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Item Ships From: California
City Street, Urban Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Urban landscape of a tram car on a city street with tracks and cables criss-crossing the composition by an unknown artist. Signed illegibly "T. Zu '95" lower ...
Category
1990s Modern California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Tropical Breeze, Madagascar' American School watercolor
By Paul J. Samuel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An elegant and atmospheric watercolor showing a colorfully-striped linen jacket drying in the breeze with a view through a stand of palm trees to an idyllic tropical beach and the In...
Category
1970s Modern California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
'Sunset Landscape with Cottage', Large 19th c. American Watercolor
By W.C.Eisen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, antique landscape showing a view of a picturesque rustic cottage standing beside a pond at late sunset. An unusually large and atmospheric watercolor with exceptionall...
Category
Early 1900s California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Illustration Board
"1940 - Number Nine" Original Mixed Media on Board by Tom Perkinson, Framed
By Tom Perkinson
Located in Encino, CA
"1940 - Number Nine" is an original mixed media on board by Tom Perkinson. His use of saturated violets, vivid yellows, and resplendent oranges pushes colo...
Category
1980s Realist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Country Barn Original Watercolor by Meyer (Watercolor Society of America) C.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
Country Barn Original Watercolor by Meyer (Watercolor Society of America) C.1970s
Gorgeous original watercolor. This could be any rural country community in America, but it reminds us if West Marin...
Category
Mid-20th Century California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'Coastal Breakers', Mid-century California, American Watercolor Society, CWS
By Arthur Irwin Riley
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A fresh and dynamic watercolor showing a view of the eternal rendezvous of rocks and water on California's Northern Pacific coast.
Signed lower right "Art Riley" for Arthur Irwin Riley (American, 1911-1998), a listed artist and painted circa 1960.
Art Riley first studied at the Art Center School in Los Angeles and, later, with Barse Miller. He exhibited widely and with success from the 1930's through the 1960's and was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards. Riley was a long-time member of both the California Water Color Society and the American Watercolor...
Category
1960s Modern California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Sinclair Howell Ross "Cottage with an Ocean View" Original Watercolor c.1941
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sinclair Howell Ross "Cottage with an Ocean View" Original Watercolor c.1941
Original watercolor on paper
Watercolor dimensions 8" wide x 6" high
The frame measures 17.25" wide x ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Michele Panier " Le Pat De Saint Troy "
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century
Michele Panier " Le Pat De Saint Troy " Done in Watercolor
Category
20th Century California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
" Horse & Carriage " By Edgar Chahine
By Edgar Chahine
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. Late 19th Century / Early 20th Century - Etching depicting a Horse & Carriage by Edgar Chahine ( Pencil Signed )
Category
Late 19th Century California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Etching
Jake Lee "Tractor in the Barn" Original Watercolor Painting c.1990
By Jake Lee
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine watercolor painting by noted American artist Jake Lee
Though untitled, we are calling this "Tractor in the Barn".
A nice farm scene with chickens outside a barn.
Dimensions 1...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Pacific Northwest Harbor Scene Original Watercolor by G.G. Kennedy c.1967
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pacific Northwest Harbor Scene Original Watercolor by G.G. Kennedy c.1967
Watercolor dimensions 28.5" wide x 16.5" high
Frame dimensions 33.75" wide x 22" high
Signed and dated - ...
Category
Mid-20th Century California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Margie Dickson "Pueblo 2" Original Pastel on Paper 20th Century
By Margie Dickson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Margie Dickson "Pueblo 2" Original Pastel on Paper 20th Century
Dimensions 18.5" wide x 14.5" high
The frame measures 29.25" wide x 25.25" high
Signed and titled lower left
Good ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Jake Lee (1915-1991) Original Watercolor "Bandstand on the Bluff" c.1989
By Jake Lee
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jake Lee (1915-1991) Original Watercolor "Bandstand on the Bluff" c.1989
Wonderful original watercolor by listed California artist Jake Lee.
Though untitled, we are calling this "B...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Impressionist Cityscape, "Tagged"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original impressionist cityscape watercolor painting by southern California artist, Duke Windsor. It is framed as pictured. Its framed dimensions are 8" x 8"....
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Beautiful Portrait of Venice by Ruth Light Braun
By Ruth Light Braun
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century - Beautiful Painting of Venice done by Ruth Light Braun
Category
20th Century California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Justin Faivre " House on the docks "
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century
Justin Faivre " House on the docks " Done in Watercolor
Category
20th Century California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Lucy Proctor Case " Tomales to Inverness "
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century
Lucy Proctor Case " Tomales to Inverness " Done in Watercolor
Category
20th Century California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage Latin American School Original Watercolor C.1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage Latin American School Original Watercolor C.1960
A fine watercolor signed in the lower right corner (illegible)
Watercolor dimensions 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
John Henry Hill (1839-1922) Original Coastal Landscape W/ Figures C.1900
By John Henry Hill
Located in San Francisco, CA
John Henry Hill (1839-1922) Original Coastal Landscape W/ Figures C.1900
Watercolor on paper. Dimensions 21.5" wide x 13.25" high
The frame measures ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Shen Shaolun "Chinese Junk Ship" Original Watercolor c.1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
Shen Shaolun Original Watercolor c.1960
Coastal landscape with rugged coastline and ship with sails.
Watercolor on paper. Dimensions 22 1/2 inches x 15 1/2 inches.
Double matted f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Jack Hambleton Snowy Industrial Landscape Watercolor c.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jack Hambleton (1916-1988) Snowy Industrial Landscape Watercolor c.1970
Original watercolor on paper by Canadian artist Jack Hambleton...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Place 12
By Gale Antokal
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Artist Statement:
My drawings are made with mixtures of white chalk, graphite, flour and ash. Personal history is always present in my artwork, whether straightforward or oblique. Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
Impressionist Cityscape, "Palms (Study)"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original impressionist cityscape watercolor painting by southern California artist, Duke Windsor. It is framed as pictured. Its framed dimensions are 14" x 14...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Impressionist Cityscape, "Red Car (South Park)
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original impressionist cityscape watercolor painting by southern California artist, Duke Windsor. It is framed as pictured. Its framed dimensions are 16.5" x ...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Grounded Angel
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Grounded Angel' a highly collectable original watercolor by internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson. The art is 10 x 14 inches and 19 x 23 inches professionally f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Gouache Jardin Au Chien by Paul MASCART
By Paul Edmond Marie Joseph Mascart
Located in Pasadena, CA
Gouache by Paul Edmond Marie Joseph MASCART
Born in 1874 in Condé-sur-l'Escaut (Nord), died in Paris in 1985. Painter of the 19th-20th centuries. Frenc...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Moose Lodge No 2171
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Moose Lodge No. 2171,' is a highly collectable original watercolor by internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson. The art is 16 x 24 inche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Arcade II, 1983
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Arcade II, 1981' a highly collectable original watercolor by internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson. The art is 8 x 11 inches and 15.5 x 18.5 inches framed and r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Bay no. 4, (nocturnal)
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Bay no. 4 (nocturnal), 1981' a highly collectable original watercolor by internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson. The art is 11 x 16 inches and 15 x 20 inches pro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Last Mohawk
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Last Mohawk, 2021' a highly collectable original watercolor by internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson. The art is 4 x 9 inches and 11 x 15.75 inches professional...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Yoga / Arms
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Yoga / Arms' a highly collectable original watercolor 19.5 x 27.5 inches with the images being 16 x 20 inches. The watercolor painting is by Internationally acclaimed American Reali...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Seashore with Boats
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Seashore with Boats" 1975, is a watercolor on paper by Latvian artist Paul Duskins, 1928-1996. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwo...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Winter Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Winter Landscape" 1975, is a watercolor on paper by Latvian artist Paul Duskins, 1928-1996. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Big Sky Country" - Landscape Original in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Big Sky Country" - Landscape Original in Watercolor on Paper
A cool and calming landscape watercolor in which the artist uses long, loose brushstrokes to create large, nebulous clo...
Category
20th Century Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Backyard Bench - original watercolor 1974-2016
Located in Burlingame, CA
Backyard Bench - an iconic American watercolor painting by James Torlakson who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Car Wash - original unique watercolor
Located in Burlingame, CA
Car Wash - an iconic American watercolor painting by James Torlakson, who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint intagli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Meadow" Original Watercolor on Paper Landscape by William Verdult, Framed
By William Verdult
Located in Encino, CA
"Meadow," an original watercolor on paper by William Verdult, is a piece for the true collector. The artist's genius reflects a fiery artistic approach that inspires unexplored feeli...
Category
1970s Contemporary California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
White Emblem Orchid / botanical watercolor
By Adrienne Sherman
Located in Burlingame, CA
White Emblem Orchid featured in a sophisticated monochromatic grey indigo botanical watercolor crated by artist Adrienne Sherman. Her poetic floral series is at once modern, fresh an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Neighbors No 3
By Mary Robertson
Located in Burlingame, CA
Figurative watercolor in mainly green from Mary Robertson whose paintings Wayne Thiebaud calls "Joyous and meditative colorful simulations of contentment and sacred play.”
Steepe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Carmel Mission in Early Spring - Original Watercolor Painting 1983
Located in Soquel, CA
Carmel Mission in Early Spring - Original Watercolor Painting 1983
A vantage point from the backside of Camel Mission's cupola, this watercolor is brightly painted with spring flowe...
Category
1980s Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A Walk in the Woods - Original Watercolor Painting 1983
Located in Soquel, CA
A Walk in the Woods - Original Watercolor Painting 1983
A watercolor of lush, variegated greens make up this forested trail of cypress and oak trees, a natural wonderland for any co...
Category
1980s Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
California Golden Poppies and Blue Oaks - Rural Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Golden Flowers and Blue Oaks - California Rural Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Vibrant landscape by listed California artist Marie Williams (American, 1878-1969). Yellow flowers c...
Category
1920s American Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Eagle Rock', Woman Artist, Los Angeles, California, Ashland Art Center
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'L. L. Rahm' for Laura Rahm (American, 20th century); accompanied by old exhibition label.
Matted dimensions: 14.25 x .25 x 11.75 inches.
Laura Rahm has exhibite...
Category
1970s Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
'Expressionist Seascape', New York ASL, L’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'DeMartis' for James Joseph DeMartis (American, 1926-1996) and painted circa 1965.
Born in Queens, New York, James Joseph DeMartis served with distinction in World War II and was decorated at the Battle of the Bulge. He subsequently attended painting classes at New York's Museum of Modern Art (1946-47) and, later, at the Art Students League of New York. He then enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts in Santa Monica, California until 1949, before leaving t study in Europe in 1950. He settled in Florence, Italy where he attended L’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (1950-54). While continuing to study painting, he participated in several group and one-man shows in Italy and Switzerland.
In 1956, DeMartis returned to New York at the height of the American Abstract Expressionist movement. He settled with his new family in Brooklyn and, after participating in a series of grass-roots galleries opened with fellow artists, he opened the Armory Gallery and studio in Manhattan. He also exhibited in other Manhattan galleries and at the National Arts Club.
In 1961, De Martis was awarded the prestigious Emily Lowe Award for Painting. This led to to shows at the Ward Egglestone, ROKO, Pierantonio and Artemis West galleries from 1962-68. He then returned to Europe to participate in a group show in Florence. Upon his return, he opened the Brownstone Gallery in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, where he exhibited his own and others’ works until 1988.
James De Martis exhibited widely and with success including at one-man shows in Tokyo, Brooklyn, New York, Sarasota, Florida, San Francisco and Santa Fe.
Select Exhibitions:
1953 Brodighera, Italy
1954 Galerie an der Reuss, Lucerne, Switzerland
1955 La Casa di Dante, Florence, Italy
1956 Walden School, New York, New York
1957 Bottega 57 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1960, 61 Hicks Street Gallery, Brooklyn New York
1960 Heights Casino, Brooklyn, New York
1961 Ward Eggleston Gallery, New York, New York
1962 Ray Gallery, Brooklyn New York
1962 Pietroantonio Gallery, New York, New York
1962,3,5,7 Armory Gallery, New York, New York
1965 Brooklyn Arts Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1966,9 Brooklyn Heights Association
1967 Roko Gallery, New York, New York
1970,3,4,5,8,9,83 Brownstone Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1972 Artemis East Gallery, New York, New York
1975 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
1977 Marcoleo Gallery, New York, New York
1978 Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York
1989,91,92 Gallery Gion Tokyo, Japan
1994 Private show, Sarasota, Florida
1995 Private show, San Francisco, California
1995 Private show, Copake, New York
1996 Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania
May, 2018 Retrospective show, Ashawagh Hall...
Category
1960s Expressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Cascading Stream in the Woods - Watercolor Landscape on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene watercolor of a forest stream by Helen R. Barham. A stream cascades down a rocky section of the stream, leading to a glassy pool below. The pool is surrounded by grass, moss, ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
St. Peter's Basilica from the Edge of the City - Roman Lansdcape
Located in Soquel, CA
St. Peter's Basilica from the Edge of the City - Roman Lansdcape
Lush watercolor of a sunset behind St. Peter's Basilica by Gaetano Facciola (Italian, 1868-1949). From a road at the edge of town...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Boats at the Harbor - Nautical Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Watercolor of boats at the docks by Clarence Albert Taubenhein (American, 1902-1989). In the foreground, a few boats are docked at a pier. The wat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is signed a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is signed a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Oaxaca Playtime
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: Oaxaca Playtime
Year: c.1980
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: 12.25 x 16 ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Birch Trees in Spring, Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Four birch trees in a clearing by a California artist "R. Chandler" (230th Century). The white and grey birch trees pop out from the bold background, creating a sense of depth within...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Tranquil Stream - Early 20th Century Forest Landscape
By Joseph Anthony Kahler
Located in Soquel, CA
Early and rare 20th century watercolor landscape of a stream in the forest by Joseph Anthony Kahler (Austrian/American, 1852-1937). This beautiful Northern California scene of the McCloud River near Mount...
Category
1910s American Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Golden Gate Park "Den Rode Port" - Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene watercolor of Den Rode Port (The Red Gate) Overlooking the San Francisco Bay from the Golf Gourse by Alfred J. Garlin (Danish, 1866-1929). Artist's signature is integrated into the piece. Title and artist info on a plaque mounted to wood frame. Frame includes UV-resistant plexiglas. Image size: 18"H x25"W
Alfred J. Garlin was a watercolorist born in Denmark in 1866. By 1910 Garlin had settled in San Francisco. An electrician, in his leisure he painted scenes of the Monterey Peninsula, Feather River Canyon, and Mount Tamalpais...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Cadillac Corner, Venice CA
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: Cadillac Corner, Venice CA
Year: 1983
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Size image: 1...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage Abstracted Forest Landscape
By Virginia J Hughins
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous abstracted forest by Aptos, California artist Virginia J. Hughins (American, 1923-2004), circa 1970. Unsigned and unframed. Image size, 16"H x 20"L.
Hughins was an accompli...
Category
1970s American Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
19th century watercolor of a street scene in Tewkesbury, England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed in wood with museum glass to 9" x 11"
One of the watercolors says
Tweksbury, July (?) 1850
Framed by Commonwealth Print Conservation, Boston in 1988
Very nice watercolor. Par...
Category
1850s California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Tree by Pond Landscape
By Virginia J Hughins
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful watercolor landscape of a tree by the pond by Aptos, California artist Virginia Hughins (American, 1923-2004). Unsigned and unframed. Image size, 14.25"H x 19.75"L.
Hughin...
Category
1970s American Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Barn and Carriage
By Jake Lee
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Barn and Carriage" 1989 is a watercolor by noted Chinese/American artist Jake Lee, 1915-1991 It is inscribed Jake Lee and dated 89 on the back. The image size is 6 x 7.75 inches, framed is 13.35 x 14.65 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. it is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
Jake Lee is emerging as the visual chronicler of the Chinese American past, especially the daily life in San Francisco Chinatown. No other artist, of any background, has presented that history as richly and as evocatively as Lee did in his many, striking compositions. Completed over a lifetime of work, Lee's paintings of historical sites, moments, and experiences give us an artistic vision.
For much of his life, Lee was known primarily as a commercial artist who completed arresting illustrations for travel magazines, greeting cards, and book jackets. He was an art teacher, with many students who learned the use of water-soluble pigments to depict the many landscapes of mid-20th century California. Less well-known were his representations of the many places historically linked to the Chinese of the state and the West. To this day, few in America know about Chinese work in the fisheries, in the early wine industry, in 19th century urban industry, and in the colorful cultural life of San Francisco in the years before the Great Earthquake. At a time when most Americans thought Chinese Americans had just been laundrymen, houseboys, or Charlie Chan, characters they saw on television.
As a visual historian, he connected us with the past, but foremost he was an artist. He presented appealing scenes for the visitor to San Francisco who wanted a visual memento. He mastered Western...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
