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Item Ships From: South Coast
Flowering Garden Path - Original Acrylic Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Flowering Garden Path - Original Acrylic Landscape on canvas wrapped board.
Vibrant landscape of a garden in spring bloom by Judith W Winslow (JW) (American, 1943-2023). This piece...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Board
Mid Century Original Oil Plein Air Landscape of Western Nevada
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Antique Western Nevada Desert Oil Landscape by Phoebe K. Higgins
A mid-century desert oil landscape of Western Nevada by Phoebe K. Higgins (American, 1895 - c 1960), circa ...
Category
1950s American Realist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Board
"Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock" Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock, "Fischerschoner und Segelboote an einem Dock" by Rudolph Guba (German/American, 1884-1950) Impasto work which depicts several sailing vesse...
Category
1940s Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Mid Century Fauvist California Redwood Original Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
California Redwood Forest Fauvist Landscape Oil Painting
Vibrant mid-century landscape of California Redwood trees with light streaming throu...
Category
1950s Post-War South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Cotton Canvas
Misty Pond in San Antonio Texas Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Misty Pond in San Antonio Texas Original Oil on Canvas
Flowers by a pond by Texas artist Aurora "Ora" V. Hererra (American, 1928-2008). The painting de...
Category
1980s American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Stretcher Bars, Canvas
Mid Century Monterey Foothill Pond in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting
By Louise Grossett Cunningham
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Monterey Foothill Pond in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting by Louise Cunningham
Bright summer scene of pond in Monterey foothills by Santa Cruz, California artist ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Original Modernist Hawaiian Sunrise Oil Painting
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Original modernist oil painting Hawaiian symbolist sunset by Marguerite Louis Blasingame.
Robert Azensky Fine art is pleased to offer this 1940s modern symbolist oil painting of sun...
Category
1940s American Modern South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Battle Of The USS Constitution - Original Oil On Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Battle Of The USS Constitution - Original Oil On Canvas
Original oil painting depicting the battle of USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere. The two ships can be seen out at sea with f...
Category
20th Century Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Serene winter landscape by A. V. Gagliardi (20th Century). A valley is covered with snow, with a small house and river in thew...
Category
1970s American Modern South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Main Beach Sunset II" Modern Impressionist Southern California Seascape
By Bryan Mark Taylor
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Main Beach Sunset II" 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 California Rivie...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mt Shasta Spring Stroll on the River Beneath the Mountain Original Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Mt Shasta Spring Stroll on the River Beneath the Mountain Original Oil on Linen
A solitary hiker on a trail with Northern California's Mt. Shasta in the distance by Joseph John Engl...
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
At The Waters Edge - Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
At The Waters Edge - Original Oil on Canvas
Original landscape oil painting of a calm waters edge, surrounded by vibrant trees in bloom. A few colorful trees of green and orange can...
Category
20th Century Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Soft Lights" Heavy Textured Monterey California Seascape Original Oil on Canvas
By Dick Crispo
Located in Soquel, CA
"Soft Lights" - Heavily Textured Monterey California Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Textured impressionist seascape by Monterey, California artist Dick Crispo (American, b. 1945). The oc...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Red Bridge In Park" - 2005 Original Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
"Red Bridge In Park" - 2005 Original Acrylic on Board
Vibrant landscape depicting a red bridge in a park by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009). A red brid...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
Mediterranean Villa with Flowers - Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Mediterranean Villa with Flowers - Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Bold landscape overlooking the sea by J. Davison (20th Century). The viewer stands on the balcony of a Mediterranean hou...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
California Coast Seascape - Oil On Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
California Coast Seascape - Oil On Canvas
Oil painting of crashing waves along the California coastline by Bay Area artist Jack Linn (American). Light peeks through the clouds, reflecting on the stormy waters below, giving contrasts of yellows and whites to the blues and greens of the water. Two rocks are depicted in the lower right corner, as the waves are seen crashing over them. The suns glow...
Category
1990s American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Desert Mountain Landscape
By Faith Dougherty
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Desert Mountain Landscape
Sweeping mid century landscape of stark desert mountains by Faith Dougherty (American, 20th Century). The viewer looks out over a dry valley, s...
Category
1960s Contemporary South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Plein Air Study for Homesteader Colorado Mountain Painting
By Frank Tenney Johnson
Located in Soquel, CA
Robert Azensky Fine Art is pleased to offer original 1909 sketch study of oil painting "Homesteader Colorado Mountain" painting by Frank Tenney Johnson.
It's always special to see the evolution of a painting through the plein air sketches ("studies") by the artist prior to its painting. Frank Tenney Johnson traveled throughout the Colorado Rockies sketching and painting western landscapes and native American and cowboy figurative art.
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Signature: Lower left corner
Date: "1909" below signature
Condition: Tonal aging and minor edge wear consistent with age and use. See images.
Presented in black painted wood frame
Mat size: 14"H x 11"W
Paper size: 9"H x 6"W
Image size (visible with mat): 8"H x 5.25"W
Frank Tenney Johnson was born in Coucil Bluffs, Iowa, in 1874 not far from the Overland Trail. During his childhood, he saw the steady stream of people heading west in all forms of horse-drawn conveyance. This early exposure to the American West was critical in leading Johnson towards the Western landscape as an inspiration for his work. The resulting body of work is a moody and romantic depiction of a long-gone America, rendered in a style that has become practically a genre all its own.
At the age of ten, Johnson moved from Iowa to Milwaukee, WI. There, he took an apprenticeship with F.W. Heinie, a prominent panoramic painter. After a year with Heinie, Johnson apprenticed for Richard Lorenz, a painter and former Texas Ranger who specialized in depictions of horses and western scenes. It was probably during his time with Lorenz that Johnson decided to focus on western subjects himself. He also started illustrating for regional papers and publications, in order to save money for further training.
Further training, as with many of the artists who populated New Mexico in the early twentieth century, took place at the Art Students League in New York, where Robert Henri, William Merritt Chase, John Twachtman, Kenneth Hayes Miller and F. Louis Mora were in the process of teaching perhaps the last great batch of pre-modernists. Though highly stimulated by the training, Johnson was only able to stay for five months, after which he returned to Milwaukee to work and save money in an effort to return to New York. He was able to do so after a time and, upon returning, established an important professional relationship with Emerson Hough, the editor of "Field & Stream" magazine.
At Hough's urging (and on Hough's dime), Johnson traveled to Hayden, Colorado, where he tagged along with a group of cowpunchers in order to sketch their way of life. Though primarily an artist, Johnson also wrote accounts of his time in Colorado for "Field & Stream." After Colorado came Cheyenne, Wyoming, where Johnson attended a "Frontier Days" celebration; after Wyoming, Johnson traveled to New Mexico, where he observed the Navajos and their threatened way of life. This trip changed Johnson from an academic artist with an appreciation for the west to a truly western artist.
Of particular interest to him, in stark contrast to other western artists of the time like Frederic Remington and C.M. Russell, were the more quotidian scenes of the West. Specifically, Johnson focused upon scenes featuring horses, especially at night. Johnson painted a great number of pieces that featured horses tied up outside of saloons, inns or trading posts for the night, the moonlit night punctuated by the warm glow from the lamps inside. In this, he can be considered a pioneer, as his night pieces still serve as the archetype for such work in western art.
Johnson became quite successful through his work for "Field & Stream." He was chosen to illustrate books by the prominent writer Zane Grey, and his gallery shows sold briskly. In fact, one particular show, at the Grand Central Art Galleries at the Biltmore Hotel in New York, sold out opening night. In fact, one man had bought out the entire show: Amon Carter. Having achieved financial security and comfort, Johnson followed his good friend Clyde Forsythe to Alhambra, CA, where the two established residency and shared a studio.
California treated Johnson well. He and Forsythe founded the gallery at the Los Angeles Biltmore...
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Early 1900s Hudson River School South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Laid Paper
19th Century Hudson River School Bucolic Landscape
By John Frederick Kensett
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful example of the Hudson River School romantic bucolic New York autumn landscape with cows foraging. Illegible artist signature on stretcher bar (See enhanced images). Condition: very good; professionally cleaned and minor restoration upper right hand corner where paint was missing.
Unframed.
Image size: 14"H x 24"W x .75"D
Hudson River School was an informal association was America's first so-called school of painting and the dominant landscape style until the Civil War. The name derives from a group of 19th-century landscape painters working in New York state. With realistic composition, they depicted romantic views of unsettled areas of the Hudson River Valley especially lakes, rocky gorges, and forests in the Catskill Mountains. About a fourth of these artists utilized luminism or effects with special lighting techniques to convey lofty emotions through contrasts of light and dark. Included in this Hudson River luminist category were Washington Allston, Albert Bierstadt, William Hart, and Frederic Edwin Church...
Category
1870s Hudson River School South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist - Blue Hydrangeas by Honora Berg
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Blue Hydrangeas in Acrylic on Paper
Vining Blue Hydrangeas by San Francisco's artist Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985), 1946. The vertica...
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen
By Robert Watson
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen 1956
Solitary figure on wharf by California artist Robert Watson, painted 1956 (1923 - 2004)The following, is from To...
Category
1950s American Realist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Hill Looking Over the Water, Early 20th Century Landscape by Paul Kujal
By Paul Kujal
Located in Soquel, CA
Hill Looking Over the Water, Early 20th Century Landscape by Paul Kujal
Serene depiction of a hill looking out over the water by Paul Kujal (Austrian, 1888...
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Patchwork Abstracted Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted landscape by an unknown artist (20th Century). The landscape is made up of patches of color, reminiscent of viewing agricultural land f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor, Newsprint, Tissue Paper
Mid Century Seascape -- Manresa Tidal Pool at Sunset
By Cecil F. Chamberlin
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant tidal pool seascape at sunset at Manresa Beach in Santa Cruz by Cecil F. Chamberlin (American, 1899 -1963), circa 1950. Translucent wave and breaking wave add interest and de...
Category
1950s Hudson River School South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Stretcher Bars
Mid Century Figurative Landscape -- Aptos Village Apple Shed and Market
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century figurative landscape of Aptos Village Apple Shed and Market by listed California artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Aptos is just south of Santa Cruz,...
Category
1960s American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Late 19th Century Original English Landscape of a Cottage in Cambria
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th Century Original English Landscape of a Cottage in Cambria
Wonderful original antique painting of a thatched cottage in Cambria by...
Category
1880s Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Gouache
Three Sisters in the Cascade Range, Oregon Lake with Birds Migrating
Located in Soquel, CA
Three Sisters in the Cascade Range, Oregon
Landscape scene depicting three snowcapped mountains, also known as "The Three Sisters," surrounded by evergreen trees by John Englehart...
Category
Late 19th Century Tonalist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Christ Falls on the Way to Calvary, Dutch-Italianate School, c.18th-19th Cent.
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive depiction of Christ being aided by Simon of Cyrene by an unknown artist, Italiante School style of 17th-century Northern European painters principally Dutch, c.1700s-1800s. This piece is composed of oil on linen, laid down on fiberboard. Presented in a giltwood frame. Image size: 42"H x 33"W.
Italianate painters, group of 17th-century northern European painters, principally Dutch, who traveled in Italy and, consciously adopting the style of landscape painting that they found there, incorporated Italian models and motifs into their own works. Chief among the Italianates were Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Andries and Jan Both, Nicolaes Berchem, and Jan Asselijn...
Category
18th Century Romantic South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Fiberboard
South of San Luis Obispo, California Landscape
By Mike Wright
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful, heavy impasto landscape of a scene south of San Luis Obispo, California by Mike Wright (American, b.1959). Signed "M. Wright 17" lower right c...
Category
2010s American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Paris Art on a Spring Morning
Located in Soquel, CA
Paris street scene by a French street artist signed lower right. Label on verso "Angelo Ponza" Art Gallery Naples, Italy.
Image, 16"H x 20"W
Frame, 20"H x 24"W
Category
1970s Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride, Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
By Walter Thomas Sacks
Located in Soquel, CA
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride - Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
A bright, crisp morning and a sleigh ride through new snow in Stowe, Vermont...
Category
1940s Post-War South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Seascape of Capri, Amalfi Coast
Located in Soquel, CA
Luminous early 20th Century seascape of Capri on Amalfi Coast by Albert Wenk (German, 1863-1934), 1913. Signed and dated lower left corner. Cond...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"Visions of the Metropolis #4" - Original Surrealist Oil on Canvas 1996
Located in Soquel, CA
"Visions of the Metropolis #4" - Original Surrealist, Oil on Canvas 1996
Original oil painting from Bay Area artist Travis Flack (American, 20th Century) from the series "Visions of...
Category
20th Century Contemporary South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunset at Grand Teton National Park - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Sunset at Grand Teton National Park - Plein Aire Landscape in Oil on Board
Vibrant plein aire landscape by Thomas Bradshaw (American, b. 1972). This landscape was complete on site, ...
Category
1990s South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
"Untitled" 19th Century Painting by Edmund Darch Lewis - 1875 Hudson School Art
By Edmund Darch Lewis
Located in Carmel, CA
Edmund Darch Lewis (American, 1835-1910)
'Untitled', 1875
Oil paint, linen, stretcher bars
The artist signed the bottom right of the painting.
Dimensions: 43.5" x 25.5" x .75"
Frame...
Category
19th Century Hudson River School South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"New World City" Abstract Geometric Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"New World City" Abstract Geometric Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Bold abstract composition by Veronica "Roni" Bloch (American, 1925-1998). Strong shapes of dark red, blue, grey-blue, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Open Sails
Located in Soquel, CA
Richly colored landscape of sailboats on the water at Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts. Signed "De Geno" in lower right corner. Presented in a gilt wood frame. Image size: 17.5" L x ...
Category
1960s Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Trees on the Coast, Mid Century Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic California coastal scene by an unknown artist. The orientation of brushstrokes in this piece create a sense of movement in the trees and the grass, hinting at the way the win...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Fiberboard
Through The Spring Fields, Early 20th Century Landscape w Wildflowers in Bloom
Located in Soquel, CA
A gorgeous early 20th century landscape oil painting of fields of yellow and blue wildflowers in bloom by Northern Californi...
Category
1920s American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century San Diego Impressionist Seascape by Georgia Crittenden Bemis, 1939
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century impressionist seascape of Southern California coastal rocks and waves by Georgia Crittenden Bemis (American, 1908-2008), 1939. Signed lower left corner and on verso. Presented in gilt-toned gesso frame of period. Image size: 30"H x 36"W. Framed size; 34"H x 40"W. Painting was exhibited at the San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, 1939.
Georgia Crittenden Bemis was born in Delano, MN on Jan. 13, 1908. Bemis moved to San Diego, CA in 1928. She studied there at the Academy of Fine Arts and with Pauline DeVol, Charles Reiffel, Otto Schneider...
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1930s American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Lavender Field - Abstracted Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
By Ilana Ingber
Located in Soquel, CA
Lavender Field - Abstracted Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Vibrant landscape by Ilana Ingber (American, b. 1984). A bold purple field stretches out towards the horizon, where dark t...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Mid Century Autumn Reflections Oil Paint Landscape
By Lorenz E. Griffith
Located in Soquel, CA
Peaceful landscape of a calm stream winding through an autumnal forest by Lorenz Griffith (American, 1889-1968). Signed "Lorenz Griffith" lower left. Titled "Autumn Reflections - Virginia" and dated 1958 on verso. Unframed. Image size: 24"H x 35.5"W.
Lorenz E. Griffith was born in Indiana; he was active/lived in North Carolina, Florida, Indiana and many places across the United States. Lorenz Griffith is known for luminist landscapes and portraits. He painted in the style of the Florida Highwaymen...
Category
1950s American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Bridge Over the Neckar, Town of Heidelberg" - Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Bridge Over the Neckar, Town of Heidelberg" - Original Oil Painting on Canvas
A beautiful German landscape, by American painter, Betty Brenner (1922-2016), captures the Karl Theodor Bridge and its reflection. Commonly known as the Old Bridge (Alte Brücke), it is an arch bridge in Heidelberg that crosses the Neckar river. It connects the Old City with the eastern part of the Neuenheim district of the city on the opposite bank. The current bridge, made of Neckar sandstone and the ninth built on the site, was constructed in 1788 by Elector Charles Theodore, and is one of the best-known landmarks and tourist destinations in Heidelberg.
Brenner, Betty (American, 1922-2016) - Raised in Washington, Brenner attended Cornish School...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Mid Century Ojai Spring Cottage Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century landscape of Ojai, California with charming stucco cottage and almond trees in bloom and mountains in background titled, "Storm over Ojai" by Margaret Anna Dobson (American, 1888-1981), 1959. Signed faintly, lower right. Signed in pencil "Margaret Dobson", titled "Storm Over Ojai" and dated "1959" on verso. Presented in vintage gilt-toned wood frame. Image size: 12"H x 16"W. Framed size: 14"H x 17.75"W.
Margaret Dobson was a painter, illustrator, muralist, etcher. Born in Baltimore, MD on Nov. 9, 1888. Dobson studied at the Maryland Institute, PAFA, Fontainebleau School of Art (Paris), and Syracuse University. She studied privately with Daniel Garber, Cecilia Beaux, Violet Oakley, Emil Carlsen, Robert Vonnoh, Hugh Breckenridge, and others. She was active in London, England until 1933. She then settled in Los Angeles where she remained until her death on Jan. 20, 1981. Primarily a muralist, she also painted floral still lifes and landscapes of the Sierra and southern California. Member: NAC; Royal Society of Etchers (London); Laguna Beach AA; Women Painters of the West; Santa Monica AA; Calif. Art Club; LAAA; Artists of the SW.
Exhibits: Fontainebleau, 1927 (prize); Egan Gallery (LA), 1933; Calif. PM Society, 1935, 1936; Ebell Club (LA) 1936 (1st prize); Academy of Western Painters, LACMA, 1937; Santa Cruz Art League, 1938; Friday Morning Club (LA), 1939; GGIE, 1939; Society for Sanity in Art, CPLH, 1944. Murals: Santa Monica Women's Club; Palace of Fontainebleau and Fontainebleau Hospital (France); Kaufman (TX) Post Office (Driving the Steers); Girl Scouts...
Category
1950s American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Coral Bouquet - Abstracted Underwater Scene in Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Coral Bouquet - Abstracted Underwater Scene in Acrylic on Masonite
High contrast abstract composition by an unknown artist (20th Century). Vibrant scene composed of abstract shapes ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Ohlone Mother and Child Walking Through the Santa Cruz Redwoods - Landscape 1930
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene depiction of an Ohlone Mother and Child walking a forest path by Anton Dahl (Swedish-American). Ohlone Mother and child are walking through the North...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
"Desert Rose" - Still Life on a Retaining Wall with Landscape in the Background
Located in Soquel, CA
Clean and modern still life against a landscape background by Kipp Stewart (American, b. 1928). The still life consists of a rose in a pitcher, two Native American baskets (Salish an...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid Century Figurative Seascape with Sailboats
By Henryk Dzienczarski
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century figurative seascape with boats by Henryk Dzienczarski, (Poland, b-1917). Signed "H. Dzienczarski" lower right. Displayed in a wood fra...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Stream at the Edge of the Forest - Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning naturalist landscape by Karl Bock (German, 1873-1940) in the style of and "after" (Paul Franz Flickel German, 1852-1903) . Signed ("K. Bock n. P. F...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Big Sur California Seascape Original Mid-Century Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Big Sur California Seascape Original Mid-Century Oil on Linen
Exceptional Seascape ainting in Oil Impasto technique by Ralph Victor Murray (American, 1897-1991). Heavy brush work of the Big Sur Coast rocks and crashing waves. In a period rustic carved frame.
Image 24"H x 30.88"W
Frame 28.25"H x 35.25"W x 2"D, frame is rustic and has some edge wear included as-is.
Ralph Victor Murray was born June 27, 1897 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. He was raised in Fredericton and Campbellton. He was living in Campbellton in 1910 and witnessed the whole town burn to the ground. He studied at Rothesay Academy and left school at the age of 15 to help support his mother and sisters when his father passed away. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Forces at age 18 and served during World War 1 in England until he was stricken with Diptheria and transferred to Halifax. He was walking to work on Dec. 16, 1917 when the great explosion of Halifax took place.
After leaving the military, he traveled and worked in Canada and the United States until he ended up in San Francisco. While there he heard the California Highway Division was hiring, so he took the test and was hired as a surveyor. From 1923 to 1924 he surveyed Highway One (The Big Sur Highway) between Santa Maria and Carmel. He was retired from the State of California in 1940 and took up oil painting.
In 1941 he won 2nd place in the Santa Cruz County Fair. He was mostly self taught, however he did take some private lessons from Burton Boundey and Abel Warshawsky. His work was landscapes and seascapes in oils. He was a lifetime member of the Carmel Art Association in Carmel, California. He frequently exhibited his work there from 1940-1960. His work was also exhibited in Wells Fargo Bank, Cal Am Water Co., Monterey Savings and Loan, Pacific Gas and Electric and numerous other businesses around the Monterey Peninsula. His work was shown in the "Monterey Peninsula Herald" and was also photographed for the L. A. Times for the July 20, 1958 insert.
In the 1960's he gave private lessons to Helen Barker and Charles Lee. He also showed his work in the Helen Barker Gallery in Carmel, California. He was featured under People in the February, 1989 issue of Monterey Life. The California Art Review solicited information from him as well as California Artists.
His friends and peers were such greats as Abel Warshawsky, Frank Meyers, Myron Oliver, Armin Hansen, Arthur Hill Gilbert, Burton Boundey and Leslie Emery...
Category
1950s American Modern South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Big Sur Rolling Hills Landscape
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
Sweeping Big Sur landscape of rolling hills in beautiful pastel colors illuminated with sunlight, by California artist Kathleen Murray (American, 1958). Oil on artists canvas board (...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Mid Century Winter Stream Oil Paint Landscape
By Lorenz E. Griffith
Located in Soquel, CA
Peaceful winter landscape of a calm stream winding through a snowy forest by Lorenz Griffith (American, 1889-1968). Signed "Lorenz Griffith" lower left. Titled "A Winter Stream - Virginia" and dated 1960 on verso. Presented in a giltwood frame. Image size: 23.25"H x 29"W.
Lorenz E. Griffith was born in Indiana; he was active/lived in North Carolina, Florida, Indiana and many places across the United States. Lorenz Griffith is known for luminist landscapes and portraits. He was painted in the style of the Florida Highwaymen...
Category
1960s American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
1970's Winter Landscape -- River in the Snow
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful winter landscape of the snow covered countryside by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Signed "Mallek" lower right. Displayed in a painted rustic frame. Image, 7"H...
Category
1970s American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
"Big Sur Cove" Landscape
By Kathleen Murray
Located in Soquel, CA
Miniature landscape by Kathleen Murray (American, b. 1958). Signed "MURRAY" in the lower right corner. "Big Sur Cove Kathleen Murray 2011 Oil" is written on verso. No frame.
Kathlee...
Category
2010s American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Mid Century Abstract Original Painting - Blue Calligraphy on Crimson Water
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Abstract Original Painting - Blue Calligraphy on Crimson Water in Oil and Tempera on Paper
Wonderful Bay Area abstract composition by San Francisco's artist Honora Berg ...
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Tempera
Spring in the Valley Landscape
By J A Johnson
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant plein air painting of blooming meadows, and oil on paper landscape by J. A. Johnson (American, 20th C.). Presented in a wooden frame. Pr...
Category
1990s American Impressionist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Company For Supper" - Original Oil on Canvas, After Dale Nichols
By Dale Nichols
Located in Soquel, CA
"Company For Supper" - After Dale Nichols
"Company For Supper" oil on canvas painting by Arlene a mid-west artist (American, 20th Century). Painted by an anonymous artist in the sty...
Category
1950s American Realist South Coast - Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Stretcher Bars
