Original Oil Painting by William Dorsey of a California Landscape

Original oil painting on canvas, Tonal-style landscape painting by listed, deceased, famous artist, William Keith (1838-1911). Painting features a group of majestic trees near a pond of water at deep dusk or early dawn. A lone shepherd, seated beneath a tree, watches over his herd of sheep as they make their way down to the water. The tone is relaxed and misty, with softly blurred details and an air of hazy tranquility. William Keith was a Scottish-American painter famous for his plein air California landscapes, characterized by how the landscapes captured feelings and emotions, rather than actual details. He was neither pure Realist nor pure Impressionist. During the 1870s, Keith painted a number of six-by ten-foot panoramas, including "Kings River Canyon" (Oakland Museum, originally owned by Governor Leland Stanford) and "California Alps" (Mission Inn, Riverside). These competed with paintings of similar size and subject matter by famous California landscape painters Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Hill. Keith is associated with Tonalism and the American Barbizon school of painting...

California landscape painting signed Joseph Bennett. Oil on canvas in carved and painted wood frame. Joseph Hastings Bennett (b.1889 - d.1969) was a pa...

a California School oil on board painting of a treed landscape in green and gold tones in an impressionistic manner, signed illegibly, USA circa 1930's label for a Los Angeles fram...

Mountainous landscape with stream by California artist Meyer Straus 1831- 1905. Straus was bon in Germany. He moved to the states and lived in multiple st...

Whimsical painting of lady in a barrel or "Strip Poker" by William Wegman. Provenance, Holly Solomon Gallery, N.YC.

Original orientalist oil painting of a reclining harem beauty by William Gale Artist: William Gale (British, 1823-1909) signed with artist monogram 'WG' (L/L) Medium: oil on can...