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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
Antique American California Sunset Landscape Impressionist Early Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American landscape oil painting by . Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 16 by 19
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 sweeping landscape, composed in a horizontal panoramic view, depicts a distant vineyard ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
"Home Corral" Very early Wieghorst California Western Painting awesome colors
By Olaf Wieghorst
Located in San Antonio, TX
, California. His paintings include cowboys, horses, and Indians in landscape, but there is little if any
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
$920 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century California Foothills Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful California landscape of foothills with stream, Birch and Oak trees. Unsigned. Unframed
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Early 20th Century Mission Carmel, California Watercolor.
Located in Soquel, CA
1906 Original Watercolor Painting of Mision de San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (Mission Carmel
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Pencil
$920 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Original Paul Lauritz High Sierras Nine Lake Basin Early California Oil Painting
By Paul Lauritz
Located in Tustin, CA
community, known for his landscape paintings of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, the deserts of California
Category
Vintage 1940s American Other Paintings
Materials
Masonite
$22,000 Sale Price
31% Off
"Bel Air"
By Gail Morris
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
paintings are influenced by the traditions of early California painting as well as the work by the great
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$12,500
"EARLY SANTA BARBARA" CALIFORNIA ARTIST FRAMED 17.5 X 20.5
Located in San Antonio, TX
, California.
Primarily self-taught, William was best known as a California Landscape Painter. His paintings
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
California Landscape Oil Painting. Impressionist Green Winding Road Landscape.
By William Wendt
Located in Marco Island, FL
California that he achieved artistic recognition and dedicated him self to painting nature in the style of
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Early 20th Century Original Southern California Landscape -- Eucalyptus Grove
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Oil Southern California Landscape C. 1930s -- The Eucalyptus Grove
Vibrant, painterly
Category
Early 1900s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Landscape Oil Painting California Artist Meyer Straus
Located in Toledo, OH
Mountainous landscape with stream by California artist Meyer Straus 1831- 1905. Straus was bon in
Category
Antique Early 19th Century North American High Victorian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Antique American California Impressionist Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist California oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image
Category
1920s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
California Landscape Oil Painting by John Budicin Scottsdale Bulldog Canyon
By John Budicin
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
beautiful plein air painting done in Scottsdale at Bulldog Canyon. This is one of two Budicin painting I
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early Tonalist Landscape -- California Coastal Live Oaks William Schneider 1915
Located in Soquel, CA
Early Tonalist Landscape -- California Coastal Live Oaks William Schneider 1915
Beautiful early
Category
1910s Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
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
'Women with Flowers', Early Los Altos California Modernist, Floral Still Life
By Janice Haefner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, on stretcher bar, 'Janice Haefner' (American, 1919-2002) and painted circa 1960.
A substantial mid-century, Expressionist figural abstraction showing two women seated ...
Category
1960s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century California Landscape - Sunrise On Tin Mountain, Death Valley
Located in Soquel, CA
sketching and painting. Painting the California desert and studying its moods is his chief delight
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Old 17 Mile Drive, Carmel California Landscape Early 1900s Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Old 17 Mile Drive, Carmel California Landscape Early 1900s Oil on Linen
Gorgeous early 20th century
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Alice D. Bryant - California Impressionist Watercolor Painting - circa 1920s
Located in Chatham, ON
ALICE DANIELS BRYANT (1879-1944) - California Impressionist watercolor painting - featuring a
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Paintings
Materials
Glass, Softwood, Paint, Paper
Large Landscape Painting by California San Francisco Artist Peter Ilyin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large nocturnal winter landscape painting by California artist Peter ILYIN.
Framed oil on canvas
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Winter in California 1927
Located in Pasadena, CA
, Newport Beach, California; 2006 Katherine A Norris, Newport Beach, CA; 2006 James D. Julia, Inc
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
California Landscape, c. 1940's
Located in Pasadena, CA
Signed "G. Holt” on lower righ
Description
This intimate California landscape painting reflects the
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mid Century California Laguna Country Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
: California Art Club; Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles. Exhibited: California Art Club, 1936; Society for
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Linen
"California Mountains, " Orrin White, Impressionism, Southwest Desert Landscape
By Orrin A. White
Located in New York, NY
Orrin White
California Mountain Landscape
Signed lower right
Oil on board
8 x 10 inches
A
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Valley of Dreams, San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles, California
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
. 11, 1871. He was a self-taught painter and spent his early career in Chicago. He visited California
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Impressionist Landscape, c. 1915-1920” California Forest American Impressionist
By Francis Stillwell Dixon
Located in Yardley, PA
composition.
The painting is a celebration of nature’s beauty, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in the
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Landscape by C.H. Harmon, California, 1900s
By Charles Henry Harmon
Located in Lisbon, PT
Oil on canvas painting of a Californian forest scene by Charles Henry Harmon (1859–1936), a master
Category
Early 20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$2,679 Sale Price
23% Off
Cows in Summer Landscape (California Coastal Ranch, Carmel Valley), c. 1914
By Angel De Service Espoy
Located in Pasadena, CA
painting before immigrating to the United States. Settling in California, he became a recognized figure in
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil, Panel
Morning Light, Mt. Shasta, California, c. 1932
Located in Pasadena, CA
Discovery, 1900-1950, American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena, California, August 15 - October 11, 2025
Early
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Masonite
Early California modernist drawing by a well-known San Francisco abstract artist
By Erle Loran
Located in Colfax, CA
Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, and the San
Category
1940s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Plein Air Old Laguna Beach Cabin & Eucalyptus Trees California Landscape 1930s
By Andrew Lund
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
A lovely plein air landscape painting from the 1930s of a cabin amongst the eucalyptus trees in Old
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
California Lake Landscape Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
California Lake Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Serene landscape by Donna N. Schuster (American
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
"Early [Newspaper] Edition" Original Pop Art Painting by Linnea Pergola, Framed
By Linnea Pergola
Located in Encino, CA
"Early [Newspaper] Edition," an original mixed media on canvas by Linnea Pergola, is a piece for
Category
1980s Pop Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
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'San Francisco and the Bay', Early California Woman Artist, Palo Alto Art Club
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
seven. In 1930, she moved to Columbia, CA and began painting landscapes of the Mother Lode and
Category
1970s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
California Suburbs - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
in the style of the early California impressionists.” Two of his paintings were selected for the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
California Desert Landscape w/ Sand Verbena by Elizabeth Hewlett Watkins c.1940s
Located in San Francisco, CA
oil painting of California desert sand dunes covered with Sand Verbena. The bright purple flowers grow
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Monterey Cypress - Carmel by the Sea California Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Monterey Cypress - California Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Vibrant California coastal seascape by
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Aromas California Pink and Gold Hills Landscape by Cor de Gavere Jolly Daubers
By Cor de Gavere
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant California landscape consisting of pink and gold rolling hills, oak trees, and a body of
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
California Ranch Original Watercolor Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
California Ranch Original Watercolor Landscape
A beautiful Ranch-style, single-story home with
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
California Mountain Landscape With Cows by Carl Henrik Jonnevold (1856-1955)
By Carl Henrik Jonnevold
Located in Centennial, CO
A beautiful California mountain landscape with cows, oil on canvas, by listed artist Carl Henrik
Category
Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
'Late Sunset, California', LACMA, Laguna Beach Art Association, PAFA, CWS
By Karl Yens
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Karl Yens' (American, 1868-1945) and painted circa 1920.
A fine, early 20th
Category
Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Corkscrew Willows with Stairs - Hand Colored Drypoint Etching California Adobe
Located in Soquel, CA
another series on landmarks and famous tales of early California including oil paintings of historic
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Drypoint
Signed Mid Century Modern abstract painting, de-accessioned from Oakland Museum
By Tom Holland
Located in New York, NY
vintage artist's frame
This early signed painting by popular California abstract artist Tom Holland was de
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Permanent Marker
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
$475
Fallen Leaf Lake; Lake Tahoe Region, c. 1916
By Lorenzo Palmer Latimer
Located in Pasadena, CA
–1941) was a foundational figure in early 20th-century California plein air painting, especially known
Category
1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Port, 1949
Located in Pasadena, CA
label
Framer Stamp: Riegler & Sons
Exhibited
Early California Masters: Paintings from the Katherine A
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Entering Beaver Meadow; Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
By Brian Blood
Located in Pasadena, CA
Early California Masters: Paintings from the Katherine A. Norris Legacy Collection, American Legacy Fine
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Circus Wagons
By Millard Sheets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
into the early development of California Scene painting which would by the mid-1930s become the best
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Evening at Vasona" - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
of the early California impressionists.” Two of his paintings were selected for the Fiesta de Artes
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
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