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Dorothy Sklar Signed Mid-Century California Original Landscape & Church Painting
$1,495
£1,141.39
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About the Item
A beautiful and quite engaging original watercolor painting by California artist Dorothy Sklar (1906-1996) featuring a colorful, lush landscape with mountain backdrop contrasted against a white painted church.
The painting is signed and dated (1955) by Sklar in the lower right.
Dorothy Sklar was born in New York City, NY. Her family moved to Southern California when she was four. She grew up in the Los Angeles area and attended the University of Southern California as well as the Chouinard Art Institute (also in Los Angeles) where she studied watercolor painting under the teaching of Millard Sheets and Dong Kingman, In the 1940s she quit her teaching job to focus on her art and exhibiting. She also traveled throughout the united States and Mexico. She is primarily known for her untouched landscapes, city and rural scenes as well as old houses and street life scenes within the Los Angeles area.
Sklar was a member of and exhibited with the California Art Club; the California Water Color Society; the Arthur Wesley Dow Association at the University of California, Los Angeles; the Laguna Beach Art Association, the National Association of Women Artists; the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic; the New Orleans Art Association; the Westwood Art Association, and the Women Painters of the West. Her work is represented in the Farhat Cultural Center, the Hilbert Museum of California Art, and the National Gallery of Art.
Selected exhibitions include:
1944 - 1946: Santa Cruz Art League
1944: Alabama Watercolor Society
1944 - 1956: Delgado Museum
1949 - 1966: California State Fair
1953, 1954: California Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
1954, 1955: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1955: Butler Museum of Art
A unique original work. Would be a great addition to any California art or painting collection or make for an eye catching stand alone accent artwork in any setting once framed.
Dimensions: 15.75" high by 21.5" wide
- Creator:Dorothy Sklar (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 15.75 in (40.01 cm)Width: 21.5 in (54.61 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1955
- Condition:The painting is in very good vintage condition with some light natural organic corner wear consistent with age and use else complete and clean with bold, vivid colors (please see photos). Beautiful and special overall.
- Seller Location:Studio City, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2254343834482
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