By Louise Grossett Cunningham
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century California Oak Tree Original Oil Painting by Louise Cunningham
Iconic California Oak tree during summer with golden tones and olive green foliage by Santa Cruz, California artist Louise H. Grosset Cunningham (American, 1881-1983) circa 1960. Displayed in a new carved giltwood frame. A gem of a California landscape painting by one of the six Monterey Bay area distinguished women artists.
Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Signed lower right "Louise Cunningham"
Condition: Excellent
Presented in new, gold gilt-toned wood frame
Image, 16"H x 20"L.
Framed size: 22"H x 26"W x 2.50"D
A painter / architect/ pasteli, Louise Cunningham was born in Berkeley, California on May 4, 1881 of French parents. (Her uncle, Jules Jacques, was a distinguished Paris artist and a member of the French Royal Academy.)
Louise Grossett began her art studies at age eleven at the Mark Hopkins Institute in San Francisco a program run by UC Berkley. She then spent most of her life as a resident of California, Berkley, San Francisco, Mt Lassen, Yosemite and then retired to Felton CA in 1955, She ran art classes from her studio on Lazy Woods Rd.
She was the wife of Robert Cunningham...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Louise Grossett Cunningham Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars