Born in November of 1861, Jean Mannheim grew up in Kreuznach, Germany. At 17, he left home and began to journey throughout Germany making a living by binding books and painting portraits on the side. Shortly after being drafted into the German army, Mannheim defected and traveled to Paris to learn English and began his art studies. From 1884 to 1908, Mannheim settled in the US, calling both Decatur, Illinois and Denver, Colorado home at times, while continuing to travel back to Paris for his art studies at respected Paris schools, including the Académie Julian. During this time, he married Eunice Drennan and the couple had two daughters, who were often portrayed in his work over the years. When the Mannheims returned to America in the fall of 1908 and settled in Pasadena, California, on the banks of the Arroyo Seco. Mannheim immediately immersed himself in the Southern California art scene and became an active exhibitor over the next three decades and was a member of numerous organizations including the California Art Club and Laguna Beach Art Association, among others. He continued to teach and mentor the young artists of the day and with C. P. Townsley founded the Stickney Memorial Art School in Pasadena in 1914. During this period, Mannheim’s portrait business flourished with clients including attorney John Mitchell, industrialist King Gillette, artist William Wendt, and naturalist John Burroughs among the most notable. He also began painting Impressionistic landscapes of the nearby Arroyo Seco and the rugged scenery of the Monterey Peninsula during annual summer trips to the area. His work was exhibited and recognized with gold medals at the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition in Seattle (1909) and Panama-California International Exposition in San Diego (1916) and he exhibited at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco (1915). During this period, he added a newer style of painting casual portraits in the outdoors to his portfolio. These paintings featured young female models and were widely acclaimed and extended the possibilities of the genre. Throughout his career, Mannheim took painting excursions which would extend to Colorado and Oregon, as well as the many favorite artist locales within Southern California including Morro Bay, Laguna Beach and Dana Point, High Sierras, and the desert of the Coachella Valley. During this period, he continued to exhibit frequently, often at the newly developed Pasadena art venues that included Carmelita Gardens and the Pasadena Art Institute. Mannheim continued to prolifically paint throughout the 1930s, depression-era despite being in his 70s and the artist maintained an active exhibition schedule with his work seen at venues that included the California State Fairs, Stanford University, Ebell and Friday Morning Clubs in Los Angeles, as well as local exhibits around Pasadena. In 1945, following a stroke, Mannheim’s health took a turn for the worse and he died at his home in Pasadena on September 7, 1945, at 83.
$28,000
Turquoise Creek - California Impressionist Oil on Board Landscape Painting
By Jean Mannheim
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“Turquoise Creek” is an oil on board painting by German-born artist, Jean Mannheim. While Mannheim was born in Germany, he trained in Paris but was very influenced by experiences in ...
Oil, Board
Pathway to the Church, Pasadena c. 1915
By Jean Mannheim
Located in Pasadena, CA
Consigned to the gallery, Pasadena, California; H&N Fine Art, from the Katherine A. Norris Legacy Collection; John Moran Auctioneers, Altadena, CA, February 17, 2004, lot 104A. Sign...
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Big Sur Rocky Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic seascape along rocky Big Sur beach with surf by Willard Little (American, 20th century), circa 1940. Aqua blue water, both shallow and deep, reflects the golden sunlight. Are...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$1,720Sale Price|20% Off
H 13.5 in W 15.5 in D 1.25 in
Early 20th Century Distant Canyon Landscape
By Cyrus Bates Currier
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous, accomplished western canyon landscape with distinct foreground and background coloration by Cyrus Bates Currier (American, 1868-1946). Signe...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Sailing in Rockport Harbour
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left. In this painting, Morrell brings to life a bustling seascape off the coast of Rockport. The work showcases his artistic signature, with an impressionistic brushs...
Oil, Board
$7,000
H 26 in W 36 in
"Hillside Landscape" Edwin Child, Farmland, Vast Rural Mountainous Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Edwin Child Hillside Landscape, 1896 Signed and dated lower right Oil on canvas 18 x 28 inches Edwin Burrage Child was a prominent New England portraitis...
Canvas, Oil
$1,800
H 12 in W 14 in
Antique American 1910 Oil on board Painting Seashore Island Beach Women framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
This evocative oil painting by Richard Sigafoos presents a solitary coastal rock formation rising against a softly illuminated seascape. Rendered with confident, expressive brushwork...
Oil, Board
$1,393
H 8.67 in W 13 in D 0.4 in
Landscape dominated by the ruins of an ancient castle
Located in Genève, GE
Dimension with frame : 39.5 x 51 x 3 cm This painting depicts a picturesque landscape dominated by the ruins of an ancient castle, standing majestically on a green hill. The stone wa...
Oil, Canvas
$1,195
H 16 in W 20 in D 2 in
Antique American Impressionist Southern Swamp Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American oil painting. Framed. Measuring: 16 by 20 inches overall and 12 by 16 inches image alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Oil, Board
$4,000
H 9 in W 12 in
"In the Snow" Richard Stalter, Snowy Scene, Atmospheric Winter Landscape
By Richard Stalter
Located in New York, NY
Richard Stalter In the Snow Signed lower left Oil on board 9 x 12 inches Richard Stalter was born in Dayton, Ohio, on April 27, 1934. He developed an interest in art at a very earl...
Oil, Board
"Mountain Village in Winter" Anthony Thieme, Snowy Landscape
By Anthony Thieme
Located in New York, NY
Anthony Thieme Mountain Village in Winter Signed lower left Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches Anthony Thieme was born in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam in 1888. He studied at the Acade...
Canvas, Oil
$25,000
H 35 in W 43 in
"Stony Cove and Headland, " Henry Ward Ranger, Coastal Landscape, Seascape
By Henry Ward Ranger
Located in New York, NY
Henry Ward Ranger (1858 - 1915) Stony Cove and Headland, 1910 Oil on canvas 28 x 36 inches Signed lower right Provenance: McDonough Gallery, New York William Macbeth Galleries, New York American Art Association, The Completed Pictures Left by the Late Henry Ward Ranger, 1917, Lot 72 A key person in the establishment of the Old Lyme, Connecticut art colony in 1899, Henry Ward Ranger is regarded as the leader of the Tonalist movement in America and was a leading painter in this country in the late 19th and early 20th-centuries. He was born in Geneseo and raised in Syracuse, New York, and in 1873, enrolled in the College of Fine Arts at Syracuse University, where his father was a professor of photography and drawing. Two years later, he became a re-toucher of paintings in his father's studio and did not earn a college degree. He also spent much time in New York City, where he was a writer of music criticism and visited galleries, where he had his first exposure to French Barbizon painting...
Canvas, Oil
$25,000
H 36 in W 41 in
"Road to Provincetown, " Henry MacGinnis, Massachusetts Landscape
By Henry Ryan MacGinnis
Located in New York, NY
Henry Ryan MacGinnis (1875 - 1962) Road to Provincetown, 1924 Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches Signed lower right; titled and dated on the stretcher Housed in a Stanford White Newcomb-Macklin frame. Exhibited: Trenton, New Jersey, School of Industrial Arts Provincetown by Professor MacGinnis, 1924. Henry Ryan MacGinnis, 1875-1962, was born in Indiana and began his art studies under the eminent Hoosier artists T.C. Steele, J.O. Adams and William Forsyth. One of his earliest exhibitions was in 1896, when he showed his work with other notable Hoosier artists such as T.C. Steele, J. Ottis Adams...
Canvas, Oil
$21,000
H 37 in W 43 in
"Boston Square" Arthur Clifton Goodwin, Impressionist Boston Urban Landscape
By Arthur Clifton Goodwin
Located in New York, NY
Arthur Clifton Goodwin Boston Square Signed lower left Oil on canvas 30 x 36 inches A painter especially known for street and waterfront scenes of Boston, Arthur Clifton Goodwin di...
Canvas, Oil