Rinaldo Cuneo Landscape Paintings

Signed lower right, 'Rinaldo Cuneo' (American, 1877-1939) and painted circa 1925. Framed in a custom, 24K hand-carved gilt frame by Freelance Gilding, Carmel, CA Framed Dimensions: 32.75''H x 3.25''D x 26.75''W Rinaldo Cuneo first studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute under Gottardo Piazzoni...

Gorgeous, vibrant early 20th century seascape painting of Point Lobos looking toward Monastery Beach, Carmel by Rinaldo Cuneo (American, 1877-1939). Signed "Cuneo" lower right. Presented in a giltwood frame. Image, 11"H x 12"W. Dubbed “The Painter of San Francisco." Well received at the Panama Pacific International Exhibition in 1915. Born in San Francisco, California and raised in the North Beach area, Rinaldo Cuneo was a painter of landscape, still lifes, city views and muralist who, commissioned by the Federal Art Project adminstrators, painted murals in Coit Tower in San Francisco in 1934. His studio and cottage in San Francisco, later in his career, had a panoramic view of the bay from Telegraph Hill. His family were painters including two of his brothers, Cyrus and Egisto Cuneo, and several family members were founders of the Tivoli Opera Company in San Francisco. He served in the Spanish-American War and then studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art with Arthur Mathews and Gottardo...