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Item Ships From: California
“waterfront”
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in 1961 in Perpignan, France, a region known for its Catalan culture as well as its influence on artists before him, including Picasso, Van Gogh, and Maillol....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"The New LA Circus" Cubist Inspired Pop Art Contemporary by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
The Artist's Apartment Mid-Century Fauvist Interior Scene Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
The Artist's Apartment Mid-Century Fauvist Interior Scene Original Oil on Canvas
Vibrant interior scene by Santa Cruz California artist Frances Rinaldo (American, b. 1943). A bright...
Category
1960s American Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Chamberlain
By René Romero Schuler
Located in Napa, CA
René Romero Schuler is an American painter and sculptor who creates powerful images that speak to the complexities of the human condition and the spirit that connects all human being...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, Woman posing
By Helen Director
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled, Woman posing" dated summer 1985 on the back, is an oil painting on canvas by noted New York artist (Helen Director, 1919-2006) It is inscribed Helen Director ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Short History of the Chinese Artwork Narrow Tall Original Painting on Canvas
By Carl Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Smith is an American artist who has been living in Berlin, Germany, since 2001. He works with a combination of silkscreen printing, collage, and painting to create his urban ins...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Acrylic, Screen
Late 19th Century Reclining Nude California School
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th century California School reclining nude female figure by anonymous 19th Century artist. In the style of William-Adolphe Bouguereau. ...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,200 Sale Price
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Hold Fast XL - Large Original Painting on Canvas - Ready to Hang
By Soren Grau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With cultural icons and world events acting as inspiration, artist Soren Grau strives to communicate meaning through figures and colors. He paints in a street art-inspired Neo-expres...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$2,080 Sale Price
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The Streets By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Queen of Angels over Hollywood
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered an Iconic Hollywood original oil on canvas by American artist David Rose(1910-2016.)
Rose's formal study of art began in the 1...
Category
1970s Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Chief Crazy Horse" Abstracted Fauvist Portrait with Heavy Impasto in Oil Paint
Located in Soquel, CA
Heavy Impasto Portrait of Chief Crazy Horse by Harald Dry Schmidt
Abstract expressionist portrait of a man by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American, 1933-1979). The...
Category
1970s American Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Soweto" Figurative Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red, Black, and Brown Figurative Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper
A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). The left...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$920 Sale Price
20% Off
You Deserve More Than A Dozen Roses - Original Framed Floral Painting on Canvas
By Kellie Newsome
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant paintings that celebra...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Messy Room Figurative Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vadim Zang
Title: Messy Room
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2022
Style: Figurative Impressionism
Dimensions: 8" x 10" x 0.8" inch (20 x 25...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Light - Figurative Ocean Fish Swimming Realism Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawin...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contrabass Figurative Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vadim Zang
Title: Contrabass
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2011
Style: Figurative Impressionism
Dimensions: 28" x 22" x 0.8" inch (71 x 5...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Untitled (The Waiter)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled (The Waiter) " c.2020, is an oil painting on panel by American artist Teresa Saia. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, The artwork (Panel ) s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Brainiac X, Contemporary Large-Scale Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale abstract with neon green brains layered on a textured grey and black background by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Unsigned, but was acquired with a co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Figurative_Portrait_Earth Tones_Woman Hears Thunder & Lightning, America Martin
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman Hears Thunder & Lightning"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
51.5 x 41.5 in.
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspi...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$17,200 Sale Price
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Pool No. 20 - oil on canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Using the striking imagery that is abundant in the California landscape, queer artist Kory Alexander creates dreamy paintings that are flooded with vibrancy and movement. Kory consid...
Category
2010s California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled - Fisherfolk
By Moshe Katz
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Moshe Katz – Romanian/Israeli (1937-)
Title: Untitled - Fisherfolk
Year: 1966
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 24 x 36 inches
Framed size: 28.5 x 40.5 inches
Signature: Signed, d...
Category
1960s Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"On The Beach" - 1976 Original Textured Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"On The Beach" - 1976 Original Textured Oil on Canvas
Colorful abstract expressionist oil painting depicting the back of a woman by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (Ame...
Category
1970s Pointillist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,722 Sale Price
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L'Amour Qui Grandit - Tall Dynamic Textured Hearts Painting on Canvas
By Cynthia Coulombe Bégin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coulombe-Bégin's dynamic acrylic on canvas works seek to produce a metamorphic interpretation of the artist's inner identity. Her paintings make ample use of contrasting colors to cr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
La Mediterranee
By Bruno Retaux
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Bruno Retaux (French, 1907-1988)
Title: La Medditerranee
Year: 1973
Medium: Oil on wood panel
Panel size: 11.75 x 13.75 inches
Signature: Signed lower left by the a...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Marelen Dietrich
By Jean Dominique van Caulaert
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jean Dominique Van Caulert, (1897-1979), although most often associated with his celebrity portraits and works for the theater, he was also a true symbolist in the tradition of the B...
Category
1930s Art Deco California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Knowing The Difference - Surrealist Figurative Original Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Beyond Childhood, Figure, Contemporary Art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: Beyond Childhood
Sise: 41.5x55 inches, (105x140 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a kind,
He swims in the still blue water, his joy knows no bounds. The sun shines down on him and he is filled with the light of childhood. His wrinkles are gone, his hair is gone, but he is still young...
Category
2010s Photorealist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lovely Love - Impasto Thick Paint Original Artwork
By Cynthia Coulombe Bégin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coulombe-Bégin's dynamic acrylic on canvas works seek to produce a metamorphic interpretation of the artist's inner identity. Her paintings make ample use of contrasting colors to cr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
La Rambla
By Juan Collado Y Anton
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "La Rambla, Barcelona" c.1990 is an oil painting on canvas by Spanish artist Juan Collado Y anton, b.1948. It is signed at the...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stopping to water the driven horses Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous European figurative of a simpler time. Horses being watered in the plains by Janos Viski (Hungarian/American 1891-1965), circa 1940. Signed lower ...
Category
1940s Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$2,000 Sale Price
23% Off
Wreath of Flowers in Hair by America Martin, Ink, Paper, Figurative, Portrait
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Wreath of Flowers in Hair" (Diptych)
Ink on Cotton Paper
25 x 45 Inches Diptych Size
Left piece comes framed: 25 x 22.5 Inches Unframed 31.5 x 28.5 Inches Framed
...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
One Bold Move - Bold Abstract Floral Painting Contemporary Blooms on Canvas
By Kellie Newsome
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant paintings that celebra...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Wild Winter
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Wild Winter" is an oil painting on canvas by Swedish/American artist Carlo Wahlbeck, b.1933. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist, also signed and titled on the back. The canvas size is 9 x 12 inches, framed size is 13.75 x 16.75 inches. Framed in an antique style gold frame, with fabric liner and gold bevel. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Carlo Wahlbeck was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1933. His studies from early youth included travel and visits to major museums in Europe. During a visit to the United States, Carlo was introduced to the Native American Indian and the rich history of the American West. He moved to Southern California in 1960 and still calls it home today.
Between 1960 and today, Carlo has traveled throughout the Southwestern United States and Mexico. For many years, he lived among the Navajo and Zunis, painting a great many surreal works that embodied their legends and outlook. He also spent 2 years in Mexico living among the Huichol people in the inaccessible mountains north of Tepic, painting the Indian religion and the white man's religion as seen through Huichol eyes.
Between 1979 and today, he mastered the technique and came to control it, producing a fabulous new medium base for his expressions. The evolvement of his art has show much diversification and his works can be found in prominent private and corporate collections, as well as museums both here in the United States and abroad.
A partial list of collectors:
King Gustav of Sweden
Former President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan
Former President and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon
Senator Barry Goldwater...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
White Horse Carousel, 1956 - Original Oil Painting On Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
White Horse Carousel, 1956 - Oil On Canvas
Oil painting of an empty carousel ride, a single white horse gleams in the center. Three doorways are seen to the right, with sunlight ema...
Category
1950s American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
$455 Sale Price
30% Off
Corner Pond
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Corner Pond" 2009, is an oil painting on canvas board by American artist Annamarie (Anna) Nelson. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, also sign...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Body of Water 11”- oil on linen, framed
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Using the striking imagery that is abundant in the California landscape, queer artist Kory Alexander creates dreamy paintings that are flooded with vibrancy and movement. Kory consid...
Category
2010s California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Young People on the Rocks, Figurative, Original Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2016
Style: Impressionism
Subject: Young People on the Rocks
Size...
Category
2010s Academic California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mother and Child
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Mother and Child" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by German/American artist Eva Sikorski, 1917-1990. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Money Talks I (Original Contemporary and one of a kind Masterpiece)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
*New Year Inventory Renewal Sale - 90 Days Until April 30th*
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Money Talks is the new series of artist Mauro Oliveira.
Highly l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Silence
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Cornelius van Fulpen– American (1905 - 1987)
Title: Silence
Year: 1984
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 19.5 x 23.75 inches
Framed size: 25.5 x 29.75 inches
Signature: Signed, da...
Category
1980s American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Morena - Original Figurative Painting Los Angeles Artist
By Danny Brown
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danny Brown is a first-generation American urban artist born in Los Angeles. His parents relocated their family from Oaxaca, Mexico in search of opportunity in the United States. Dan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Eye Patch Squid" Pop Art Painting on Newspaper by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
Modern Architecture - Original Artwork Critical History Modern Design Architect
By Carl Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Smith is an American artist who has been living in Berlin, Germany, since 2001. He works with a combination of silkscreen printing, collage, and painting to create his urban ins...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Acrylic, Screen
Doing What I Do - Original Painting Los Angeles Artist
By Danny Brown
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danny Brown is a first-generation American urban artist born in Los Angeles. His parents relocated their family from Oaxaca, Mexico in search of opportunity in the United States. Dan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media
Marilyn Times Ten Million - Original Street Art Pop Art Painting on Newspaper
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
California Landscape #I
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape" c.1980, is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Bill Shaddix, b.1930. It is signed at the lower left corner. The ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Figurative -- Adventures - Duleich
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century figurative of romantic adventures by Duleich (American, 20th Century). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Duleich '59" lower left. Image size, 30.25"H x 24"W. Framed si...
Category
1950s American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,260 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Nouveau, Fleurs
By Karel VonBelle
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original oil on canvas by Belgian artist Karel VonBelle.
"Fleurs", is an original oil on canvas, signed, dated 1935, beautifully framed.
Category
1930s Art Deco California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Detailed European Landscapes in Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Pair of Detailed European Landscapes in Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
These two watercolor and gouache paintings depict idyllic European rural scenes with soft colors and detailed...
Category
Mid-19th Century French School California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
Bouganvillia
By Ovanes Berberian
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Bouganvillia" c.1990, is an oil painting on Cardboard panel by noted Armenian/American artist Ovanes Berberian, b.1951. It is signed at the lower left corner by ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Artists Model
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered original pastel by American artist Hans Burkhardt.
The Artists Model, is an original pastel on paper, signed, dated 1966, good original condition, with ...
Category
1960s Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Blank Cheque - Colorful Figurative Modern Cultural Commentary Original Painting
By Fabio Coruzzi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
Sunny Day IV
By Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The figurative surrealistic paintings of Carlos Gamez de Francisco are heavily influenced by his Cuban upbringing in a Russian governed academia setting. This presence exposed Franci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Female Figure, Flora, Classical Art, Eve In Blue and White by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Eve In Blue and White"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
120 x 42 inches
120.5 x 42.5 inches framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Pacific Grove looking to Big Sur Ocean by Matola
Located in Soquel, CA
Pacific Grove looking to Big Sur Ocean by Matola
Crashing waves and Cypress Trees and a woman in the sun on the Pacific Grove to Big Sur Coast. Painted in 1983 by California artist n...
Category
1980s American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$747 Sale Price
35% Off
Ice Coffee Bombshell 3 - Neutral Beige Abstract Figurative Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, artist Lindsey McCord creates vibrant portraits that encapsulate the confidence that comes with the fun of being stylish and chic. Her figures ...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
My Self
By Franz Bergmann
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to have discovered and now present a rare original self portrait by Austrian Expressionist artist, Franz Bergmann (1998-1977)
"My Self", is an original oil on canvas, signed, c.1938, with an image dimension of 29 x 24 inches. The painting is in good original condition, the frame has been restored.
A biography on the artist appears below, please contact the gallery with any question.
Franz Bergmann
1898 - 1977
Franz Walter Bergmann was born on August 6, 1898, in Dimling, Austria, a town northwest of Vienna. His parents were both involved in the arts: his mother was a pianist, and his father was an amateur artist and a violinist. After serving in World War I for three years, he enrolled in the National Academy of Art in Vienna and embarked on a seven-year course of study, focusing on figure painting and portraiture. Although schooled in the academic tradition, Bergmann also adopted elements derived from the more avant-garde German Expressionist style. By 1924 he was exhibiting in Vienna and Stockholm. The following year, he graduated with honors.
He left Vienna to tour Europe, and in early 1926 he traveled to the United States. After a brief stay in New York, he moved to Chicago, where he obtained a commission to paint murals for theaters owned by Balaban & Katz. That year his mural sketches were exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago. He then moved to New York, where he joined the staff of the noted Austrian architect and designer Josef Urban...
Category
1930s Expressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Thumbprint - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Thumbprint - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This piece i...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
My Money - Abstract Colorful Quirky Animal Cartoon Pop Art Painting by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Coast Guard Cutter with Cannons Spanish-American War Maritime Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Turn of 20th Century Spanish-American War Coast Guard Cutter with Cannons Original Oil Painting
A fine example of maritime ship portraiture oil painting of a Coast Guard Cutter with cannons under sails during the Spanish American War by renowned Nautical British/American painter Captain William Lindsay Challoner (British/American 1852-1901), 1901. Auction values Luminous and striking painting with seaman unfurling sails heading into rough waters. Challoner served as captain of a naval vessel (Coast Guard Cutter) during the Spanish-American War. Here he is depicted on the deck of the ship while seamen scramble aloft on the rigging during a gale. The captain stands tall before the cannons at the ready to fend off intruders. His paintings are rare and highly prized by museums and Nautical collectors alike.
Signed: Lower right corner "W. Challoner"
Not framed
Dated: "1910"
Provenance: A local Monterey Bay area estate find.
Condition: Professionally restored (conservation report available)
Image size: 27.75"H x 47.38"W
William Lindsay Challoner lived the peripatetic life of a mariner, spending much of his time at sea, and in ports such as New Orleans and San Francisco, California. He was born in Bedminster, England, and attended the York Naval Academy. In 1880, Challoner married Mary Cadogan. That same year, the couple immigrated to Argentina and then New Orleans. They had one son, William Lindsay Challoner, Jr.
Lloyd’s Lists record Challoner as master aboard J.P. Macheca, a “Clipper Schooner” running bananas from Jamaica during the mid-1880s. The clipper also raced at the Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans. As is often the case, Challoner’s middle name is misspelled as “Lindsey” in J.P. Macheca & Co. records. He is also said to have served as captain for vessels in the Morgan Line.
Painting was at first an avocation for Challoner, but his draftsmanship and handling of paint suggest academic training. He may also have learned to make precise topographical drawings at the York Naval Academy. Many of his ship portraits are in the English tradition, notably followers of Samuel Walker, a leading English maritime artist in the 1850s. Like his Liverpool counterparts, Challoner used receding linear and atmospheric perspective to focus on the crisp portraits of specific ships. At their best, his canvases are highly finished, a style that imitates the Venetian tradition of topographical city views associated with Giovanni Antonio Canal, also known as Canaletto. However, Challoner’s restrained bravura paint handling also may bear witness to the influence of the French Impressionists.
Challoner seems to have arrived in New Orleans about 1880. He advertised in the press and exhibited at the Creole Art Gallery and Grunewald’s Music Store in New Orleans. In 1887, Challoner moved to San Francisco, where he exhibited his maritime scenes at the Mechanic’s Institute and became a U.S. citizen. He may have been back in New Orleans after 1891, and served as captain of a naval vessel during the Spanish-American War. His art clients tended to be men involved in the shipping industry—ship owners and commission merchants, along with professional clubs and maritime benevolent societies.
Challoner’s principal competition in New Orleans was August Norieri, a talented ship portraitist and painter of marines. While Norieri lived hand-to-mouth, Challoner drew a handsome salary working as a ship captain, presumably until shortly before his death at the age of 49. Securing the commission for painting the newly founded New Orleans Yacht Club suggests that Challoner was held in higher regard as an artist than Norieri. The two artists together met the market demand for ship portraiture and marine views in the port city, as had Edward Arnold and James Guy...
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
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