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M L Swan Nude
Located in San Francisco, CA
Maude Louise Swan A early 20th century California artist. The painting measures 14 inches high by 11
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait Painting by California Artist John Bond Francisco, Early 20th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
-d.1931) an American California artist.
John Bond Francisco was born in Cincinnati, OH on Dec. 14
Category
Early 20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 32 in W 27.5 in D 1 in
Looking Out Over the Vineyards, Early 20th Century Landscape Panorama
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant depiction of a view from a window by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). This
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 14 in W 20.5 in D 0.88 in
Early 20th Century Bay Area California Landscape with Bridge
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th century Bay Area landscape attributed to California artist Florence Bugbee
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
H 13 in W 21 in D 1 in
Early 20th Century California Industrial Scene Landscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant California modernist industrial landscape by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). Signed and
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Early 20th Century California Sand Dunes Landscape
By Rowena R. Smith
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful California landscape painting of a path to the beach by listed Berkeley, California
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Early 20th Century California Pasture with Cow & Eucalyptus Trees Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century California Pasture with Cow & Eucalyptus Trees Landscape
A small-scale, idyllic
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
H 13.25 in W 15.25 in D 2.25 in
Early 20th Century Sierra Mountain Path California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage 1920's California landscape of a path through tall evergreen trees with the grand Sierra
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Cardboard
H 24 in W 18 in D 0.2 in
Early 20th Century Los Altos, California Landscape "The Old Shed"
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful early 20th century impressionist landscape of Los Altos, California prior to Silicon
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Early 20th Century California Landscape - Sunrise On Tin Mountain, Death Valley
Located in Soquel, CA
California and a member of the Board of Governors of Artland, an artists’ club of Los Angeles. Research
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Nude Walking, Early 20th Century Bronze Sculpture, Cleveland School Artist
By Max Kalish
Located in Beachwood, OH
1997 exhibition in Berkeley, California, “When Artists Became Workers: The People’s Art Movement of the
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Ceramic Bust of a Woman, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
to Ceramics Monthly magazine as early as 1954.
Around 1953 Eckhardt began experimenting in glass
Category
1930s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
H 8.5 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in
Cattle Series Study, Early 20th Century Bovine/Cow, Cleveland School artist
By Henry George Keller
Located in Beachwood, OH
New York. The young artist was an apprentice at the W. J. Morgan Lithograph Company, also in
Category
Early 1900s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Man with Two Dogs, Early 20th Century Wiener Werkstätte Sculpture, Female Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
California, where she worked as a teacher and artist until her death in 1955. Today, Singer is known for her
Category
1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Pacific Coast Summer Landscape
By Margaret Wherry Ziegler
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th century plein air-style landscape by Margaret Wherry Ziegler (American, 1909
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 21 in W 19 in D 2 in
Large Landscape Painting by California San Francisco Artist Peter Ilyin
Located in San Francisco, CA
artist label and info on the back.
Early 20th century.
Peter Alexander Ilyin (1887 - 1950) was active
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Early 20th Century Harbor Scene Seascape/Landscape Painting
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Beachwood, OH
canvas
17 x 20 inches framed
Early 20th Century Harbor Scene Seascape/Landscape Painting
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mural Study, Early 20th Century American Impressionist Painting
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Beachwood, OH
and Monterey, California. Although Warshawsky is known as a classic Impressionist, he is also known
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 20th Century Serene Mountaintops Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Sweeping early 20th century landscape painting of mountains reflected over a California lake by an
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
California Hills, Mid Century Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Southern California Impressionism, Elmer Wachtel is best known for his sweeping early 20th century plein
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Early 20th Century Palm Springs Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous early 20th Century Palm Springs landscape by Edward Marion Langley (American, 1870-1949
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Early 20th Century Peking Bell Tower
By William Clothier Watts
Located in Soquel, CA
size: 20" x 16"
William Clothier Watts (American 1967-1961), primarily a watercolor artist, was born
Category
1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 27.13 in W 23 in D 0.75 in
Shtetl Village Doodka Player Judaica Jewish California Modernist Artist Etching
By Boris Deutsch
Located in Surfside, FL
center l.A. 1966. Chagall calls him the greatest jewish artist of our time 1955. The legacy of boris
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
Tranquil Stream - Early 20th Century Forest Landscape
By Joseph Anthony Kahler
Located in Soquel, CA
Early and rare 20th century watercolor landscape of a stream in the forest by Joseph Anthony Kahler
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 13.75 in W 12 in D 1 in
Mid Century California Laguna Country Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
, 1887-1965). Signed "Paul Weindorf" lower right. Artist's bio on verso. Unframed. Image size: 17.75"H x
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Linen
H 18 in W 20 in D 0.25 in
Early 20th Century Likeness of Jack London
By Robert Alexander Graham
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Likeness of Jack London
Wonderful portrait of a gentleman with a striking
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
H 31.25 in W 24.25 in D 1 in
"To Market To Market", Early 20th Century Figurative Brooklyn Cityscape
Located in Soquel, CA
"To Market To Market", a whimsical early 20th century modern figurative village landscape by Frank
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Lovely California Landscape Painting by listed artist John Thomas Nolf, ca 1920s
Located in Baltimore, MD
1920’s and is a beautifully rendered scene that is almost certainly Southern California or nearby area
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two 20th Century Watercolor Paintings by American Artist, Willet Sudds Foster
By Willet Sudds Foster
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Two separate watercolor views of the California Rancho structure "Casa de Estudillo" by Willet S
Category
Early 20th Century American Rancho Monterey Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
H 15.5 in W 22.5 in D 0.07 in
The Village Fete, Signed Watercolour 20th Century British Female Artist
Located in London, GB
charity rather than commerce. The early fêtes possibly grew out of “sales of work,” where the ladies of
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
H. Wilson Smith Early California Abstract Painting. "Expansion-Contradiction"
By H. Wilson Smith
Located in Phoenix, AZ
H. Wilson Smith (1901-1981) California Artist $3000
Oil on masonite in the original frame
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
H 27.38 in W 21.13 in D 1.25 in
The Bug, Early 20th Century Landscape w/ Rooster & Chicken, Cleveland School
By Henry Keller
Located in Beachwood, OH
League in New York. The young artist was an apprentice at the W. J. Morgan Lithograph Company, also in
Category
Early 20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache
California Oil on Canvas Painting, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
; American)
Late 19th-early 20th century.
Artist Bio: (see attached photo)
" Gaensslen was born in
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker
By Otis Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker. Signed “Otis
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Portrait of a Baby
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a calm resting baby by a Japanese/American San Jose, California artist circa 1920's in
Category
1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Early 20th Century Camping in Sierra Mountains Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
include California landmarks and western scenes.
Source: Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Ink
H 20 in W 26 in D 1 in
Large Scale Early 20th Century Bucolic Mt. Hood Landscape Oil Painting
By William M. Lemos
Located in Soquel, CA
, “A Dictionary of the Art and Artists of Nineteenth Century Fresno, California,” in PSCA, no. 10.
Category
Early 20th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
H 52.5 in W 32.5 in D 1.5 in
M-62, Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist Painting, 20th Century New York Artist
By James Johnson
Located in Beachwood, OH
, Johnson moved with his wife Marjorie and their new born son from Berkeley California to Painseville, Ohio
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rocky California Seascape in Watercolor on Paper
By Paul Dougherty
Located in Soquel, CA
Rocky California Seascape in Watercolor on Paper
Dramatic coastal landscape by notable artist Paul
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 20.75 in W 26.5 in D 0.25 in
A Pastoral California Landscape by Artist William Dorsey in a Hand-Carved Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
A 20th Century pastoral California coastal landscape by artist William Dorsey in a hand-carved
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Locomotive Engineer, Early 20th Century Bronze Laborer, Cleveland School
By Max Kalish
Located in Beachwood, OH
, California, “When Artists Became Workers: The People’s Art Movement of the ’30s and ’40s”, at the Judah L
Category
1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 15.5 in W 6 in D 5 in
Arch Beach, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Arch Beach, California" c.1910 is an original etching on Wove paper by
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Early 20th Century Miniature Etching, Portrait of an Old Woman by Ralph Sweet
Located in Soquel, CA
20th century small-scale figurative etching of an old woman by California artist Ralph Sweet (American
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
H 7.25 in W 5.5 in D 0.25 in
Pantheum Moonlight, Early 20th century surrealist landscape, Cleveland School
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Beachwood, OH
known as the Sandia. He then moved to California where he was an illustrator for The Sunset magazine
Category
1910s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alameda River Below Mt. Tamalpais - Early 20th Century Landscape
By Marius Schmidt
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th century landscape of the Alameda River below Mt. Tamalpais by Marius Schmidt
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 16 in W 24 in D 2 in
The Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Beachwood, OH
. Warshawsky was active in Cleveland, Paris and Monterey, California. Although Warshawsky is known as a classic
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Princeton, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
20 x 24 inches. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Clifford Holmes, noted California
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tolumne, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
California artist. The artist is a descendent of early California pioneer families and is a former member of
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vernal Equinox, 20th Century Bronze Figure of Woman, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
magazine as early as 1954.
Around 1953 Eckhardt began experimenting in glass making. The studio artist
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monolith Rock - Mid Century Monterey, California Seascape
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Seascape of waves crashing against a large rock by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 22 in W 30 in D 0.03 in
Ponderosa, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
artist. The artist is a descendent of early California pioneer families and is a former member of the Art
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early Tonalist Landscape -- California Coastal Live Oaks William Schneider 1915
Located in Soquel, CA
20th Century tonalist landscape of California by New York artist William G. Schneider (American, 1863
Category
1910s Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
H 15.33 in W 17.33 in D 1.75 in
Rare Early 20th Century Cornish Harbor Fishing Boats Landscape 1910
By Adolph Brougier
Located in Soquel, CA
Artists member Adolph M. Brougier (German, 1870-1926). Brougier exhibited at the 100th anniversary of the
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
H 21 in W 28 in D 2 in
Early 20th Century Oil Painting Grand Canal Venice (2-Sided)
By Richard Pearsall
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Oil Painting Grand Canal Palazzos and Gondolas , Venice Italy (2-Sided
Category
1930s Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 16 in W 19 in D 1 in
Early 20th Century Mission San Juan Capistrano - Figurative Landscape
By Warren E. Rollins
Located in Soquel, CA
Rollins was known as the "Dean of the Santa Fe art colony." He was the first artist to have a formal
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Boats at Low Tide", Early 20th Century Coastal Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Idyllic early 20th century seascape of small boats on the shore by Melvena M. Wade, pioneer
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 14.5 in W 19.25 in D 1.75 in
Early 20th Century Photograph Landscape --Looking Through The Sky
By Sigismund Blumann
Located in Soquel, CA
Blumann was a prominent artist of California photography during the 1920s and 1930s. Based in the San
Category
1920s Realist Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
H 20 in W 16 in D 1 in
Early 20th Century Figurative -- The Paper Boy and His Comics
By Louise Miller Clark
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful 1940s figurative of paper boy reading the comics by Louise Miller Clark (American, 20th
Category
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
H 24 in W 18 in D 1 in
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