1940's California Mission Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Watercolor of an old California mission. Signed lower right illegibly and dated 1940. Displayed in a brown wood frame with double matting. Shipped without glass. Image, 16.5"W x 22"L...
Paper, Watercolor
Antique California Coastal Seascape Landscape Painting circa 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2751 California seascape oil on masonite displayed in an 19 century antique gitl -black wood frame,signed lower left by Mellin. Image size 11 H x 17 W
Oil
California Landscape
By Werner Philipp
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "California Landscape" 1947, is a watercolor by noted California artist Werner Philipp, 1897-1982. It is signed and dated at the left side by the artist. The artwork siz...
Watercolor
California Coastal Landscape Crashing Waves Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6205 California seascape crashing waves Framed image size 12x15"
Oil
$1,295Sale Price|30% Off
Visiting Day -- Mid Century California Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming and bright mid century California figurative landscape with a female figure walking down a verdant and inviting path by William Hiller (American, 20th Century), 1940.
Linen, Oil
$3,510Sale Price|40% Off
1940's California Hills Landscape Watercolor, American Modern, Framed
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and period mid-century modern American Scene watercolor of the Oakland, California countryside by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999), 1944. Signed lower right "Earl Loran" ...
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Big Sur, California Landscape in Oil on Canvas Illustration Board, Signed
By Pearl Johnson
Located in Soquel, CA
Big Sur, California Landscape in Oil on Canvas Illustration Board, Signed Dynamic landscape oil painting of Big Sur, California by Berkeley California artist Ellen Pearl Johnson (Ame...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,225Sale Price|30% Off
'Regionalist Landscape', California Watercolor Society, GGIE, Chouinard
By Marcel Emile Cailliet
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Reference: Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 1, p. 183; et al.
Paper, Watercolor
$650
1940s Berkley, California Landscape - Original Charcoal Drawing, Signed
By Omer Ferdi Sahingil
Located in Soquel, CA
1940s Berkley, California Landscape - Original Charcoal Drawing, Signed Plein-air drawing of a street in Berkley by Turkish-American artist Ömer Şahingil (Turkish/American, 1915-197...
Paper, Charcoal
$1,710Sale Price|40% Off
"Sleepy Hollow" Marin California Overlooking San Francisco Bay Davis F Schwartz
Located in Soquel, CA
"Sleepy Hollow" Marin California Overlooking San Francisco Bay Davis F Schwartz Rare and significant work; beautifully rendered landscape of Sleepy Hollow near San Rafael, Marin Co...
Oil, Canvas, Board
$1,295Sale Price|30% Off
'Modernist American Landscape', Merritt College, Oakland, Stanford, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, in gouache, 'Herb Saylor' for Herbert Saylor (American, 1916-1991) and painted circa 1945. Art educator Herbert Saylor first studied art at the Albright Art Scho...
Paper, Pastel
$3,000Sale Price|61% Off
Frederick Shane Artists Sketching California 1940s Modernist Gouache
By Frederick Shane
Located in Denver, CO
A striking 1940s modernist gouache painting by Frederick Shane titled Artists Sketching (California), depicting three artists working outdoors against a sweeping mountainous landscap...
Gouache
$1,225Sale Price|30% Off
'Coastal Cottages', Mid-century Massachusetts Woman Artist, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Swinson' for Marjorie E.G. Swinson (American, born circa 1904) and painted circa 1955; additionally signed, verso, 'Marjorie E. G. Swinson'. Marjorie Swinson liv...
Canvas, Oil
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
Summer Seas, Mid-Century Asilomar California Seascape 1943
By William Clothier Watts
Located in Soquel, CA
Summer Seas, Mid-Century Asilomar California Seascape by William Clothier Watts A beautiful and substantial mid-century seascape by William Clothier Watts (American, 1867-1961), 1943.
Oil, Linen
Lovely Oakland California Historical House Painting, “Fruitvale” Albert Pennoyer
Located in Baltimore, MD
Albert Sheldon Pennoyer was born in Oakland, California in 1888. He was the son of a prosperous merchant who owned a store known as Taft And Pennoyer. At a young age, the family mov...
Oil
$4,550Sale Price|30% Off
'Paris Opera House', California Artist, Chouinard Art Institute, Crocker Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Reference: Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 1, p. 508; et al.
Canvas, Oil
California Coastal Landscape- Original Ink Wash Painting with Figures, Signed
By Omer Ferdi Sahingil
Located in Soquel, CA
California Coastal Landscape- Original Ink Wash Painting with Figures, Signed Skillfully rendered ink wash painting of figures on a beach by Turkish-American artist Ömer Şahingil (T...
Ink, Laid Paper
$2,450Sale Price|30% Off
'Carmel Coast', California Plein Air Impressionist oil, Oakland Museum, Stanford
By Francis Harvey Cutting
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'F.H. Cutting' for Francis Harvey Cutting (American, 1872-1964) and dated '1932-1948'. Born in Iowa in 1872, Francis Harvey Cutting moved to San Jose, California ...
Oil, Board, Canvas
$22,000
"Home Corral" Very early Wieghorst California Western Painting awesome colors
By Olaf Wieghorst
Located in San Antonio, TX
In 1944, he settled in El Cajon, California. His paintings include cowboys, horses, and Indians in landscape, but there is little if any collectible art of his done during his early ...
Oil
California Mid 20th-Century WPA Modernism American Scene SF Coit Tower Artist
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
California Mid 20th-Century WPA Modernism American Scene SF Coit Tower Artist Victor Arnautoff (1896-1979) "Dine Dance At" Oil on canvas laid to board, c. 1940s 28 x 22 inches Signe...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$680Sale Price|20% Off
China Camp State Park Old Fishing Village - San Rafael California Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
China Camp Fishing Village - San Rafael California - Abstract Impressionist Wonderfully vivid nocturnal of coastal town by Roger Holt (American 1905-1979). Signed faintly lower right...
Linen, Oil
$3,400Sale Price|20% Off
"Ole Swimmin Hole" Southern California Pond and Hills Oil on canvas board 1930s
By Clyde Eugene Scott
Located in Soquel, CA
He was fascinated by natural forms and changing atmosphere, and these subjects are reflected in his many desert landscapes. Sources: Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940 Pe...
Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board
$2,275Sale Price|35% Off
"1940 - Number Nine" Original Mixed Media on Board by Tom Perkinson, Framed
By Tom Perkinson
Located in Encino, CA
About the Artist: Tom Perkinson, born in Indiana in 1940, has become distinguished as a regional painter, known for his work grounded in the visually dramatic landscape of the Southw...
Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil
$1,280Sale Price|20% Off
Original 'Map of the United States as Californians See It' vintage map poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage poster: "Map of the United States as Californians See It". 1947, artist: Oren Arnold. Size: 16.5" x 20.5", R. H. MOEBUS COMPANY This poster is not linen-b...
Offset
$46,000
"Malibu" the layers of the sea, abstract painting inspired by California blues
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
"Sea Fair" abstract sedimentary landscape oil painting greys and blues
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Mixed Media, Oil
"Harrison 2" geometric abstract of white, grey, green and red
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
$15,400
"Cottonwood Springs" rhythm of the land and sea, pink, blue and green harmony
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
$26,000
"Utah" abstract, earth tones, red orange layers, desert, inspired by cartography
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
$21,000
"Emerald Bay 48" abstract flowing oil painting with gray, blue, green, orange
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
"Catalina Point "Abstract Oil Painting, Oceanic, cartography, blues
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Oil
Unavailable
H 24.75 in W 28.5 in D 1.5 in
“Volcano, CA” California Modernist painting circa 1940's by Lundy Siegriest
By Lundy Siegriest
Located in Santa Monica, CA
“Volcano, California” is an original California Modernist oil painting on canvas created circa 1940's by artist Lundy Siegriest (1925 - 1985), son of renowned “Society of Six” painte...
Canvas, Oil
Unavailable
H 25 in W 31 in D 1.5 in
“Volcano Brewery” California Modernist painting circa 1940's by Lundy Siegriest
By Lundy Siegriest
Located in Santa Monica, CA
“Volcano Brewery Building” is an original California Modernist oil painting on canvas created circa 1940's by artist Lundy Siegriest (1925 - 1985), son of renowned “Society of Six” p...
Canvas, Oil
Unavailable
H 20 in W 16 in
Thunderhead from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California
By Ansel Adams
Located in Atlanta, GA
ANSEL ADAMS Thunderhead from Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California, c. 1940 13 x 9 inch/board 20 x 16 inch silver gelatin print mounted to board Signed in pencil on mo...
Silver Gelatin
California Landscape, c. 1940's
Located in Pasadena, CA
UNFRAMED: 10" x 12" FRAMED: 14.5" x 16.5" x 2.25" Consigned to the gallery, Pasadena, California; By descent to a private collector, Encino, California; Acquired by a private colle...
Oil, Panel
Sold
H 20 in W 25 in D 2 in
Antique California Western Monogrammed Impressionist Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1944. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 23.75L x 18.75H.
Canvas, Oil
California Coast
By Andreas Roth
Located in Soquel, CA
California seascape by Andreas Roth (Bavarian/American, 1871-1949), circa 1940.
Oil, Board
Sold
H 33.25 in W 45.25 in D 1.75 in
"Laguna Moonlight" Early Impressionist Landscape of Laguna Beach, California
By Robert William Wood
Located in Houston, TX
While in Laguna, he developed a following for both his landscapes and marine paintings. Wood's paintings of the California coast remained a significant part of his oeuvre.
Canvas, Oil
Northern California Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous vibrant seascape of Northern California coastline. Signed "LT" lower right corner. Presented in wood frame under plexi glass. Image size: 18"H x 25"W. Framed size: 25"H x 32...
Pastel, Laid Paper
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H 21 in W 27 in D 2 in
Impressionist View of Eucalyptus Trees in California by Cyrus Bates Currier
By Cyrus Bates Currier
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressionist view of Eucalyptus trees in California by Cyrus Bates Currier (1868 - 1946). Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed lower right. Displayed in a period impressionist fram...
Canvas, Oil
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H 13.88 in W 13.69 in
'California Redwoods' — 1940s American Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
James Hollins Patrick, 'California Redwoods', lithograph, edition not stated, c. 1940. Signed and titled in pencil, with the artist’s monogram in the image, upper left. A superb, ric...
Lithograph
California Santa Fe original vintage railroad poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Rare original poster: Santa Fe California antique poster, c. 1946. Artist: Oscar M. Bryn. Excellent condition; archival linen backed and ready to frame. Certificate of Authe...
Offset
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H 12 in W 9.5 in
'Fisherman Casting', California Woman Artist, NY MoMA, Metropolitan Museum, GGIE
By Marion Osborn Cunningham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped with Certification of Authenticity verso for Marion Osborn Cunningham (American, 1908-1948), titled 'Fisherman Casting' and created in 1948. (Paper dimensions: 12.5 x 11 inc...
Paper, Screen
"Sonoma Fields" napa california inspired
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Oil
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H 50 in W 40 in
"Sea Fair" abstract sedimentary landscape oil painting greys and blues
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Mixed Media, Oil
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H 30 in W 48 in
"Tanzania 5" abstract sedimentary landscape oil painting calm blues & bold reds
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Oil, Canvas
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H 40 in W 80 in
"Cozumel Channel" abstract sediment landscape oil painting of a rolling current
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
"Metropolis 5" pink abstract
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Mixed Media, Oil
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H 54 in W 42 in
"Positano", a vivid horizontal view of mostly white sediment with blues underlay
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
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H 54 in W 108 in
"Vineyard Current", a layered and deep horizon in blue and neutral tones
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Oil, Canvas
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H 26 in W 48 in
"Emerald Bay 45" abstract horizontal oil painting with blue, red and beige
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
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H 34 in W 54 in
"Emerald Pass" abstract horizontal oil painting with turquoise, and gray shapes
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
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H 44 in W 106 in
"Catalina Channel 20" abstract flowing blue green and gray oil painting
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
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H 42 in W 70 in
"Avalon Bay" colorful flowing abstract oil painting blue, green, red
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
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H 46 in W 36 in
"Emerald Bay 37" abstract oil painting in green, red, blue and grey
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
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H 54 in W 108 in
"Catalina Channel 16" large scale abstract oil painting with blue, red and white
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
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H 36 in W 24 in
"Silver Lake Terrace" abstract oil painting in blues, red and gray
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
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H 26 in W 50 in
"Greene & Greene" abstract oil painting in orange, red, gray and green
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
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H 60 in W 48 in
"Amalfi 2" abstract oil painting in shades of pink, red, purple and white
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking landscape fertile ground, so does Langford as he draws upon his geographic environs both nea...
Canvas, Oil
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