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'Figures on Horseback', Los Angeles County Museum, Laguna Beach California
By Ben Abril
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Ben Abril' (American, 1923-1995) and painted circa 1955.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Ben Abril is known for his equestrian paintings, primarily in watercol...
Category
1950s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académies Chaumière et Etrangères, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Temptation', Portland Art Museum, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Salem, Oregon
By Dan May
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Dan May (American, 1952-2019) circa 2010, and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity.
After study with Larry Stobie at Oregon College of Education, Dan May e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'London to Brighton Coach', Massachusetts, National Academy of Design, Horses
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'George H Harrington' (American, 1833-1911) and painted circa 1900.
A substantial and animated coaching scene enlivened by the artist's acute and humorous observation of character and fine equestrian painting.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, George Harrington is known for his, often humorous, anecdotes of American life in the pre-industrial age. His subjects included polo matches, carriage rides and coaching scenes, and pastoral landscapes. After a professional career in business, Harrington studied art and subsequently became a successful landscape and equestrian painter. He exhibited widely and with success including at the National Academy of Design (1888), the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Boston Athenaeum and at the Boston Art Club of which he was a member.
Reference:
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, page 1465; A Biographical Index of American Artists, Ralph Clifton Smith...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'Gaucho on a Criollo', Argentine Sunset, Pampas, Equestrian Study, Horse, Pony
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Morando Luque' (Argentinian, born 1915) and painted circa 1965.
An animated study of a laughing Gaucho, shown seated aside his Crio...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
'Springtime in the Country', Oil Landscape, New York, Cortland Art Association
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'G. Hedlund' for Grace LePage Hedlund (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1995.
An atmospheric, Impressionist oil showing a view of a traditional wooden farmhouse...
Category
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Canyon River', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Mid-Century, Maxwell Gallery
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed center right, 'Ide' for Tom Ide (Canadian-American, 1919-1996) and dated 1965.
Exhibited: Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, circa 1965.
Ide studied at the Art Institute of Chicago (1951-1955) and moved to San Francisco in 1960, where he became a notable exponent of Bay Area abstract expressionism. He exhibited with success including at Maxwell Galleries (1964 solo), where the present piece was exhibited. Tom Ide's work was included in the 2021 exhibit “East/West Abstraction: Asian American Artists...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Mother and Child with Guitar', Figural, Barcelona, Venice, Chicago, New York
By Jordi Pla Domènech
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Pla Domenech' for Jordi Pla Domenech (Spanish, 1917-1992) and created circa 1975.
Paper dimensions: 19 x 13.5 inches
Jordi Pla...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
'Fishing Boats', Sausalito, North Beach, San Francisco Bay Area Expressionist
By Pascal Cucaro, 1915-2003
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Cucaro" for Pascal Cucaro (American, 1915-2003).
An icon of the Beat years in San Francisco's North Beach, Pascal Cucaro was the winner of numerous medals and a...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
'Abstract Landscape', California WPA, Corcoran, Whitney, AIC, GGIE, SFAA, LACMA
By Ellwood Graham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Graham' for Ellwood Graham (American, 1911-2007) and painted circa 1985; additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'View Study'.
This early California Modernist was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended the School of Fine Arts at Washington University. By the 1930's, Graham was living in California and working in the Federal Art Project as assistant to Gordon Grant. In this capacity, he designed and painted numerous murals in Federal and state buildings including the U.S. Post Office in Ventura. In 1937, he moved to Monterey and the home studio he built there was where he carried out various commissions, including for Senatorial offices in Washington DC and for John Steinbeck, a close personal friend, whose portrait he painted while the author was writing 'Sea of Cortez' (1940).
Graham served in the Navy during World War II and, afterwards, traveled between Monterey, the Caribbean (1952-1953), New Mexico, and Mexico (1954-1955) before becoming a resident of Pebble Beach in 1956. In 2000, he moved and spent his final years in Oregon. Graham exhibited widely and with success including at the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939), Art Institute of Chicago (1947), Corcoran Gallery (1947), Whitney Museum of Art (1951), San Francisco Art Association, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art and the Carmel Art Association. Honored with 68 awards, Graham has received national and international acclaim as an abstract painter and colorist. His work can be found in numerous public collections including the Whitney Museum in New York City, the Art Institute of Chicago, the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum, the Santa Barbara Museum, the de Young Museum in San Francisco, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Art Museum, the Oakland Museum, and the Brazilian Embassy in Washington.
Concerning his work, Graham said:
"I am a creative painter, the grist for the mill can come from anything at all - a love affair, a book, a poem, a conversation, anything. I like profound painting, although I'm not always capable of doing it, I want a painting to breathe; I like to orchestrate color, playing with the various tones to create an amalgam of color."
Reference:
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, page 1341; Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 1, page 448; Art & Artists: Carmel – Monterey...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
'Oleta's Hat', Carmel Art Association Exhibit, California Woman Artist, SFMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Conroy' for Virginia Conroy (American, 1922-2006) and dated 1985.
Exhibited: Carmel Art Association, 1983 (on original backing...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
'Out of Hokkaido', Carmel Art Association Exhibit, Japanese portrait, Kimono
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
By Virginia Conroy Dedini (American, 1922-2006). Titled lower left, 'Mitsuko ''Okaido Born''' and dated August 1976.
Exhibited:
Carmel Art Associati...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
'Still Life', Bay Area Abstraction, Metropolitan Museum, SFMOMA, LACMA, Abstract
By Douglas Mcclellan
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'DMc', for Douglas McCellan (American, 1921-2016) and painted circa 1975. Additionally signed, verso, titled, 'Still Life' and bearing old rental reference label....
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Board
'The Path to the Beach', Carmel Art Association, Laguna Beach, CSFA, SWA, PAFA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Dooley' for Helen Bertha Dooley (American, 1907-1994); additionally signed, verso, titled 'Turquoise Sea' and dated 1983.
Exhibited: Carmel Art Association, California, 1983.
Helen Dooley...
Category
1980s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Ultramarine and Pearl', Large 1970's American Action Abstract Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Jasper Jackson' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975. Titled, verso, 'Opus 8'.
A substantial and period, American mid-c...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Gouache
'Mother and Child with Rainbow Pinwheel', Paris, Rome, New York, AIC, Chicago
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Cabaniss' for Larry Cabaniss (American-Italian, 1926-2007) and painted circa 1975; additionally signed, verso, 'Cabaniss'.
Born in...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Fall Leaves', Large Autumnal Abstraction, San Diego Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'S. Darrah' for Sherry Darrah (American, 20th century), additionally signed, verso.
Sherry Darrah attended Platt Technical College and received a diploma in Graphic Arts after which she continued to study painting independently. She has exhibited in Balboa Park's Spanish Village and at various San Diego art...
Category
1980s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Portrait of a Young Woman', Gold Earring, Silk Scarf
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Scandinavian School, early twentieth century. Inscribed, verso, on stretcher bar, 'Anna Ancher' with indistinct inscription and painted circa 1910.
A psychologically-penetrating portrait of a young woman shown in profile, wearing a gold earring and a polychrome silk headscarf...
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
'Young Venetian Woman', Paris, Post Impressionist Figural, La Veneziana
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Janus' for Ian Janus (Dutch-Italian, born 1919) and painted circa 1955.
A study of a beautiful young woman shown posed in the foreground with a distant evening ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Man Stretching', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière et Etrangères, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Gouache
'Still Life of Orchids', Art Students League, Denver, Colorado
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Carolyn Miller' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975.
A substantial, Post-Impressionist oil still-life showing a view of various objects, including yellow orchids informally arranged in a purple vase, set on a table draped with a striped and floral tablecloth. A striking modernist work by this well-exhibited Colorado woman artist.
Carolyn Miller first studied at the Art Students League of Denver as a student of Quang Ho, Mark Daily and subsequently, with Stephen Quiller, Richard Schmid, Fran Larsen and Carl Dalio. She has exhibited widely and with success and is the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards.
EDUCATION
BA, Stephen F. Austin University
Nacagdoches, TX
MFA, University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1988-1997 - Director, Carolyn Miller Artists' Workshops and Retreats, LLC
Denver, CO
1974 - Art Faculty, University of Northern Colorado, Denver Extension School Campus
Denver, CO
1962-1975 - Art Faculty, East High School
Denver, CO
PUBLICATIONS
July 2008 - Southwest Art Magazine
Artist to Watch - Landscape Issue
December 2003 - Southwest Art Magazine
Artists Painting Food Still Life
March, 1996 - The Artist's Magazine
"Planning to Paint Abroad" by Carolyn Miller. Advice on preparing for and making the most of your foreign art adventure.
Summer 1996 - WATERCOLOR AN AMERICAN ARTIST PUBLICATION
"A Positive View of Negatives" by Bonnie Iris
EXHIBITIONS
2011 Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition, Lee Youngman Gallery, Calistoga CA
2010 Plein Air Artists of Colorado Annual Exhibition, Saks Gallery
2009 Plein Air Artists of Colorado Annual Exhibition, Allen Award, Saks Gallery
May 2009 27th Annual Oil Painters of America Exhibition, Sage Creek Gallery, Santa Fe NM
May 2006 Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio TX
October 2005 Oil Painters of America Central Regional Exhibition, Snowfire Gallery, Estes Park, CO
September 2005 ARTS FOR THE PARKS, Jackson WY
May 2005 Denver Botanic Gardens Poster Publication,Denver, Colorado
May 2005 Colorado Governor's Invitational, Loveland CO
November 2004 - Art & Soul, Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO
July 2004 Light and Shadow Group Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
May 2004 13th Annual Oil Painters of America Exhibition, Kirkland WA
August 2003 Rocky Mountain Plein Aire Painters Exhibition, Estes Park, CO
June 2003 Oil Painters of America Minature Exhibition, Santa Barbra, CA
May 2003 12th Annual Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, Taos, NM
March 2002 Salon International Exhibition-Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX
August 2002 Beaver Creek Art...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Salon D'Automne, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'Action Abstract in Saffron and Ruby', Texas Artist, Large Abstract
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Charles Seligman' (American, 20th century) and created circa 2000.
Texas abstract artist Charles Seligman boldly interweaves poi...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Wax Crayon, Acrylic
'Toreador', California, Post Impressionist Oil, Santa Monica College
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Goetz' for Jack Goetz (American, born 1919); additionally signed, verso, dated 1998, titled 'Toreador', with artist information.
A dramatic figural study of a proud, young toreador shown seated, wearing an embroidered vest and gazing directly towards the viewer.
Goetz has painted and exhibited with success for many years and continues to paint at the age of 104.
Speaking of himself, the artist says:
"I studied arts and languages at Santa Monica College, taking classes in oil and watercolor painting, sculpture, ceramics, art history and music. At the same time, I studied with master painter Sergei Bongart. Because he taught many people in the movie business, I had fun meeting and painting with people...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Still Life of Onions', California, Post Impressionist Oil, Santa Monica College
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Goetz' for Jack Goetz (American, born 1919) and painted circa 1995. Additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Onions!'
A bright and breezy study of white onions in a blue glass bowl contrasted against a Regency-striped material of red, yellow and green against a cream background.
Goetz has painted and exhibited with success for many years and continues to paint at the age of 104.
Speaking of himself, the artist says:
"I studied arts and languages at Santa Monica College, taking classes in oil and watercolor painting, sculpture, ceramics, art history and music. At the same time, I studied with master painter Sergei Bongart. Because he taught many people in the movie business, I had fun meeting and painting with people...
Category
1990s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Playing with Socks', San Francisco Women's College, San Francisco Art Institute
By Inez Storer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Storer' for Inez May Storer (American, born 1933) and dated 1978.
Inez Storer first studied at the San Francisco College for Women, the San Francisco Art Institute and the University of California at Berkeley. She later earned a bachelor's degree at Dominican College in San Rafael and, in 1971, a graduate degree in at California State University in San Francisco.
From Inverness, California, north of San Francisco and working from a studio in Point Reyes, Inez Storer creates mixed-media narrative paintings, collages and assemblages in naive-sophisticated style, which she describes as Magic Realism: "I am a visual raconteur. I use paint to tell stories." Most of these stories are explorations of the human condition with characters who seem allegorically to be walking tightropes. She gets many ideas from her studio collection of old postcards, toys, photos and other random items that she often incorporates into her work. Inez Storer is also known for her prints and drawings.
Storer was born in Los Angeles to German parents who left that country in 1933 to avoid Hitler. Her father got a job in Hollywood with Billy Wilder as an art director, and her mother was an actress and dancer. Inez spent much time as a child on movie sets. She was raised a Catholic as her parents wanted no one to know her mother was Jewish and uses Catholic imagery in her work.
In 1974, she met Andrew Romanoff, a Russian artist who became her second husband. In this marriage, she became a part of Russian royalty because Andrew was the grand nephew of the Czar Nicholas II, Russia's last emperor...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache, Color Pencil, Acrylic
'Portrait of a Gentleman Reading', Regency Dandy, William Blake, Royal Academy
By George Richmond
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Richmond' for George Richmond, RA (British, 1809 – 1896) and painted circa 1845. Displayed in a period, carved and giltwood frame. (Framed dimensions: 22.75 x 21.5 x 1.0)
This English painter and portraitist was a founding member of The Ancients, a group of followers of William Blake. Later in life, he established himself as a successful society portrait painter of the British gentry, nobility and royalty.
George Richmond was the son of Thomas Richmond the miniature-painter and, also, the father of the painter William Blake Richmond. For a short time, he attended a day school in Soho, before became a student at London's Royal Academy. Here he was much impressed by Henry Fuseli, his professor of painting, and formed a lifelong friendship with Samuel Palmer, and had as fellow-students and companions Edward Calvert...
Category
1840s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
'After the Rain, Venice', National Academy, Metropolitan Museum, AWS, NWS, ASL
By Donald Teague
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, lower right, 'Donald Teague, N.A'. (American, 1897-1991); additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Showery Day - Venice' and painted circa 1965.
Provenance: Private Estate, ...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
'Seated Nude', Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, SFAA, LACMA, California Woman Artist
By Janet Ament De La Roche
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Jane Ament De La Roche (American, 1916-2000) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Ament first studied at the Chouinard Art Institute and, subsequently, in Paris with André L’Hote...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Nankaweep', Lopoukhine Gallery, Boston, American Abstraction
By Jim Jacobs
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Jim Jacobs (American, born 1945), titled, 'Nankaweep' and dated 1983.
Previously with Lopoukhine Gallery, Boston from label, verso.
A substantial, dynamic abstract compri...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Acrylic Polymer
'Scheherazade', Académie Julian, Venice Biennale, Carnegie Prize, NYMOMA, AIC
By Jacques Villon
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed in pencil, lower right, 'Jacques Villon' (French, 1875-1963) and with number and limitation, '19/150', lower left. Additionally signed in plate, lower left, 'Jacques Villon', ...
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Aquatint
'The Old Oak Tree, Bushey School of Art, British
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Laurence Bell' (British, died 1916) and painted circa 1910.
Bell studied at the Bushey School of Art in Hertfordshire in England. H...
Category
1890s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Sweet Nothings', Paris, L'isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Gordes, Textile Design, Romance
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Anne Virlange' (French, 20th century), titled, verso, 'Comter Fleurette', and inscribed 'Gordes, Jun 2001'.
Statement of the artist:
"For 26 years, I have been exhibiting, painting and living in my creative universe. I alternate 6 months of painting and 6 months of exhibiting in my gallery in L'isle-sur-la-Sorgue. Previously, I studied textile design (which is apparent in my work), cultural management and the history of art in Paris.
I began exhibiting my work in France and abroad in 1994. In 1997, I opened my first permanent exhibition space in Gordes until 2012. In 2014, I moved to L'isle-sur-la-Sorgue.
My paintings invite you to open yourself to a universe of tales, dreams and poetry...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Port-Vendres', Côte Vermeille, France, California, Post-Impressionist Oil
By Anthony McNaught
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, 'Ant McNaught', (American, born 1952), dated September 2022 and inscribed 'After Derain'.
This California Post-Impressionist and Abstract Expressionist artist studied ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Montmartre in the Spring', Paris, Place du Tertre, Basilica of Sacre Coeur
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'C. de Bruck' (?) and painted circa 1965.
A view of the Place du Tertre in Montmartre with new, spring growth on the trees and various elegant figures shown walki...
Category
1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Golden Delta Sunset', Mid-Century Modernist Estuary Landscape, Water Grasses
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Crowell' and additionally signed, verso, 'V. Crowell' (American, 20th century) and dated 1966. Additionally signed, verso, on frame, titled, 'Hot Afternoon...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
'Tropical Coastal Seascape', Royal Canadian Academy, National Gallery of Canada
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'L. Hutchinson' for Leonard Hutchinson (Canadian, 1896-1980) and dated 1973.
Born in Manchester, England, Leonard Hutchinson first studied at the Colchester Scho...
Category
1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Still Life of Fruit', Denver Art Museum, WPA, Santa Barbara Museum, Who Was Who
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, faintly, lower left, 'Donald Bear' (American, 1905-1952) and painted circa 1945.
A dynamic, modernist still-life of fruit in gouache, watercolor, crayon and india-ink.
Donald Jeffries Bear was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, and grew up in Denver. He first attended Denver's Art Academy and, later in life, became director of the Denver Art Museum (1930-35). During the 1930s, he was also regional advisor for the Federal Art Project and was a primary art...
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Crayon, Ink
'Trout Stream', Large Oil, San Diego, California, Chouinard & Otis Art Institute
By Edmond Woods
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Edmond Woods' (American, 1905-1990) and painted circa 1975.
Born in Ogden, Edmond Woods first studied under LeConte Stewart at the University of Utah. After moving to San Diego in 1926, Woods studied under Maurice Braun and then, moving to Los Angeles, continued his studies at both the Otis Art Institute and the Chouinard Art Institute.
Woods was a member of the La Jolla Art Association, San Diego Artist's Guild, the 67Riverside Art Association, National City...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Mt. Tam in Spring with Daffodils in Bloom'
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Carol Lucas' (American, 20th century), dated 1987 and titled, verso on stretcher bar, 'Mt. Tam' with dedication and artist signature.
A view of the snow covere...
Category
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Red and White Roses', Horticultural, Botanical, Flowers
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A mid-century oil painting of red and blush pink rose blossoms contrasted against an olive-mauve background. An exceptionally sensitive botanical study by an unknown hand.
Category
1950s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Still Life', Paris, Académie Julian, Salon des Indépendants, Salon d'Automne
By Albert Bertalan
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Bertalan' for Albert Bertalan (Hungarian, 1899-1956) and dated 1929.
Displayed in a period, birds-eye maple frame; frame size: 26 x 30 inches
An elegant, oil st...
Category
1920s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract, Coral and Saffron', Bay Area Oil Abstraction, Triton Museum, Brooklyn
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed twice, verso, on stretcher 'Marsha Straus' for Marsha Rogow Strauss (American, 1944-2008) and painted circa 1995.
A substantial and vibrant oil abstract comprising massed, ov...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Saffron and Tourmaline', New York School, WPA
By John von Wicht
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Wicht' for John Von Wicht (German-American, 1888-1970) and painted circa 1965.
Born in Germany, this abstract expressionist painter, muralist, printmaker, mo...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Still Life with Imari Bowl', Paris, Japanese Woodblock, Post-Impressionist Oil
By Victor Isbrand
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989) and painted circa 1945.
A dramatic, Post-Impressionist still-life showing a group of items including a fluted, Japanese porcelain vase holding an informal arrangement of variegated daisies, a lobed Imari bowl with fruit and a Japanese woodblock print set...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'An Object of Interest', Manhattan, Smithsonian, Hard-Edge Photo-Realist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Besser' for Arne Charles Besser (American, 1935-2012) and painted circa 1995.
Born in Illinois, Arne Besser first attended art sch...
Category
1990s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Spring Still Life', Large American Post Impressionist, California Art League
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Rochelle' for Rochelle Tietze (American, born 1952); additionally signed, verso, 'Rochelle Tietze', dated '1994' and titled, 'Spring Bouquet II'.
A large and vi...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Still Life, Fruit & Flowers', Paris, Copenhagen Royal Academy of Art
By Victor Isbrand
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper left, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989) and painted circa 1945.
A vibrant Post-Impressionist still-life showing a view of a farmhouse interior with a...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Modernist Still Life', Paris, Salon d Automne, Centre Pompidou, Budapest
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'G. Simonka' for Georges Simonka (Hungarian, 1916-2001) and dated 1955.
A substantial, mid-century modernist, oil still-life showing an assemblage of items on a table-top
Born in Budapest, Georges Simonka studied at the University of Applied Arts in Budapest. After his first solo exhibition in Budapest in 1943, he moved to Paris, where he became a regular exhibitor at several salons including the Salon d'Automne and the Salon Comparaison. An active member of several Parisian art groups, Simonka exhibited successfully throughout Europe and his work may be found in the permanent collections of numerous European museums, including that of the Centre Pompidou...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Evening, Snow on the Piazza San Marco, Venice', Venetian Vedute
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Monteagudo' for Philippe Monteagudo (French, 1936-2016) and dated 1968.
A panoramic winter view of St. Marks Square in Venice with numerous pedestrians gathered...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Valley of the Loue, Near Castle Clerion', Paris, Grand Prix International, Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'H. Chapette' for Henri Chapatte (French, 1918-1997) and painted circa 1975. Artist card, verso, bearing list of prizes and inscribe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Breaking Waves', National Watercolor Society, American Watercolor Society
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Michael Schlichting' (American, born 1954) and painted circa 1980.
A substantial watercolor and gouache collage showing the turbulent breaking of a wave as it approaches a rocky shoreline. A dramatic and animated work by this signature member of the American Watercolor Society and Vice-President of the National Watercolor Society...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
'Abstract in Coral and Gold', Academie Colarossi, Grand Prix National des Arts
By Maurice Estève
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, lower right, 'Estève' for Maurice Estève (French, 1904-2001) and inscribed, lower left 'E d'A' for Epreuve d'Artiste. Provenance: Collection of Ann and Norman Bikales, Pebble Beach, California.
Maurice Estève was born May 2, 1904 in Culan in the Cher where he spent his childhood with his grandparents. In 1913, he joined them in Paris, where he discovered the Louvre Museum and was particularly impressed by Uccello's Battle of San Romano...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Lithograph
'Large Bay Area Abstract', Smithsonian, San Francisco, CCAC, SFAI, MoMA, Milan
By Bruce Lauritzen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'B. Lauritzen' for Bruce Lauritzen (American, born 1934) and dated 1970.
Framed dimensions: 46.25 x 46.25 x 2 inches
A large and dramatic abstract by this notabl...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic
'The Pont Neuf, Sunset', Paris, Académie Colarossi, Oakland, NYMOMA, SFMOMA
By Rinaldo Cuneo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Rinaldo Cuneo' (American, 1877-1939) and painted circa 1925.
Provenance: Private collection, Illinois. Previously in the collection of Frank E. Cummings. (accompanied by Butterfield & Butterfield documentation)
A lyrical, early twentieth-century view of the Seine and this beloved Parisian landmark with laborers and pedestrians shown walking home beneath dramatic sunset clouds. Undated but likely painted between 1911-1913, when the artist was studying in Paris at the Académie Colarossi.
Rinaldo Cuneo first studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute under Gottardo Piazzoni and Arthur Matthews. He subsequently furthered his studies in London and, later, at the Académie Colarossi in Paris. Cuneo exhibited with success worldwide, including at the Panama Pacific...
Category
1920s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
'The Rialto Bridge, Sunset', Venetian Canal, Dusseldorf Academy, Large Oil
By Karl Gasser
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'K. Gasser' for Karl Gasser (Italian, 1948-2017) and dated 2011.
A vibrant, Futurist-derived view of Venice's Grand Canal with a row of gondolas in the foregroun...
Category
2010s Futurist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Dove of Peace', Large Oil, New Figurative Movement, Italian Modernism, Biennale
By Vittorio Maria Di Carlo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V.M. Di Carlo' for Vittorio Maria Di Carlo (Italian, 1939-2015) and painted circa 1980.
Born in San Marco, Maria Vittorio Di Carlo...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Dining by Oil Lamp', Paris, Rome, New York, Buenos Aires, Santa Maria di Leuca
By Aldo Riso
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Riso Aldo' for Aldo Riso (Italian, 1929-2008) and painted circa 1975
Aldo Riso was born in 1927 in Santa Maria di Leuca, near Lecce. He...
Category
1970s Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
'View of Lake Como', Northern Italian Landscape
By Frank Catano
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A delicate gouache landscape showing a view of a Renaissance villa overlooking calm blue waters of Lake Como, Italy.
Signed lower right, 'F. Catano', (Italian, 19th century); inscri...
Category
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Lovers beneath a Tree of Doves', New Figurative Movement, Italian Modernist Oil
By Vittorio Maria Di Carlo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'V.M. Di Carlo' for Vittorio Maria Di Carlo (Italian, 1939-2015) and painted circa 1980.
Born in San Marco, Maria Vittorio Di Carlo...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
