Mid Century Palm Springs Desert Landscape
By Dolores Martin
Located in Soquel, CA
Dolores Martin is a plein air painter from Orange, California and primarily paints landscapes and Southern California seascape scenes.
Canvas, Oil
Dune line
By John Maxon
Located in San Francisco, CA
., Painting, University of California, Davis Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Cabrillo College, Aptos, California Selected Solo Exhibitions 2018 Gallery Panza Verde – Ant...
Lithograph
Sierra Mountain Lake, Yosemite Snow-Capped Mountain Landscape
By Kenneth Lucas
Located in Soquel, CA
Ken Lucas was a school teacher and amateur painter from Monterey, California. He was primarily self-taught but became proficient as an artist and left a legacy of excellent paintings.
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Orange Horizon
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Canvas, Oil
Dark Horizon
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Canvas, Oil
Ocean with Crescent Moon
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Canvas, Oil
Edward Paul Giddings: Art and Architecture of Passion Hardcover Book
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Nice copy of this book on the Southern California architect and painter Edward Paul Giddings written by his widow, Patricia Giddings, photography by Shulman is spectacular.
Paper
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
By Ronald Shap
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Vibrant sketch of nude woman with fetish accessories in wa...
Oil Pastel, Gouache
The Bug, Early 20th Century Landscape w/ Rooster & Chicken, Cleveland School
By Henry Keller
Located in Beachwood, OH
The Whitney Museum has Keller's charcoal and watercolor, Bird Rock, California (1925). The painter died in San Diego, on August 3, 1949.
Gouache
Boa Tarde 4866
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
Midday 4865
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
Factory Worker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
About the Artist James Patrick was a California Scene painter who was born in British Columbia but grew up in Los Angeles.
Oil
1903 Rocky Landscape Of Distant Mountains
By Karl Yens
Located in Soquel, CA
(CA) Museum; Astor Theatre (NYC). Memberships: California Teachers Ass'n; American Federation of Art; California Society of Miniature Painters; Academy of Western Painters (LA); La...
Paper, Watercolor
Nude with green accents
By Ronald Shap
Located in Columbus, OH
"Nude with green accents" is an original gouache and ink drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California impressionist landscape painter, Ronald Shap.
Ink, Gouache
The Track no. 6
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Oil
Sonoma Coast
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$1,720Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Copper Teapot, Vase and Fruit 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.
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Circus Wagons
By Millard Sheets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in Pomona, California, Sheets became a painter at an early age, winning a prize at the Los Angeles County Fair in 1918.
Watercolor
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
By Ronald Shap
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of a nude male torso with washes of light aqua/sage ...
Oil Pastel, Gouache
$525
Crashing Waves - Big Sur Coastal Cove Original Oil on Masonite
By Stephen John Skerce
Located in Soquel, CA
Frame size: 12.5"H x 14.75"W Board size: 5"H x 7"W Stephen John Skerce (American, 1926-2010) was a painter from Monterey, California. He received his formal art training from the Ch...
Masonite, Oil
Mural Studies, Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco WPA American Modernism 1930s
By Frank Van Sloun
Located in New York, NY
While preparing murals for the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939 -1940, Frank Van Sloun died on August 27, 1938. Memberships in California included the San Francisco Art ...
Paper, Egg Tempera
Grey Ocean
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
One of our finest American contemporary realist painters, Willard Dixon has painted Northern California and western landscapes for over 35 years.
Canvas, Oil
Storm Source / lightning sky
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
One of our finest American contemporary realist painters, Willard Dixon has painted Northern California and western landscapes for over 35 years.
Canvas, Oil
Ocean Beach Surfers
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
One of our finest American contemporary realist painters, Willard Dixon has painted Northern California and western landscapes for over 35 years.
Canvas, Oil
The Blue Shed
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Canvas, Oil
View From the Cliff House
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Canvas, Oil
Evening Ocean
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
One of our finest American contemporary realist painters, Willard Dixon has painted Northern California and western landscapes for over 35 years.
Canvas, Oil
On The Edge
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Canvas, Oil
"Square Tower Ruins" Hovenweep National Monument, Utah
By Ralph Holmes
Located in San Antonio, TX
Lewis's Illustrated Review, was a four-term President of the California Art Club, President of "Art in National Defense", and a member of the Academy of Western Painters.
Oil
Blind Beggar
Located in San Francisco, CA
About the artist: From Kansas City, Missouri, Frank Moss Hamilton became a noted watercolor painter in California, where he lived in Cambria.
Watercolor, Gouache
The Eucalyptus
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Canvas, Oil
Going to Borrego
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
One of our finest American contemporary realist painters, Willard Dixon has painted Northern California and western landscapes for over 35 years.
Canvas, Oil
$105,000
Tumble
By Charles Arnoldi
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A decade later he ha established himself as one of the most prominent painters in southern California. Arnoldi’s work resides in numerous collections and museums throughout the Unite...
Canvas, Acrylic
$112,000
First Rights
By Charles Arnoldi
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A decade later he ha established himself as one of the most prominent painters in southern California. Arnoldi’s work resides in numerous collections and museums throughout the Unite...
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Looking south
By Joe Altwer
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painting dimensions: 14 x 16 inches Framed dimensions: 18 x 20 inches Joseph Altwer is a traditional realist oil painter born in California in 1984. Joseph began his studies in 200...
Oil, Panel
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
By Ronald Shap
Located in Columbus, OH
Original ink, gouache and oil pastel figure painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of nude woman standing in washes of neon pink,...
Oil Pastel, Gouache, Ink
$372Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century River Birches Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Image size: 17"H x 13"W. Eva is a central California plein air painter in oils and watercolors.
Paper, Watercolor
SIERRA SHOVEL- oil on canvas, tractor on horizon. Construction
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Canvas, Oil
Mendocino Shacks
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Canvas, Oil
Black Necked Stilt
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Canvas, Oil
Dust Time, large lithograph
By John Maxon
Located in San Francisco, CA
., Painting, University of California, Davis Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Cabrillo College, Aptos, California Selected Solo Exhibitions 2018 Gallery Panza Verde – Ant...
Lithograph
Still Life with Silver Cup / minimal, serene oil on canvas
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Canvas, Oil
$10,000
Watershed
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Canvas, Oil
Desert Landscape -- Road to Death Valley
By Mike Wright
Located in Soquel, CA
A resident of Santa Cruz, California, Mike Wright is a painter of landscapes and architectural subjects in watercolor, acrylic, and oil.
Masonite, Oil
Mid Century Autumn Trees Landscape
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.”
Oil, Canvas
Sedona Red Rocks, Southwestern Desert Landscape
By Kenneth Lucas
Located in Soquel, CA
Ken Lucas was a school teacher and amateur painter from Monterey, California. He was primarily self-taught but became proficient as an artist and left a legacy of excellent paintings.
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Morning Light
By Joe Altwer
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Artist Bio Joseph Altwer is a traditional realist oil painter born in California in 1984. Joseph began his studies in 2005, at the Florence Academy of art, where he also taught for s...
Linen, Oil
View of the Gate
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Canvas, Oil
$1,500
"Moss Beach Cypress" oil painting of old tree sunlit in forest, neutral colors
By Joe Altwer
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Joseph Altwer is a traditional realist oil painter born in California in 1984. Joseph began his studies in 2005, at the Florence Academy of art, where he also taught for several years.
Oil, Panel
Allan Houser Marble Sculpture - Two Figures
By Allan Houser
Located in Phoenix, AZ
He worked in Santa Fe from 1936 to 1938, the only Indian specializing in sculpture, and he also painted murals in Washington D.C for the Department of the Interior; Fort Sill, Arkans...
Marble
Amaryllis with Lemon / oil on canvas
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gall...
Canvas, Oil
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Carmel Cottage with Flowers Landscape
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
$12,500
Six O'Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
During the 1930s and 1940s, Craig taught at the University of California, Occidental College and Chouinard. In 1937, his work was included in a traveling exhibition called “The Calif...
Canvas, Oil
Wall Relief 3 - Oil Paint and Resin on Wood - Modern Abstract - Multicolored
By Ned Evans
Located in New York, NY
Its modern design turns your guest or living space into a unique gallery wall. NED EVANS is a California-based painter whose body of work draws from the rhythm, light, and space of...
Resin, Wood, Paint, Oil
Face #7 - Wall Relief - Paint on Wood - Modern Abstract - Multicolored
By Ned Evans
Located in New York, NY
Its modern design and bright colors turn your guest or living space into a unique gallery wall. NED EVANS is a California-based painter whose body of work draws from the rhythm, li...
Wood, Paint
Wall Relief - Oil Paint and Resin on Wood - Modern Abstract
By Ned Evans
Located in New York, NY
Its modern design turns your guest or living space into a unique gallery wall. NED EVANS is a California-based painter whose body of work draws from the rhythm, light, and space of...
Wood, Paint, Resin, Oil
Hilltop Trail Landscape by Ken Lucas
By Kenneth Lucas
Located in Soquel, CA
Ken Lucas was a school teacher and amateur painter from Monterey, California. He was primarily self-taught but became proficient as an artist and left a legacy of excellent paintings.
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Painting is an art form that has spanned innumerable cultures, with artists using the medium to tell stories, explore and communicate ideas and express themselves. To bring abstract paintings, landscape paintings, still-life paintings and other original paintings into your home is to celebrate and share in the long tradition of this discipline.
When we look at paintings, particularly those that originated in the past, we learn about history, other cultures and countries of the world. Like every other work of art, paintings — whether they are contemporary creations or works that were made during the 19th century — can often help us clearly see and understand the world around us in a meaningful and interesting way.
Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.
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