Animation Frame from Gold Rush
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This framed still is part of an animated video project titled "Gold Rush," from McLean Fahnestock's
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Glitter, Black and White

FRAME # 95: Original Animation Frame from Gold Rush
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This framed still is part of an animated video project titled "Gold Rush," from McLean Fahnestock's
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Glitter, Black and White

FRAME # 97: Original Animation Frame from Gold Rush
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This framed still is part of an animated video project titled "Gold Rush," from McLean Fahnestock's
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Glitter, Black and White, Archival Paper

FRAME # 98: Original Animation Frame from Gold Rush
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This framed still is part of an animated video project titled "Gold Rush," from McLean Fahnestock's
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Glitter, Black and White, Archival Paper

FRAME # 96: Original Animation Frame from Gold Rush
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This framed still is part of an animated video project titled "Gold Rush," from McLean Fahnestock's
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Glitter, Black and White

FRAME # 101: Original Animation Frame from Gold Rush
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This framed still is part of an animated video project titled "Gold Rush," from McLean Fahnestock's
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Glitter, Black and White, Archival Paper

FRAME # 94: Original Animation Frame from Gold Rush
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
from Middle Tennessee State University and MFA from California State University Long Beach. Her work
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Glitter, Black and White, Archival Paper

Brig EPHRATAH of Port Madoc Entering Naples
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
perfect timing for FROLIC to switch to the busy California trade, fueled by the new California Gold Rush
Category

1870s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

GOLD RUSH - 1st Edition Video, Black and White Palm Tree, Gold Glitter
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
white film. The artist has replaced the "fire" with gold glitter in this animation. The glitter shimmers
Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Video

FRAME # 93: Original Animation Frame from Gold Rush, Palm Tree, Black and White
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This framed still is part of an animated video project titled "Gold Rush," from McLean Fahnestock's
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Glitter, Black and White, Archival Paper

State Capitol at Night, Sacramento, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
-covered rock formations, or a Gold Rush era brick façade, that reflect his youth spent in Placer and
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

1908 Original Oil Painting Mendocino Coast, California Seascape
By Charles Dorman Robinson
Located in Soquel, CA
was born in East Monmouth, Maine, and his father, David Robinson, was a theatre producer for Gold Rush
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

"A Martinique Native in French Guyana, " Black Female Portrait, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
part of the United States until 1898) after the California Gold Rush and worked as one of the first
Category

1920s Feminist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Mount Konocti, Clear Lake - Mid Century California Landscape
By Margaret E. Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
particularly strong in California landscape paintings from the 1850s to the 1880s; Gold Rush–era artwork and
Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard, Canvas

Early 20th Century Sierra Mountain's Mt. Raymond, California Landscape
By Margaret E. Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
particularly strong in California landscape paintings from the 1850s to the 1880s; Gold Rush–era artwork and
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Methodist Church in Old Bodie Ghost Town - California - Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
, which was built in 1882. Bodie State Historic Park is a genuine California gold-mining ghost town. The
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Henrietta Riddle Fish "Spring Time on Eel River, California" Painting c.1900
By Henrietta Riddle Fish
Located in San Francisco, CA
. "Harrie" Riddell's parents had come to California with the Gold Rush and settled in Benicia when it was
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portal Glyph X
By Casper Brindle
Located in Santa Monica, CA
, auto paints, resin, wood. Borrowing tools and techniques from the industrial complex of California car
Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

The Triumphal Arch, Leningrad
Located in San Francisco, CA
-covered rock formations, or a Gold Rush era brick façade, that reflect his youth spent in Placer and
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Nude Reading
Located in San Francisco, CA
streams, winter’s bold snow-covered rock formations, or a Gold Rush era brick façade, that reflect his
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Leningrad
Located in San Francisco, CA
-covered rock formations, or a Gold Rush era brick façade, that reflect his youth spent in Placer and
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Market Street, San Francisco
Located in San Francisco, CA
-covered rock formations, or a Gold Rush era brick façade, that reflect his youth spent in Placer and
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Northern India, Near Himalaya Range
Located in San Francisco, CA
streams, winter’s bold snow-covered rock formations, or a Gold Rush era brick façade, that reflect his
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Late 19th Century Original Lake Tahoe Indian Encampment Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
California Art Boom, a period when "the wealth generated (in California) by the Gold Rush, the Railroad, the
Category

1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Autumn in Nevada City, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
By Adam Wexelblatt
Located in Yardley, PA
historical gold rush-era city, and yet with its restaurants, breweries, and distinctive shops it is
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Landscape Aglow
By Vahé Peroomian
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
and day, when the waking land is parched for light, it drinks its fill of scarlet and gold, so much so
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Metal

A Landscape Aglow
A Landscape Aglow
H 30 in W 20 in D 0.5 in
The Wise Ones - Three Rabbits Amongst a Broken Strand of Pearls, Original Oil
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
found each other in Nevada City, California, a small Gold Rush town flanked by a river and nestled in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Three Sisters in the Cascade Range, Oregon Lake with Birds Migrating
Located in Soquel, CA
wealth generated (in California) by the Gold Rush, the Railroad, the Comstock Lode, banking, and commerce
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Burning Desire - Sable Mare with Flower & Butterfly Mane & Amber-Rose Background
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
found each other in Nevada City, California, a small Gold Rush town flanked by a river and nestled in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Pollinators - Two Figures in Flower Suits, Surrounded by Butterflies, Bright Sky
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
, California, a small Gold Rush town flanked by a river and nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

The Warning - Mid Century Western Cowboy Figurative Landscape
By Charles Cochrane
Located in Soquel, CA
. Image size: 22"H x 27.5"W. In the Gold Rush days a visitor could be a friend or foe, which is the
Category

1960s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Far Away Thoughts", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Daniel Hernández
Located in Madrid, ES
had worked as a portrait painter in California during the Gold Rush. After Barbieri's departure from
Category

Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Divine Intervention, White Persian Cat Standing on a Trump Doll, Oil Painting
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
. My eventual parents found each other in Nevada City, California, a small Gold Rush town flanked by a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Sunburst, Rising Sun - Reflective Golden Clouds, Marshy Landscape, Original Oil
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
, California, a small Gold Rush town flanked by a river and nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Sacred Space - Original Oil Painting w/ Setting Sun Reflecting Romantic Colors
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
found each other in Nevada City, California, a small Gold Rush town flanked by a river and nestled in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"The Old Carriage" Large watercolor
Located in San Francisco, CA
streams, winter’s bold snow-covered rock formations, or a Gold Rush era brick façade, that reflect his
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Beautiful Woman Arranging Flowers in Atrium Conservatory Greenhouse PARIS 1884
By Christian Henri Roullier
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
arrived in gold-rush San Francisco. After much difficulty, Roullier senior found employment at the White
Category

1880s French School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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