"New Mexico Scene, " Large and Rare Landscape with Adobe Church

This superbly painted view of the mountains framing a river valley in northern New Mexico is attributed to Frank Guy Applegate, who lived and worked in the state during the 1920s, and is known for his watercolors -- such as this -- that present strong, abstracted views of the local landscapes, all in vivid colors and bold strokes of paint. Applegate was considered one of the New Mexico Modernists, and was accompanied on some of his painting forays by B.J.O. Nordfeldt, Andrew Dasburg and Josef Bakos. Applegate also had enormous respect for the culture and artistry of the native people, and encouraged a revival of the Pueblo style...

This classic example of WPA-period mural painting, executed by Verona Burkhardt for the Immigration and Naturalization Center in Los Angeles, depicts five Pueblo Indians in the foreground and a magnificent landscape of canyons and Pueblo dwellings in the background. This served as a study for one of five large canvases she delivered to California in 1941 or 1942, but the building was cordoned off due to America's entrance into World War II. Burkhardt (or Burkhard) was the daughter of two important artists and was introduced to painting and crafts at an early age. In her prime, she won seven U.S. Government mural commissions in national competitions for buildings in Wyoming, Montana, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C. She settled in Grand Junction...

Although it shares a name with Grant Wood's iconic painting, the subject of Eugenia Redka's painting here is much different, a charming white painted Gothic church in the middle of the Vermont woods...

A striking and richly-hued example of American Scene painting, this depiction of a yellow calla lily framed by undulating hills in tones of purple and red was painted by Richard Taflinger. The artist's celebration of his native Oklahoma landscape...

This 1932 oil on board landscape painting titled Pueblo Near Santa Fe, New Mexico is a striking example of the artistry of Eliot Candee Clark (1883-1980), a prominent Denver artist. ...

Edmund Daniel Kinzinger (1888-1963) Waco Artist Image Size: 18.5 x 24 Frame Size: 28.75 x 33.25 Medium: Pastel Dated 1943 "Adobe Church" New Mexico Biography Edmund Daniel Kinzinger ...

Vintage watercolor painting features a scene in New Mexico with a female figure leaning on the wall of a church. The painting is signed by the artist in lower left corner; it has its original frame with handwritten note attached to the brown paper backing - Ralph Avery...

Wonderfully vibrant Taos, New Mexico landscape painting by unknown artist , Circa 1940. Unsigned. Unframed. Image size: 6"H x 8"W.