Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

American, 1876-1954

Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel studied art with John Vanderpoel at the Chicago Art Institute and with William Merritt Chase in New York City. For two years, she taught art at the Chicago Art Institute and then in 1903; traveled to Northern California. She continued her studies there with William Keith and began exhibiting watercolors in the San Francisco Art Association exhibitions. By 1904, she was living in Southern California and was married to artist Elmer Wachtel. Their home was in an art community near the Arroyo in Pasadena, a favorite location for landscape painters of that era. There were beautiful oak, sycamore, and eucalyptus trees lining the valley, and a clear view of the Sierra Madre Mountains. These local scenes became the subjects for many of her watercolors. Both of the Wachtels were pursuing careers as full-time fine art painters so they were able to take extended painting trips to remote areas of California. Often they camped out and explored areas near the coast and inland valleys, seeking out California's beautiful landscape and unique natural light. The works of art they produced on these excursions were sold at art galleries in Los Angeles. By the 1920s, she had developed a personal style of watercolor painting and mastered a technique of slowly building transparent washes of color. After the paint dried, she went back into the work with pastels to blend shapes, soften edges and add highlights. This was to be the height of her career and at this time she was one of the premier watercolorists in Southern California. When the California Water Color Society formed in 1921, she was a founding member. Her works were often singled out for special mention in reviews of the period, particularly those published in the Los Angeles Times. When her husband died in 1929, she stopped exhibiting for several years, then began showing oil paintings and watercolors after the mid-1930s. She continued to produce watercolors and teach painting into the early 1950s.

Artist: Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel

Marion Kavanaugh WachtelUntitled (Snow-capped Mountains) – Grand Teton National Park, c. 1930s, c. 1930

$21,000

Untitled (Snow-capped Mountains) – Grand Teton National Park, c. 1930s

By Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel

Located in Pasadena, CA

Provenance Consigned to the gallery by private collectors Signed "Marion Kavanagh Wachtel" lower right Description Marion Kavanagh was a pupil of William Keith in San Francisco who, upon learning of her move to Southern California, urged her to contact Pasadena artist Elmer Wachtel. A romance blossomed and the two were married in 1904. During their marriage, out of respect for her husband, Marion Wachtel painted in watercolor, giving Elmer Wachtel the honor of painting in the more “serious” medium of oil. After the untimely passing of her husband and a period of grieving, Marion took up oil painting in 1930, working both en plein air and in the studio. This masterful plein air painting is a poetic interpretation of the snow-capped mountains in Grand Teton National Park...

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1930s Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Oil, Panel

Marion Kavanaugh WachtelTurn of the 20th Century Portrait of Two Brothers, 1900

$1,995

Turn of the 20th Century Portrait of Two Brothers

By Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel

Located in Soquel, CA

Rare turn of the century portrait of J.O. and T.O. Mason, from a daguerreotype photograph, c.1860, by Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel (American, 1876-1954). Portrait c.1900. Signed "Marion...

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Early 1900s American Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Judd Mercer"Stand Still" (2025) Original Impressionist Autumn Landscape Painting, 2025

$850

H 12 in W 12 in

"Stand Still" (2025) Original Impressionist Autumn Landscape Painting

By Judd Mercer

Located in Denver, CO

"Stand Still" is a beautiful original impressionist Gouache painting depicting a forest scene, with a lightly flowing creek shore with steep fractured rocks, leading to a pathway sur...

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2010s Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Oil, Panel

Stephanie Hartshorn"An Evening Like This" (2025), Original Waterscape/Landscape Oil Painting, 2025

$1,800

H 12 in W 12 in

"An Evening Like This" (2025), Original Waterscape/Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Denver, CO

"An Evening Like This" (2025) by Stephanie Hartshorn is an original handmade oil painting on wood panel that depicts a serene midwestern lake in early dusk. This piece is created at...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Wood, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

Hazel Z Weckbach"Rio Grande", Oil Painting, 2023

$4,500

H 24 in W 24 in

"Rio Grande", Oil Painting

By Hazel Z Weckbach

Located in Denver, CO

Kevin Weckbach's (US based) "Rio Grande" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a canyon between stunning cliffs and rocks formations in a desert landscape dotted with green shrubbery. Artist Statement: "Subject matter to me is a vehicle for me to explore how I observe life. My urban influences are an assembly of varied fabrics stitched together to form a tapestry. It is not to resemble a literal story of what it is; moreover, it is a quilt that explains my visual expression. What I find particularly interesting in human intervention in nature is how we are still intertwined with it. Roads, buildings, and farmlands bend with the natural curves of mountains, hills, and streams. City nights are lit up like lightning bugs...

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2010s American Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Oil, Panel

Mikael Olson"The Goose Girl, " Oil Painting, 2023

$1,500

H 20 in W 16 in

"The Goose Girl, " Oil Painting

By Mikael Olson

Located in Denver, CO

Mikael Olson's (US based) "The Goose Girl" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a statue surrounded by geese with sun streaming through a tree canopy.

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2010s Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Oil, Panel

Charis Carmichael Braun"Skyline - Morning" (2020) By Charis Carmichael Braun, Original Oil painting, 2020

$460

H 5 in W 7 in

"Skyline - Morning" (2020) By Charis Carmichael Braun, Original Oil painting

By Charis Carmichael Braun

Located in Denver, CO

Charis Carmichael Braun’s oil painting “Skyline - Morning” depicts a Colorado landscape with blue sky and a prominent hill. Artist Statement: I am drawn to contrasts. I grew up wit...

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2010s Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Oil, Panel

Alexander L WarshawskyThe girl from Saint Tropez: American artist in the South of France portrait, 1929

$800

H 16.54 in W 12.6 in D 0.4 in

The girl from Saint Tropez: American artist in the South of France portrait

Located in Norwich, GB

Alexander Warshawsky was born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 29, 1887. He studied painting at the Cleveland School of Art and the National Academy of Design in New York City. Warshawsky...

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1920s American Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Paper, Gouache

Eduard MatevosyanSummer Trees Landscape Impressionism Original oil Painting Ready to Hang, 2025

$10,000

H 37.5 in W 25.5 in D 0.8 in

Summer Trees Landscape Impressionism Original oil Painting Ready to Hang

Located in Granada Hills, CA

Artist: Eduard Matevosyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Panel Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism, Title: Summer Trees, Size: 37.5" x 25.5...

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2010s Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Wood Panel, Oil

Delton Demarest"Highline Canal" (2025), Original Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting, 2025

$400

H 4.125 in W 2.5 in

"Highline Canal" (2025), Original Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Denver, CO

This piece measures 4.125" x 2.5", and is framed in a black frame at 6.625" x 4.625". Delton Demarest has been working in the freelance industry for many years. Recent and past cli...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Oil, Panel

Lu HaskewSelf Portrait with Brushes, 9x11", pencil drawing, framed, 2006

$200

H 15 in W 18.5 in D 0.5 in

Self Portrait with Brushes, 9x11", pencil drawing, framed

By Lu Haskew

Located in Loveland, CO

Self Portrait with Brushes by Lu Haskew Pencil 9x11" image size 15x18.5" framed as pictured, behind glass with archival matte Graphite drawing of the artist with her tools Shipping ...

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Early 2000s American Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Graphite

Judd Mercer"Fractured Dream" Oil On Wood Panel Mountain Landscape Painting with Waterfall, 2025

$2,500

H 24 in W 24 in D 1.5 in

"Fractured Dream" Oil On Wood Panel Mountain Landscape Painting with Waterfall

By Judd Mercer

Located in Denver, CO

Judd Mercer presents "Fractured Dream," is an original, handmade oil painting created in 2025. The piece measures 24 inches in height by 24 inches in width, rendered on a durable 1.5...

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2010s Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Judd Mercer"Leaving Behind" (2025) Original Impressionist Autumn Landscape Painting, 2025

$850

H 12 in W 12 in

"Leaving Behind" (2025) Original Impressionist Autumn Landscape Painting

By Judd Mercer

Located in Denver, CO

"Leaving Behind" is a beautiful original impressionist Gouache painting depicting a forest scene, orange sun reflecting from melted snow resting by the riverbanks while orange leaves...

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2010s Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Oil, Panel

Lu HaskewFourteen, 20x16", pastel, framed, 1962

$600

H 30 in W 26 in D 2 in

Fourteen, 20x16", pastel, framed

By Lu Haskew

Located in Loveland, CO

Fourteen by Lu Haskew Pastel 20x16" image size 30x26" framed Vintage Portrait of a young person. This painting has been in the artist's family collection since Lu painted it in the 1...

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1960s American Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Pastel

Previously Available Items

Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel"Lake In the Sierra Nevada Mountains, " Marion Wachtel, California Impressionism

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H 22.5 in W 26.5 in

"Lake In the Sierra Nevada Mountains, " Marion Wachtel, California Impressionism

By Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel

Located in New York, NY

Marion Ida Kavanagh Wachtel (1876 - 1954) Lake In the Sierra Nevada Mountains Oil on canvas, mounted on board 16 x 20 inches Signed lower left Provenance: Private Collection, Califo...

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel"Lake In the Sierra Nevada Mountains, " Marion Wachtel, California Impressionism

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H 22.5 in W 26.5 in

"Lake In the Sierra Nevada Mountains, " Marion Wachtel, California Impressionism

By Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel

Located in New York, NY

Marion Ida Kavanagh Wachtel (1876 - 1954) Lake In the Sierra Nevada Mountains Oil on canvas, mounted on board 16 x 20 inches Signed lower left Provenance: Private Collection, Califo...

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel Art

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Canvas, Oil, Board

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