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Item Ships From: South Coast
Mid Century Still Life with Burgundy and White African Daisies & Statue
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful vintage impressionistic still life with burgundy and white African daisies (Osteospermum) in brass cache pot with statue by Marie Michael (Am...
Category
1930s Art Nouveau South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Factories - Industrial Landscape in Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Factories - Industrial Landscape in Oil on Linen
Bold industrial landscape by Doris Lyons Hoover (American, 1927-2014). A large red building sits at the left edge of the composition with a grey building across the composition to the right. Three smokestacks let of smoke or steam, surrounded by piping and tanks running throughout the scene.
Signed "Lyons" in the lower right corner and on verso.
Canvas size: 24"H x 30"W
No frame.
Doris Lyons Hoover (American, 1927-2014) was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, on Oct. 8, 1927, on her grandparents' farm. She was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and attended college at the University of Chattanooga, (now UTC) where she received honors in ar. At U.C. she met her husband Jack Hoover, and the couple moved to Palo Alto in 1954.
Doris Hoover became a nationally known fabric artist, teacher, lecturer and co-founder of the Peninsula Stitchery Guild, a leading organization in the Bay Area Crafts Movement of the 1970s. Her beautiful, often playful quilts, soft sculptures and creative stitchings grace homes...
Category
1960s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Elkhorn Slough - California Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Elkhorn Slough - California Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Gorgeous oil painting landscape of Elkhorn Slough, Elkhorn, California by B. Skinner (American, 20th Century). Two cranes are ...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Flowers in Vase Abstracted Expressionism Still LIfe
By Robert Henry Hurdle RWA
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful expressionist painting of abstracted flowers in vase by Robert Henry Hurdle, RWA (English, b. 1918), 1970. Signed and dated lower right corner. Presented in rustic frame: Condition: Very good; painting had been glued into frame which is now restored. Image size: 16"H x 12"W. Framed size: 18.50"H x 22.50"W.
Robert Henry Hurdle, Royal West of England Academy (RWA) was born in London on 9th August 1918. He first trained at the Richmond School of Art and then after distinguished war service during World War 2 he studied painting at Camberwell School of Art under Sir William Coldstream and was later senior lecturer at the West of England College of Art ( later called Bristol Polytechnic ). He has exhibited widely across the British lsles and most notably in Hong Kong and the South of France. His most recent solo show was at the Art Room at Topsham, Devon in 2013. His work is featured in many public and private collections including Bristol City Art Gallery and the Royal West of England Academy.
Selected One Man Exhibits:
1969 Faculty of Fine Art, University College, Swansea.
1977 'Land and Water' City Art Gallery, Bristol
1978 'Land and Water' Pao Sui Loong Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre.
1981 'Reflections on Bristol 1950-81' King Street Gallery, Bristol.
1983 Farnham Maltings, Kiln Gallery, Farnham.
1987 Peter Sands Gallery, Bristol.
1989 Clevedon Bridge Gallery, Bath
1995 'Retrospective' Royal West of England Academy,
1998 'Robert Hurdle at 80' Fedden Gallery, Royal West of England Academy
2003 'Meeting with Tress' New Gallery, Royal West of England Academy
2009 'Selective Retrospective' New Gallery Royal West of England Academy
2012 'Paintings' The Art Room
Group Exhibits:
1949-65 London group exhibitions
1950 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London.
1959-2015 Royal West of England Academy, Annual Exhibition
1959 Artists of Fame and Promise, Leicester Galleries
1960 New Arts Centre, London
1964 Frost and Reed Galleries, Bristol
1966 William Ware Gallery, London
1974 Courages Coronation Exhibition, City Art Gallery, Bristol. 'Accent on Colour', The Albany Gallery, Cardiff.
1976 Westward TV Exhibitions, Plymouth.
1978 Frost and Reed Galleries, Bristol. New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham.
1980 'Art in the making', King Street Gallery, Bristol and the City Art Gallery, Bath.
1985 '3 West Country Painters' Hunstrete House, Near Bath.
1988 'Recent paintings' Peter Sands Gallery, Bristol. Anthony Rossiter and Robert Hurdle.
2003 Innocent Fine Art, Bristol.
2004 'Western Approaches' Six members of the Royal West of England Academy: Derek Balmer, John Huggins, Robert Hurdle, Neil Murison...
Category
1970s Modern South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Fauvist Oil on Paper Honora Berg Berkeley 1959
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Fauvist Oil on Paper Honora Berg Berkeley 1959
San Francisco Bay area abstract expressionist painting by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985).A brilliant fauvist example of the melting pot of colors Honora Berg creates. Splashes of red over hues of blue with bright canary yellow swirls and patches.
Estate stamp on verso "Estate of Honora Berg - Miller Fine Art"
Unframed. 30"H x 22"W.
Larry Miller 1958-2003, Larry was a specialist in bay area abstract artists and purchased numerous bay area artists estates. He purchased the entirety of the Honora Berg Estate and we purchased many of those works directly form Larry.
Honora Berg, an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist, studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
On the Northern California Coast and Golden Gate Bridge by Richard Brian Hazel
Located in Soquel, CA
On the Northern California Coast and Golden Gate Bridge by Richard Brian Hazel
Lavish paint and impasto layered oil paint of the Rocky Coast ...
Category
1970s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tropical Falls" Modern Impressionist Scene in Cambodia
By Bryan Mark Taylor
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Tropical Falls" is a colorful example of Bryan Mark Taylor's modern approach to Impressionism. This beautiful oil on panel captures the mood and feel of the Cambodian scene. Paint...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mixed Media Abstract Geometric: 2-Sided Collotype
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate and layered collotype on both sides of heavy bond paper by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). The background of this piece is a collotype. Gold leaf, treated in a varie...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
1940s Symbolist Figurative -- Her Holy Visions
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic figurative of woman having visions with religious themes and icons (cross, bride, salamander, crown, meeting Christ) while reading by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
Category
1940s Futurist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mendocino Homestead, Vintage 1970's Northern California Landscape
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful plein air landscape of an old Mendocino country house by listed artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Signed "Jon Blanchette" lower right. Presented in a giltwood ...
Category
1970s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Cardboard
Homage - Van Gogh - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Homage - Van Gogh - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Vibrant and expressive composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Fla...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Mid Century Figurative Portrait of a Boy with Toy Car
By Ralph Edward Joosten
Located in Soquel, CA
Realistic mid century portrait of a boy playing with an antique toy car by Ralph Joosten (American, 1928-2009). Signed "R. Joosten" in the lower left ...
Category
1960s American Realist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Midcentury Pacific Trail Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Midcentury Pacific Trail Landscape
Beautiful mid century landscape of a path leading through the woods by California artist Florence Belle Boosey (American, 1906-1999), c.1960. Pai...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Vintage Landscape -- Blooming Wildflower Field
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Landscape -- Blooming Wildflower Field
Beautiful vintage landscape in dark blue, yellow, and red accents of a field dotted with wildflowers and silhouetted birds soaring ove...
Category
1980s Contemporary South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Bottled Roses" Modern Impressionist Still Life
By Bryan Mark Taylor
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Bottled Roses" is a colorful example of Bryan Mark Taylor's modern approach to Impressionism. This beautiful oil on panel captures the rich colors of the rose in the vase. This pai...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Cove" by Robert Glick - Large Vivid Geometric Seascape - Contemporary Art
Located in Carmel, CA
Robert Glick (American, born 1950)
"The Cove" 2024
Acrylic paint, Canvas, Stretcher bars
The artist signed the bottom right and back of the painting.
This painting by Robert Glick c...
Category
2010s American Modern South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Elk in the Forest - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Elk in the Forest - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Lush Western landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009). Several elk are grazing in a cl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
The Cosmic Dream - Visionary Figurative Nude Composition in Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
The Cosmic Dream - Visionary Figurative Nude Composition in Acrylic on Masonite
Flowing and stylized figurative work by Kimberlee Kuwica (American, b. 1967). A figure is floating th...
Category
1990s Contemporary South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
"The Wild Coast - Big Sur" Contemporary Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Wild Coast - Big Sur" Contemporary Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Vibrant coastal seascape by notable California artist Erin Gafill (American, b. 1963). Brightly colored hills casca...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Idyllic Dutch Countryside in Autumn Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Johannes Frederik van Slogteren (1904-1991) was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he lived for many years.
His art teacher in primary school already noticed his talent and u...
Category
1950s Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Stone Faces Buddha - Abstract Portrait in Acrylic on Textured Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Stone Faces - Abstract Portrait in Acrylic on Textured Paper
Abstract portrait by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century). Two faces are merged, overlappi...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Arts & Crafts Style Floral Still Life wit Stained Glass Window
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful floral still life in arts & craft style with a colorful stained glass window background by California artist Peggy Krusee (American, 20th century). Signed "Peggy Krusee" lo...
Category
1990s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Rolling Seas", San Mateo Coast Landscape by Hartzell Harrison Ray
By Hartzell Harrison Ray
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful seascape by California artist Hartzell Harrison Ray (American, 1896-1991). Signed H. Ray lower right. Titled "Rolling Sea" on verso. Unframed. Image, 24"H x 36"W.
Dr. Hartzell Harrison Ray was Born in Kansas on June 10, 1896. Ray was a long-time resident of San Mateo...
Category
1970s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Creekside Campsite - Mid Century Forest Landscape Watercolor
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century landscape watercolor of a campsite in the forest by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Yeager work dire...
Category
1960s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Sunrise on Nantucket Island Fisherman Gazing at the Sky 1929
Located in Soquel, CA
Sunrise on Nantucket Island Fisherman Gazing at the Sky 1929
Nantucket Sunrise, a Fisherman is gazing at the sky by James Francis Barker (American, 1872 – 1950). In the style of Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847 - 1917) was active/lived in New York, Massachusetts. Albert Ryder is known for Romanticism-pastoral landscape painting. Barker has a heavy impasto and extensive brushwork throughout and captures American Post Impressionism with this early sunrise on Nantucket Island scene.
Image, 10.25"H x 14.25"W
Signed "J. F. Barker" dated "3/29" on Stretcher bar verso
Signed James F. Barker on Linen verso
James F. Barker’s lineage traces back to eleven of the original Nantucket settlers. He was born in 1872 in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of a railroad ticketing agent and a New Orleanian of Spanish and French extraction. His ancestors on his father's side included 11 of the 15 families who settled Nantucket in 1659. He graduated from Cornell University in 1893 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and spent another year studying Architecture at the graduate level. He briefly worked at D. H. Burnham & Company and Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. before switching to education,
With a degree in mechanical engineering and graduate degree in architecture, his career was centered among institutes of higher learning. Barker was also a skilled painter and a talented photographer. Barker specialized in waterfront, wharf, and beach scenes. The artist exhibited his work during the summer months at the Eagle’s Wing Studio on Union Street, having named the studio after a steamer, which had been captained by his grandfather. James Francis Barker (1872 – 10 December 1950) was the second president of the Rochester Athenæum and Mechanics Institute, succeeding Carleton B. Gibson, from 1916–1919. He also pursued painting, pottery, metal working, and cabinet making.
Gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket
He was born in 1872 in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of a railroad ticketing agent and a New Orleanian of Spanish and French extraction. His ancestors on his father's side included 11 of the 15 families who settled Nantucket in 1659. He graduated from Cornell University in 1893 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and spent another year studying Architecture at the graduate level. He briefly worked at D. H. Burnham & Company and Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. before switching to education, becoming Superintendent of the Manual Training Department at East Division High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1897. He left in 1904 to pursue similar positions at Grand Rapids High School and the Hackley School in Muskegon, Michigan. In 1906, he participated in the formation of East Technical High School in Cleveland, Ohio and served as its first principal.
He married the former Kate Spooner in 1897 and raised one daughter. After being widowed in the late 1930s, he married Josephine M...
Category
1920s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Day and Night Original Oil Style of Willem de Kooning and Richard Diebenkorn
By Donald Roberts
Located in Soquel, CA
Day and Night Original Oil Style of Willem de Kooning and Richard Diebenkorn
Substantial abstract expressionist oil painting of intertwining hues of oranges, yellows and greys by Ame...
Category
20th Century Post-War South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Noah's Ark", Monkeys in Trees w. Crocodiles, Richard DeTreville 1924 San Mateo
By Richard DeTreville
Located in Soquel, CA
"Noah's Ark", Monkeys in Trees w. Crocodiles, Richard DeTreville 1924 San Mateo
A lively, large-scale vertical painting of Macaques monkeys in the trees abo...
Category
1920s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Vintage Pastoral Landscape -- "The Old Trunk, Bodie"
By Darwin Musselman
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful rustic landscape of ghost town Bodie, California titled, "The Old Trunk, Bodie" by Darwin Musselman (American, 1916-2010). Presented in a wooden frame. Egg tempera on Masonite, painted at his studio on Sequoia Drive in Fresno in 1972 (verified and authenticated by the son and estate, letter included). Signed "Darwin Musselman" lower right. Titled "The Old Trunk, Bodie" and signed "Darwin Musselman" on verso. Image size, 12"H x 24"W.
Darwin B Musselman was born in Selma, California, in 1916 and began his art education at Fresno State College, from which he graduated in 1938. He then attended the Art Center School in Los Angeles, where he studied with the portrait artist, Stanley Reckless...
Category
1970s Realist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Egg Tempera
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Painting-- "An Oblation to Shells"
By Leslie Luverne Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
A dymanic mid century abstract expressionist painiting with geometric shapes in cool tones and two figures by Leslie Luverne Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Oil on masonite. Titled "...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Mid Century Figurative Seascape, Shanghai Floating Market
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century figurative landscape of two small boats on blue-green water with three figures in a bustling harbor, by C.C. Chan (20th Century). One of the small boats its being used to sell red fruits, as the vendor weighs them for the customer who is shopping by boat, like in the floating...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Empty Barn - California Country Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
The Empty Barn - California Country Scene Oil on Canvas
American Impressionist oil painting of a vacant wooden barn along the hillside. A wooden barn acts as the focal point, with ...
Category
1960s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Avalon, Catalina Island
By Guy Bedford
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful watercolor of early Avalon, Santa Catalina Island by Guy Bedford (American, 1866-1916), 1898.
Signed, titled and dated lower left corner.
Cond...
Category
1890s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Gloucester Harbor, Mid Century Double-Sided Seascape Watercolor with Boats
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century double-sided watercolor landscape painting of boats docked in the Gloucester harbor by C. Campbell (American, 20th Century). Unframed. Acquired with a collectio...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mid Century Autumn Trees Landscape
By Helen Enoch Gleiforst
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid mid century landscape of autumn trees blurring into colorful abstraction by Helen Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Presented in a giltwood frame. Image size: 10" H X 8" W.
G...
Category
1950s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Pont Neuf, After Pissarro - MidCent. French Impressionist Paris Street Scene
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Soquel, CA
Pont Neuf, After Pissarro - Mid-Cent. French Impressionist Paris Street Scene
A wonderful mid-century copy of Pissarro's timeless Fr...
Category
1960s Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Rocky Outcropping and Bathers at the Swimming Hole - Landscape
By Tyler Micoleau
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly textured landscape, with thick impasto illustrating a glorious scene of figures swimming in calm waters near large rocks and swaying trees, by Tyler Micoleau (American, 1911-2001). Signed and dated "Tyler Micoleau 1968" in the lower left corner. Presented in a gold colored wood frame. Image size: 12"H x 16"W
Tyler Micoleau (American, 1911-2001) was born in Rhode Island but spent most of his life in Nevada County, California. He was a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and an instructor at Brown University. Micoleau moved to Nevada City...
Category
1960s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Summer Time" - Forest Landscape
By Veva Sisemore
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright forest landscape by Veva Sisemore (American, 1919-1991). Tags from the artist with information about the piece are attached to back of frame. Presented in a gold painted wood frame with a linen liner. Art size: 14"H x 10"W
Veva Sisemore was born in White Horse, Oklahoma, and moved to Salinas, California in 1966. Sisemore attended Hartnell College and then studied creative painting at Gavilan College. Santa Cruz Art League member and exhibitor.
Selected Exhibitions and Awards:
1968 - “Special Showing”, Cutshall’s Interiors, Salinas, CA
1970 - Joined Santa Cruz Art League
1970 - 1st Place for “Bold Autumn”, Santa Cruz Art League
1980 - Off Main...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Red Carnations, Mid Century Textured Floral Bouquet Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Heavily textured still life of a bouquet of carnations by an unknown artist, Singed "Gavincy" possibly. This background of this piece has layers of texture created by paper squares a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Glaze, Mixed Media, Oil
Path to the Ocean - Pacific Coast - Point Lobos Seascape in Oil on Canvas
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
Path to the Ocean - Pacific Coast Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Gorgeous seascape of Big Sur coast by California artist Kathleen Murray (American, b. 1958). The viewer stands at a path ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Emersion - Original Abstract Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Blue Emersion - Original Abstract Acrylic on Paper
Vibrant composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Multicolored layers of green, purple and or...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper
Large Scale Early 20th Century Bucolic Mt. Hood Landscape Oil Painting
By William M. Lemos
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous landscape with two cows drinking water in a pond with Mt. Hood in background by listed artist William M. Lemos (American, 1861-1942). Signed "W.M. Lemos" lower right. Presented in vintage gilt-toned frame that shows wear (included as-is). Condition: Good: previously owned and used, with little or no signs of wear and is in good condition. No structural issues. Image size: 29"H x 49"W.
Born in New York, Professor Lemos moved to San Francisco in 1887 where he established a studio at 106 Geary Street. He later moved to Santa Cruz in 1896, where he settled, painting murals for many local businessmen and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
As a boy Lemos earned money by wandering the streets and painting on request. Arriving in San Francisco in 1887, he established a studio at 106 Geary. With his wife Mabel, he worked in Los Angeles for a few years in the 1890s. After settling in Santa Cruz in 1896, he painted murals for many local businessmen. When the original Beach Casino was built there at the Boardwalk in 1904, Lemos was the first concessionaire and worked there for nearly 40 years. On his platform in the Casino, Lemos did paintings of redwoods, still lifes, forest fires, beach scenes, and marines. Many of his oils were done on redwood slabs which were popular with the tourists; in the early days these paintings sold for one dollar and up depending on the size of the work. After his vision failed and he was unable to paint, his last years were mostly spent fishing off the Municipal Pier with a friend who baited his hook for him because he could no longer see. In the March 27, 1941 Santa Cruz Sentinel News Lemos reminisced, "Them were the days when the Boardwalk was only twelve feet long and when business got slow I picked up my shotgun and went across the street and shot ducks where the Casa del Rey Hotel now stands." Exhibited: Calif. State Fair, 1885; Mechanics' Inst. (SF), 1889. In: Santa Cruz City Museum; Wawona Hotel (Yosemite).
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
His mother was Julia Lemos, a Chicago artist famous for her depiction of the Chicago fire, “Two of Julia’s children became successful artists. Her eldest son, William, was a naïve still life, landscape, and mural painter. As a young boy in New York, he would wander the streets, earning money for the family, by ‘painting on request.’ At age 26, William moved to San Francisco, California. He opened an art studio and kept it running until he moved to Santa Cruz with his wife, Mabel, in 1896. During this period, he worked as a fresco artist painting ‘murals for many local businessmen.’
Exhibited California State Fair, Sacramento, 32nd annual, per Sacramento Daily Union, September 9, 1885. and article goes on to say “William Lemos and wife, Sacramento – Art school exhibits in which are shown such a variety of designs in decorative art, flower painting, and ornamentation, that one must give time to the examination.”
Exhibited Mechanics Institute, San Francisco, 1889.
“Lemos and his wife were in Fresno California 1890...
Category
Early 20th Century Hudson River School South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Impressionistic Cityscape Acrylic Painting, "Alley Totem No. 4"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one-of-a-kind original acrylic and gold leaf still life painting by San Diego artist, Duke Windsor. Its dimensions are 5" x 70" x 2.5" in (L x H x D). It is unframed. A cer...
Category
2010s Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Scale Vintage Abstracted Still Life with Fish In Style Of Henri Matisse
By D.S. Silver
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright, ocean-like, tropical colors in this abstract with fish in the style of Henri Matisse by D.S. Silver. One of a group of works, by D.S. Silver...
Category
1980s Expressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Neo-Expressionist Green & Red Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive late 1970's green and red abstract on rough plywood, with scribbled linear forms in the style of Basquiat, by Bay Area artist Micha...
Category
1970s Neo-Expressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Plywood, Oil Pastel
"Nelly II" Contemporary Impressionist Figure Painting
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Nelly II" is an beautiful oil painted from life in her studio in Provence by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timeless moment of repose, contrastin...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Show Me Home - Double Sided Watercolor
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful double sided watercolor painting of a vibrant yellow house surrounded by green trees with a landscape painting of houses on the green hillside with faded mountaintops in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fauvist Landscape with Lake and Mountains in Oil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Fauvist Landscape with Lake and Mountains in Oil on Paper
Bright and textured landscape by unknown artist Bry Schmidt (20th Century). This piece sh...
Category
1990s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Alpine Village" Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting of French Alps
By Maria Bertrán
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Alpine Village" is an beautiful oil painted on location in the French Alps by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a timele...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Portrait of a Ballerina - Hand Painted Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming hand painted photograph, portrait of a young ballerina as Tinker Bell by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Circa 1957.
Signed "Studio d'Art Los Altos...
Category
1950s American Realist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Photographic Paper
Over the Bridge, Armenia - Mid Century Figurative Landscape
By Hovanessian
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century landscape painting of an arched bridge over a glassy lake with tiny figures by unknown artist Hovanessi...
Category
1960s Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Spring Mix" - Colorful Floral Garden Still-Life
By Gabriel Portoles Ascaso
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant with riotous color, a floral garden still-life titled "Spring Mix" by Gabriel Portoles Ascaso (Spanish, b. 1930). Presented in a wood frame. Signed "G. Portoles A." lower rig...
Category
1960s Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vineyard Estate Winery Landscape with Grape Vines in Oil on Canvas-Wrapped Board
By Jeane Kluga
Located in Soquel, CA
Vineyard Estate Winery Landscape with Grape Vines in Oil on Canvas-Wrapped Board
Beautiful landscape of a vineyard estate in California wine country with grape vines in the foregrou...
Category
1980s American Modern South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Application of the Laws" Chine Colle Watercolor with Found Object Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstract expressionist collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Composed of two contrasting sections of teal and yellow-brown, this piece has layers of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Two Reclining Figures - Bay Area Figurative School Abstract Expressionist
Located in Soquel, CA
Two Reclining Figures - Bay Area Figurative School Abstract Expressionist
Abstracted figurative composition by San Francisco artist Heather Speck (Ameri...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Harvest on the Kitchen Counter - Contemporary Still Life in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Harvest on the Kitchen Counter - Contemporary Still Life in Oil on Canvas
Vibrant still life of vegetable by Lynne Patton (American, b. 1955). Several garden vegetable are laid out ...
Category
Early 2000s American Realist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Annie", Contemporary California Figurative Impressionist Portrait of a Woman
By Wyn Di Stefano
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous contemporary impressionist figurative portrait of Annie, a reclining woman in a one-piece bathing suit reading on a couch, with a California license plate tucked behind her,...
Category
2010s Contemporary South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Yosemite" by Steven H. Rehfeld - Minimalist Contemporary Mountain Landscape
By Steven H. Rehfeld
Located in Carmel, CA
Steven H. Rehfeld (American, born 1954)
"Yosemite" 2007
Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
In Yosemite, Steven H. Rehfeld captures the raw...
Category
2010s Contemporary South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Wire
Mid Century Floral Still-Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Still life of flowers in a vase by Shuman (American, mid-20th Century). Signed and dated "Shuman '65" in the lower left corner. Presented in an ornate frame. Image size: 24"H x 18"W
Category
1960s American Impressionist South Coast - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
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