Grace Diehl

Courtyard Geraniums, Painting, Oil on Canvas

2023

This 18" X 16" oil on linen canvas painting shows a vibrant floral arrangement. Various textures from thick impasto to thinner paint capture the light and color of this still life. ...

Outdoor sunlit pink roses. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: S...

Nasturtiums enjoying the sun. This painting is done on deep canvas with 1.5 inch sides which are painted and does not require a frame. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece come...

Pretty pink roses painted en plein air, with a backdrop of the city. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artis...

Artist Commentary: This is an original acrylic on stretched canvas floral still life painting. Keywords: still life,flowers,floral,representational,red,geraniums,blue,green, Artist...

French late 20th Century gouache on card of a colourful garden courtyard by Claude Gemy. The painting is signed bottom right and is annotated to the bottom edge. Provenance: Acquire...

Red Geraniums and Yellow Curtain Original Paul Schmitt California Impressionist Geraniums in an interior setting with a yellow curtain or drape behind by Paul A. Schmitt (American, 18983-1983). Oakland, California artist. Size 23.5"H x 16.5"W Signed lower left "Paul A. Schmitt" Exhibition label on verso, "Alameda Art Association, Paul A. Schmitt Oil Still Life No 10" Painter, watercolorist, illustrator and teacher, Paul Schmitt was born in Philadelphia, in 1893 and moved to San Francisco in 1898 where he lived until the 1906 earthquake took his family home. He then moved to the Fruitvale district of Oakland. He died of natural causes at the age of 90 in San Leandro, California. Paul Schmitt studied under Perham Wilhelm Nahl, at the California College of Arts and Crafts. He also learned various crafts, woodworking and carving skills from his father, Herman Schmitt, a German wood carver working in San Francisco. Herman's works are still found in various San Francisco public buildings including the city hall chambers and the garden court of the Palace Hotel. Schmitt joined twelve other local San Francisco artists to form the group called "The Thirteen Watercolorists", a group that eventually evolved into the Society of Western Artists. Their early members included Alfred Owles, Will Cameron, Maurice Logan, Maynard Dixon and many others. Paul worked with engineers and architects doing models of many projects. He was versatile in that he also did illustrations for various publications and advertisers. He fathered thirteen children. In the late 1930's he decided to accept a teaching position in the local adult schools where he retired in his eighties. Paul was very fond of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and yearly took his large family there on camping /sketching trips. He did a series of oils of the California missions. He also traveled extensively on sketching trips including Mexico where he did a series of Mexican churches...

Stéphanie Caroline Guerzoni (1887-1970) was an Austrian-born artist who spent much of her life contributing to the European art scene. Born in Vienna, she experienced the vibrant cul...