Desert in Bloom (San Bernardino Mountains), c. 1925
Located in Pasadena, CA
This work exemplifies the artist’s affinity for the desert’s contrasting elements of fragility and endurance. A prolific California landscape painter, Harry Linder was admired for h...
Pastel, Archival Paper
$5,500
Violet (unique signed painting; Charles Cowles, Baltimore Museum, Albright Knox)
By Tom Holland
Located in New York, NY
Holland considers landscape and his bond to the natural world as the core and constant inspiration for his long career of over 50 years as a California painter. Beyond his larger sc...
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
$15,000
Artists in the Spotlight unique signed painting, SF Museum of Modern Art, Framed
By Tom Holland
Located in New York, NY
Holland considers landscape and his bond to the natural world as the core and constant inspiration for his long career of over 50 years as a California painter. Beyond his larger sc...
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Stencil
$3,250
'Black Mat' original signed alkyd on canvas painting white cat sleeping framed
By Fred Reichman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
He once described his style as a California painter this way: "There is a unique energy that exists on the Pacific Coast.
Canvas, Alkyd
Untitled (Likely Carmel – Point Lobos)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Untitled (Likely Carmel – Point Lobos), c. 1950, mixed media on silk, signed lower right, 16 x 20 inches (image) Carol Kushner Sideman was a California painter. Born in Oakland to R...
Silk, Mixed Media
Abstract Expressionist Composition on an Orange Field - Oil on Canvas
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
Shortly after Witwer’s arrival to San Francisco in 1958, he exhibited alongside David Park and Elmer Bischoff in the 1959 California Painters’ Annual at the Oakland Art Museum, where...
Linen, Plaster, Oil
$1,800
Mid Century Textural Color-Field Abstract in Royal Blue-Purple by Peter Witwer
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
Shortly after Witwer’s arrival to San Francisco in 1958, he exhibited alongside David Park and Elmer Bischoff in the 1959 California Painters’ Annual at the Oakland Art Museum, where...
Linen, Oil, Mixed Media
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
"February 21st - Red" Abstract Expressionist Landscape by William Morehouse
Located in Soquel, CA
Morehouse eventually settled in Bodega Bay permanently, where he continued to paint as part of the group the "Sonoma Four" Selected Group Exhibitions: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine ...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Grey and Tan Abstract Expressionist Texture Mid-Century Abstract by Peter Witwer
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
Shortly after Witwer’s arrival to San Francisco in 1958, he exhibited alongside David Park and Elmer Bischoff in the 1959 California Painters’ Annual at the Oakland Art Museum, where...
Linen, Plaster, Oil
$7,500
Art Deco Expressionist Bronze Judaica Rabbi Sculpture Los Angeles Modernist
By Peter Krasnow
Located in Surfside, FL
Select Notable Exhibits: 1974 Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California: Nine Senior Southern California Painters - Peter Krasnow, Nicholas Brigante, Lorser ...
Bronze
Large-Scale William Keith Landscape Painting "Harvest"
By William Keith
Located in Fulton, CA
William Keith (1838-1911) William Keith became in the late 19th and early 20th centuries a leading Northern-California landscape artist. In fact, he was so well known that he is r...
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Paint
$450Sale Price|64% Off
LADY WITH PICK FAN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
He built a clientele and in 1973, he moved his machine shop to Glendale, California. Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author: Max recalls the day when his interest in art took a ne...
Canvas, Oil
$650Sale Price|48% Off
BLONDE WITH ART DECO NECKLACE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
He built a clientele and in 1973, he moved his machine shop to Glendale, California. Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author: Max recalls the day when his interest in art took a ne...
Canvas, Oil
Daniel Douke (American, b. 1943) Romeo & Juliet Cigar Box Acrylic Painting C.
By Daniel Douke
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mary’s College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Introduction: Jack Glenn, 1976. California White Paper Painters 1930’s-1970’s, Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA; ...
Acrylic
Still Life
Located in Los Angeles, CA
During the 1930s, his work was considered strongly modernist among the California Scene painters and he won 48 awards. His watercolors were included in group exhibitions at the Art I...
Paper, Watercolor
Sam Francis Chicago International Art Exposition Abstract Lithograph Poster 1989
By Sam Francis
Located in Studio City, CA
A quite fantastic, large Chicago International Art Exposition offset lithograph/collotype poster created by renowned California/American artist/painter/printmaker Sam Francis (1923-1...
Paper
Sun Image
By Jerre H. Murry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
By the 1930s, Murry had relocated to Los Angeles, where he caught the attention of Synchromist painter Stanton Macdonald Wright, State Supervisor for the Federal Art Project (FAP) in...
Canvas, Oil
Sam Francis Signed Limited Edition Large Fine Art Lithograph Print Green Buddha
By Sam Francis
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, absolutely gorgeous, riveting large lithograph print in colors by renowned California/American artist/painter/printmaker Sam Francis (1923-1994) who was famous for his A...
Paper
Forever Carneros 5140
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Gold Leaf
Forever 5137
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Gold Leaf
Passion Play 5136
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Gold Leaf
Movement Along a Horizon - Abstract Impressionist 2 Sided Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Soquel, CA
Yerokhin" Frame size: 30.5" H x 42.5" W Image size: 23.5 " H x 35.5" W Board size: 24" H x 36" W Vladimir Yerokhin (Russian b.1942 d. 2019) was an artist based in Monterey, Californ...
Oil, Board
Night Light 5134
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Gold Leaf
KSX-43306
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Gold Leaf
Abstract Watercolor “Stream Cliff Cascade”
By Alexander Nepote
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is a mid-century abstract landscape painting by the prominent Northern California modernist painter Alexander Nepote (1913–1986).
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache, Board
$2,500
"Big Sur" Colorful Impressionistic Coastal Landscape Oil Painting Framed
By David Chapple
Located in New York, NY
Primarily a contemporary oil painter under the influence of the early California impressionist landscape painters, Chapple has won numerous stamp contests for conservation groups and...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Mid Century Figurative Nativity Scene w Hummel Figurines, Gloria in Excelsis Deo
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
In 2006, her work was featured among top California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss Gallery exhibition titled “Early California.”
Masonite, Oil
"Mesa Eucalyptus" Colorful Impressionistic Spring Landscape Oil Painting Framed
By David Chapple
Located in New York, NY
Primarily a contemporary oil painter under the influence of the early California impressionist landscape painters, Chapple has won numerous stamp contests for conservation groups and...
Canvas, Oil, Board
"October Vines" Colorful Impressionistic Autumn Landscape Oil Painting Framed
By David Chapple
Located in New York, NY
Primarily a contemporary oil painter under the influence of the early California impressionist landscape painters, Chapple has won numerous stamp contests for conservation groups and...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Boa Tarde (good day) 5130
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Gold Leaf
Drawing of Seated Man with Female Apparition
Located in San Francisco, CA
The moody, lamp-lit scene of a man at his desk, a bottle within easy reach, and the ghostly apparition of a woman or several, is the antithesis of the wildflower-filled, sunshine-war...
Charcoal, Laid Paper
"EL MERCADO"
By Vivian Cornwall
Located in San Antonio, TX
Cornwall studied with notable California watercolorists and oil painters, and her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries across California.
Oil
$3,864
Always in my Dream-original abstract landscape oil painting- modern Artwork
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in London, Chelsea
Artist biography: Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the ...
Canvas, Oil
$3,854
Western Light-original modern landscape abstract oil painting-contemporary Art
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in London, Chelsea
Artist biography: Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the...
Canvas, Oil
Dreams-original modern abstract landscape trees oil paintings- contemporary Art
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in London, Chelsea
Artist biography: Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the ...
Canvas, Oil
"SUNSET AT WHARF #2"
By Vivian Cornwall
Located in San Antonio, TX
Cornwall studied with notable California watercolorists and oil painters, and her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries across California.
Oil
"PARSONAGE FALL VINEYARD"
By Vivian Cornwall
Located in San Antonio, TX
Cornwall studied with notable California watercolorists and oil painters, and her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries across California.
Oil
"SPRING SCENE" Carmel, CA
By Vivian Cornwall
Located in San Antonio, TX
Cornwall studied with notable California watercolorists and oil painters, and her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries across California.
Oil
"SAND & SURF" Carmel, CA
By Vivian Cornwall
Located in San Antonio, TX
Cornwall studied with notable California watercolorists and oil painters, and her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries across California.
Oil
"FARM OF THE FOOTHILLS"
By Vivian Cornwall
Located in San Antonio, TX
Cornwall studied with notable California watercolorists and oil painters, and her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries across California.
Oil
"CHARDONNAY"
By Vivian Cornwall
Located in San Antonio, TX
Cornwall studied with notable California watercolorists and oil painters, and her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries across California.
Oil
$1,495
Conversation on the San Francisco Pier 1928, Oil on Board Signed by Gus Johnson
By Gus Johnson
Located in Soquel, CA
Johnson was a regular outdoor painter on the California coastal regions during the 1920s-50s.
Masonite, Oil
An Exodus from the Garden of Eden
Located in San Francisco, CA
The moral high ground depicted here is rather the antithesis of the pure joy in the wildflower-filled, sunshine-warmed landscapes of Southern California’s hills that brought this pai...
Paper, Chalk
Indians in a Canoe on Lake Tahoe with Snow Covered Mountains - 19th Century Oil
By William Weaver Armstrong
Located in Soquel, CA
Jenkins at 364 7th Street; in 1906 as a carriage painter. During his short life span he became a competent and prolific painter of California scenery.
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$1,580Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Lilies and Teapot Still Life in Oil on Masonite
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
Also an exceptional plein air California School landscape painter.
Masonite, Oil
Starlight 5120
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Gold Leaf
A Tribute to Leonardo’s “Mona Lisa”
By Leonardo da Vinci
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gordon’s ornate, hand-crafted frames were highly favored by early-to-mid 20th-century California regional painters—including notable artists working in the San Francisco Bay Area and...
Canvas, Oil
$1,675
"FISK HOPPER GROTTO" Fisherman's Wharf Monterey, CA Vivian Cornwall (1925-2012)
By Vivian Cornwall
Located in San Antonio, TX
Cornwall studied with notable California watercolorists and oil painters, and her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries across California.
Oil
$880Sale Price|20% Off
Autumn Trees - Mid Century Small-Scale Landscape, Signed Oil Painting
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
In 2006, her work was featured among top California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss Gallery exhibition titled “Early California.”Signed "Gleiforst" lower ri...
Masonite, Oil
$1,950Sale Price|44% Off
Untitled (Postwar, Figurative Expressionism, West Coast, ~44% OFF - RARE FIND)
By Roy De Forest
Located in Kansas City, MO
Roy De Forest, Bay Area Funk Art, American painter, California art, UC Davis artist, postwar American art, figurative expressionism, West Coast art movement, contemporary American pa...
Lithograph
Grove 5116
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Gold Leaf
$15,000
1940s Carmel Plein Air Landscape Painting, Sycamore Grove, Signed
By Nell Walker Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Foster, n.d.) was published in the 1950s or 60s. Memberships: California Art Club; Glendale Art Association; California Watercolor Society; Laguna Beach Art Association; Artland Clu...
Linen, Oil
Original Dong Kingman Watercolor Paintings exhibition Framed Poster. Dated 1981
By Dong Kingman
Located in Miami, FL
He was known as the leading California Style School painter and was famous for his urban and landscape paintings and graphic design work in Hollywood film industry.
Paper
Untitled (Smoke Tree; Palm Springs Desert), c. 1940s
By George Sanders Bickerstaff
Located in Pasadena, CA
Bickerstaff was a well-regarded California landscape painter, active during the height of the state’s plein air movement.
Canvas, Oil
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Floral Bouquet and Splendor Still Life
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
In 2006, her work was featured among top California plein-aire painters in Santa Barbara in the Sullivan Goss Gallery exhibition titled “Early California.”
Masonite, Oil
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
'River Landscape', American Impressionist, Carmel Art Association, Plein Air
By Mae Hill Gilbert
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Her son, Arthur Hill Gilbert, was also a California Impressionist painter.
Canvas, Oil, Foam Board
'Cape Ann Harbor', Woman Artist, Massachusetts, Rockport, Gloucester, LACMA
By Nell Walker Warner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Memberships: California Art Club; Glendale Art Association; California Watercolor Society; Laguna Beach Art Association; Artland Club; Academy of Western Painters; Pasadena Society o...
Canvas, Oil
Moon Garden 5108
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Gold Leaf
Moonlight 5100
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Gold
Three 5103
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Gold Leaf
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