Pam Ingalls Paintings

Red Geraniums and Yellow Curtain Original Paul Schmitt California Impressionist Geraniums in an interior setting with a yellow curtain or drape behind by Paul A. Schmitt (American, 18983-1983). Oakland, California artist. Size 23.5"H x 16.5"W Signed lower left "Paul A. Schmitt" Exhibition label on verso, "Alameda Art Association, Paul A. Schmitt Oil Still Life No 10" Painter, watercolorist, illustrator and teacher, Paul Schmitt was born in Philadelphia, in 1893 and moved to San Francisco in 1898 where he lived until the 1906 earthquake took his family home. He then moved to the Fruitvale district of Oakland. He died of natural causes at the age of 90 in San Leandro, California. Paul Schmitt studied under Perham Wilhelm Nahl, at the California College of Arts and Crafts. He also learned various crafts, woodworking and carving skills from his father, Herman Schmitt, a German wood carver working in San Francisco. Herman's works are still found in various San Francisco public buildings including the city hall chambers and the garden court of the Palace Hotel. Schmitt joined twelve other local San Francisco artists to form the group called "The Thirteen Watercolorists", a group that eventually evolved into the Society of Western Artists. Their early members included Alfred Owles, Will Cameron, Maurice Logan, Maynard Dixon and many others. Paul worked with engineers and architects doing models of many projects. He was versatile in that he also did illustrations for various publications and advertisers. He fathered thirteen children. In the late 1930's he decided to accept a teaching position in the local adult schools where he retired in his eighties. Paul was very fond of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and yearly took his large family there on camping /sketching trips. He did a series of oils of the California missions. He also traveled extensively on sketching trips including Mexico where he did a series of Mexican churches...

An oil painting of a grouping of flowers against a blue background. A mason jar holds water, and soaks the stems of these brown-eyed-susans, and daisys. Negative space is tangible via use of shadows. Tim McGuire...

This original oil painting, dated 1930, offers a rare and charming interior view of "Minglestreams," the summer home and studio of renowned artist Claire Shuttleworth in Chippawa, On...

Still Life of Vase of White Roses, 20th Century American Art, Oil on Canvas by Robert Cox (1934-2001) Art measures 8 x 10 inches Frame measures 12.5 x 14.5 inches A beautifully e...

David Griffin's beautiful original impressionist oil landscape "Face of the Ancients" (2024) is framed at 27 x 23 inches and is ready to hang. Artist Biography and Statement: "Paint...

Painted from life, a plate of peaches. Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. Even in his earliest years, it was evident that his passion was art. In 1989 he sta...

This painting depicts an impressionistic scene of Peonies in a Blue and white Cloisonné Ceramic Vase, a poetic piece with beautiful details. The work reminds us of Claude Monet, with...

Kevin Weckbach's (US based) "Winter's Song" is an original, hand-made oil painting that depicts a secluded snowy forest in the early morning sunlight. Artist Statement: "Subject mat...

This painting depicts an impressionistic scene of Pink Peonies in a glass Vase, a poetic piece with beautiful details. With marks similarly captured by the French impressionists, rem...

Signed pointillist still life oil on canvas circa 1910 by American impressionist painter Lillian Burk Meeser. The work piece includes a green bowl filled with dahlias in yellows and ...

This painting depicts an impressionistic scene of luminous flowers in a white and blue ceramic vase. The work reminds us of Claude Monet, with impressions similarly captured, reminis...

Scott Conary's "Blue Bottle" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a deep blue vase with white flowers on an abstracted background. About the Artist: Raised where the E...