Angel Espoy was born in Villa Nueva, Spain on October 2, 1879. At the age of eighteen he left home to join the Spanish merchant marines and served as first mate. During his stint as a merchant marine he developed a love for the sea and a true appreciation for clipper ships.
Having a profound interest to portray his experiences, Espoy traveled to Barcelona where he studied with Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923). Two years were spent in Havana where he began to earn his living as an artist by painting designs on furniture. Destitute, Angel made his way to New York City in 1904. After a return to his native land, he moved to San Francisco in 1914. There he supported himself for seven years making cartoons for movies while painting on weekends with Manuel Valencia, Carl Jonnevold, and John Califano. In 1922 Angel Espoy moved to southern California and from that time was able to subsist by the sale of his paintings. His great love of the sea is evident in the body of his work which includes seascapes and maritime subjects; however, he was also an accomplished painter of California’s rolling hills of poppies and lupines. Espoy died in Seal Beach, CA on January 31, 1963.
Angel Espoy Biography courtesy of Hughes.
His landscapes and marine art were exhibited at the Los Angeles City Hall, Oakland Museum of California, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and Loyola University. His style was influenced by the Barbizon school of painters.
Cows in Summer Landscape (California Coastal Ranch, Carmel Valley), c. 1914
By Angel De Service Espoy
Located in Pasadena, CA
Consigned to the gallery; By descent to the Katherine A. Norris Legacy Collection, Huntington Beach, California; Acquired by Katherine A. Norris, Newport Beach, California; From John...
Canvas, Masonite, Oil, Panel
"Pacific Grove Glory" - Rocky Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
"Pacific Grove Glory" - Rocky Seascape Signed and dated "Coraly '06" in the lower right corner. Titled, dated, and signed "Pacific Grove Glory 2006 Coraly Hanson...
Linen, Masonite, Oil
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 39 in W 53.5 in D 2 in
Early 20th Century Palo Alto Foothills Landscape Oil Painting
By Bruce Nelson
Located in Soquel, CA
Robert Azensky Fine Art is proud to present Early 20th Century Oil Painting Palo Alto, California Foothills Landscape Painting circle of Bruce ...
Masonite, Oil, Canvas
Bucks County Bridge
Located in Greenville, DE
Outstanding work by Bucks County artist David Hahn. The winter scene is of Bucks County Bridge painted with heavy imposto.
Masonite, Oil
$1,500
H 8 in W 10 in D 0.13 in
'Winter Landscape', Woman Artist, New York, Washington, Impressionist Snow Scene
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, lower right, 'Mary B. Redfield' for Mary Bannister Redfield (American, born 1883) and painted circa 1925. Titled, indistinctly, on original card (a photo copy will accompany ...
Oil, Canvas, Masonite
$8,000
H 24 in W 30 in
Lower Manhattan at Dusk from New York Harbor
By Francis Vandeveer Kughler
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Francis Vendeveer Kughler (1901-1970. Manhattan Skyline from New York Harbor, ca. 1940. Oil on canvas mounted to masonite, 24 x 30 inches. Unframed. Excellent condition with no conservation. Signed lower right. 1901–1970 Born in New York City Kughler was educated in New York City public schools and art schools: De Witt Clinton High School, Cooper Union, the Mechanics' Institute and the National Academy of Design School of Art where he met Charlotte Livingston, an artist, whom he was later to marry. During this period he was the winner of a Tiffany scholarship, which provided him a summer of landscape painting at the Louis Comfort Tiffany estate at Oyster Bay, L.I.In the 1940s, Kughler became the President of the Salmagundi Club a well-known club in Washington Square in New York City that had been the singular gathering place for such great artists as Childe Hassam, William Merrit Chase...
Masonite, Oil
$2,150
H 40 in W 13.5 in D 0.33 in
Roadside Eucalyptus Trees, Mid Century Vertical Landscape by Jon Blanchette
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Soquel, CA
Roadside Eucalyptus Trees, Mid Century Vertical Landscape by Jon Blanchette Gorgeous mid-century plein air landscape painting of a tall Eucalyptus tree along a California road side...
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
$1,650
H 18 in W 20 in D 0.25 in
Mid Century California Landscape Painting, Oil on Linen, Signed, 20x18
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful Impressionist landscape of a country scene by Paul Friederich Weindorf (German/American, 1887-1965). Signed "Paul Weindorf" lower right. Artist's bio on verso. Unframed. Im...
Oil, Linen, Masonite
$600
H 14.5 in W 18.25 in
Kolocep Croatian Landscape Impressionist Oil painting Croatia
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Ferdinand Ferdo Drabek (Croatian) Sunny Path, Kolocep Croatia, ca. 1970 Oil on masonite panel, 14.5 x 18.25 inches. Unframed. Signed lower right. Signed and titled on verso.
Masonite, Oil
Vintage "Bodega View" Original Oil Painting by McCabe C.1941
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage "Bodega View" Original Oil Painting by McCabe C.1941 Original oil on masonite Masonite dimensions 36" wide x 24" high The frame measures 42" wide x 30" high The painting ...
Masonite, Oil
$5,000
H 20.75 in W 24.75 in
"Hoback River, Wyoming" Charles Shepard Chapman, American West, Green Hills
By Charles Shepard Chapman
Located in New York, NY
Charles Shepard Chapman Hoback River, Wyoming Signed lower right, titled on the reverse Oil on masonite 15 1/4 x 19 inches Chapman was born in Morristown, New York. He studied at t...
Masonite, Oil
$550
H 12 in W 15 in D 0.13 in
Autumn at the Cottage in the Woods - Landscape in oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Lush landscape of an autumn forest by Evelyn Campbell (Australian, 20th Century). A path runs from the lower right of the composition through an open gap in a wood fence, with a wago...
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
$875
H 21 in W 25 in D 2 in
Impressionist Water’s Edge Tropical Landscape with Banyan Tree
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is an idyllic, tropical waterside landscape featuring a traditional thatched-roof hut tucked beneath an expansive, dense banyan tree. The unknown artist utilized a rapid, co...
Masonite, Oil
$3,850
H 24 in W 20 in D 1.5 in
Tree on the Green - Landscape Painting, American Impressionist, Framed
Located in Soquel, CA
Verdant 1920's landscape of trees looking out towards Rockaway Beach, NY, in the style of but not attributed to Jane Peterson (American, 20th Century). ...
Oil, Linen, Masonite
Oil Painting "Brooklyn" 1940's
Located in Rochester, NY
Mid-Century Modern oil painting, 1940s cityscape, "Bedford at Lafayette, Brooklyn". Oil on masonite. Signed King Rich. In vintage modernist frame...
Masonite, Oil
A View of Stockholm, Sweden in 1941
Located in San Francisco, CA
Signed by Signar, this work offers a peaceful springtime view of Stockholm’s central waterfront from a small hillside lane. The vista includes the distinctive dark metal spire of Rid...
Masonite, Oil