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19th Century California Paintings

California Oil on Canvas Painting, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
California oil on canvas landscape painting, "Evening Glow" - Otto Robert Gaensslen (1876-1915
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Antique Late 19th Century American Paintings

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Canvas

19th Century Horse Race Painting by California Artist Edward Burn
Located in San Francisco, CA
American folk art style late 19th century flat track horse race with sulky painting by California
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Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Painting of the Historic Bonita Point Lighthouse Marin California 19th Century
Located in Fulton, CA
A 19th century oil painting depicting the historic Point Bonita Lighthouse. Erected at the Marin
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Antique Late 19th Century American Primitive Paintings

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Canvas, Oak, Paint

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
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Late 19th Century Academic Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Late 19th Century Santa Cruz California Landscape
By Esther Roebuck
Located in Soquel, CA
Catholic church during late 19th Century by Esther Roebuck (American 1902-1970), painted c.1950. Signed
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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Landscape Oil Painting California Artist Meyer Straus
Located in Toledo, OH
Mountainous landscape with stream by California artist Meyer Straus 1831- 1905. Straus was bon in
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Antique Early 19th Century North American High Victorian Paintings

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Paint

Late 19th Century California Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
), by an unknown 19th-century artist. This small watercolor depicts a California riverbed scene in
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1880s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Mt. Shasta, California
Located in Missouri, MO
school' or 'Parrott school' are frequently used terms to describe paintings by turn-of-the-century Oregon
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Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Still Life with Carnations, Watercolor, 19th Century American, California
Located in Wiscasset, ME
living in Yuba County, California. In 1873 she exhibited at the California State Fair.
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

San Francisco Bay near Golden Gate, 1893 by William Hubaeck, California Painting
By William Hubacek
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Golden Gate ", 1893 Oil on Canvas 16 1/4" x 22" Housed in a 19th-century 3.5" Silver Gilt Ornamented
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Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Antique American 19th C Realist California River Landscape Oil on Canvas 1888
Located in Portland, OR
A good late 19th century realist oil on canvas California river landscape painting, circa 1888, by
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Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Western Wilderness Interior" William Keith, California Tonalist, Forest Stream
By William Keith
Located in New York, NY
board 14 1/2 x 19 inches A native of Scotland, William Keith became in the late 19th and early 20th
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Late 19th Century Tonalist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Board

Large Panoramic YOSEMITE VALLEY Western California Encampment Landscape Figures
Located in New York, NY
, California. He is noted for his documentation of America's Northwest Frontier at the turn of the 20th century
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19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Harvest Time The Hills of Mt Tamalpais near Lake Bon Tempe 1890s
Located in Soquel, CA
19th century were a time of work and play as seen in this watercolor near Lake Bon Tempe circa 1898
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Waterco...

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Watercolor, Illustration Board, Laid Paper

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19th Century Painting of Condors on Morro Bay, California, by Theodore Koppen
By Theodore Koppen 1
Located in Alexandria, VA
Theodore Hermann William Koppen (German, 1828-1903) California Condors, Morro Bay Oil on
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Antique 1890s German Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Oil Painting California Coast by Jean Mannheim, 1861
By Jean Mannheim
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
Oil Painting California Coast by Jean Mannheim, 1861 Mannheim, Jean (American, German, 1863
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Antique Late 19th Century American Paintings

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Paint

California Hills
By Julian Rix
Located in Hudson, NY
paintings for a successful solo show. In 1888 his illustrations appeared in "Picturesque California." Rix
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

California Hills
California Hills
H 36 in W 42 in D 3 in
California Hills
By Frederick Ballard Williams
Located in Graton, CA
aristocratic women in gorgeous 18th century gowns, Frederick Williams did works that reflected his exposure to
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Late 19th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Big Sur, California
By Arthur J. Hammond
Located in Graton, CA
including Denver and California. At an early age, he began building small boats, which eventually led to his
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Mid-19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Springtime, Mount Tamalpais, California
By Benjamin Sears
Located in Graton, CA
this early California landscapist. Painter. Born in Guilford, CT on May 16, 1846. Sears's father had
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Mid-19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

California Miners (Scene with Cabin and Mill)
By Henry Chapman Ford
Located in Graton, CA
Henry Chapman Ford was best known for his paintings of the entire chain of twenty-one California
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Mid-19th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fountain and Cypress Trees in Monterey, California
By Ernest Peixotto
Located in Graton, CA
From the estate of William Hearst, this painting was in the 1894 San Francisco Art Exhibit
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Old Mill Stream in Mill Valley, California
By Carl Dahlgren
Located in Graton, CA
illustrations appeared in "Californian" magazine. Primarily a landscapist, he also painted genre, portraits
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Large Oil Attributed to California Artist Thomas Hill Yosemite Valley
By Thomas Hill
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
the age of 15. He went on to become one of America's most famous 19th century landscape painters
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Antique Late 19th Century American American Classical Paintings

Roadway About 1 1/2 Miles North of Bolinas California
By James Everett Stuart
Located in Graton, CA
California and Oregon. Reportedly he painted more than 5000 paintings during his lifetime and originated a
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Late 19th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Impressionist Landscape with Cows by a Creek in Marin County, California
By Hiram Reynolds Bloomer
Located in Graton, CA
Landscape painter. Born in New York on Dec. 19, 1845. Bloomer came to California with his family in
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Plums
By Edwin Deakin
Located in Graton, CA
A still life of ripe plums by one of the great talents of American and Californian 19th century
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Mid-19th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

19th Century California Vista
By Hamilton Hamilton
Located in Buffalo, NY
An oil on canvas by Hamilton Hamilton. Housed in the original frame and very impressive in person. Signed lower right. Image size, 12"L x 8"H.
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19th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1891 Antique American California Monterey Carmel Coastal Seascape
By Henry Culmer
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful rare Henry Lavender Culmer (1854-1914) California seascape painting. Painting Depicts
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19th Century Impressionist Paintings

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Oil

Along the River, California, San Fernando Valley
Located in Missouri, MO
Along the River, California, San Fernando Valley, 1880 By. William Lewis Marple (American, 1827
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Late 19th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century California Oaks
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous small 19th Century painting in the style of William Keith (American 1828-1911). Signed
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Masonite, Oil

19th Century California Oaks
19th Century California Oaks
H 13.5 in W 15.5 in D 1.25 in
Late 19th Century Northern California Seascape by James Everett Stuart
By James Everett Stuart
Located in Soquel, CA
not to be so. He also wrote on the back of most of his paintings His parents took him to California
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

California Impressionist Landscape Painting Framed 19th Century Rare Purple
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original American impressionist figurative watercolor of a California coastline with trees.
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Early 1900s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Alice Brown Chittenden " California Lone Mountain "
By Alice Brown Chittenden
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 19th Century - Beautiful oil on canvas Done by Alice Brown Chittenden " California Lone Mountain "
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19th Century Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Late 19th Cent. Nocturnal Figurative Landscape - Night Caller, California Adobe
By Alfred Farnsworth
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene nocturnal figurative landscape painting of returning from a hunting outing at the rear door
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19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Oil

"Ross Valley" California Impressionist Landscape
By Frederick Schafer
Located in Buffalo, NY
19th Century landscape painting by California artist Frederick Schafer (1839-1927). An expansive
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19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Last Light, Landscape at Sunset, " William Keith, California Tonalist, Forest
By William Keith
Located in New York, NY
lower right A native of Scotland, William Keith became in the late 19th and early 20th centuries a
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Late 19th Century Tonalist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

California Landscape with Farm
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork :California Landscape with Farm" c.1950 is a watercolor by noted California artist
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Mid-19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Late 19th Century View of Mt. Tamalpais Landscape John Perry 1870s
By John Calvin Perry
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful late 19th century landscape painting of California's Mt. Tamalpais in Northern
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Late 19th Century Neo-Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen, Stretcher Bars

Impressionist Seascape Oil Painting on Canvas by Nels Hagerup, Framed
By Nels Hagerup
Located in Encino, CA
. Hagerup is most valued and famous for the sophisticated, subtle, atmospheric California coastal seascape
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Old Santa Barbara Mission Dam
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming 19th-century California folk art oil painting of Santa Barbara Mission's dam with three
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Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Exceptional 19th Century California Landscape by Ransom Gillet Holdredge
By Ransome Gillett Holdridge
Located in Fulton, CA
Beautiful early California Landscape oil painting by Ransom Gillet Holdredge. (1836-1899) Arrived
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Antique 19th Century American Victorian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Cattle Grazing in the Hills, Marin County, California
By Gordon Coutts
Located in Graton, CA
for his work. He eventually settled in Palm Springs, in southern California and was an active member
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19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

19th Century Painting of California Style of Albertus Del Orient Browere, Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
A mid to late 19th Century antique oil on canvas landscape painting done in the style of American
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Antique Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

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Mirror

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Mirror Swedish Beige Gray Empire Neoclassical Signed, 19th Century, Sweden
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Mirror Swedish Empire Neoclassical signed, 19th century, Sweden. A mirror made during the Empire period, first half of 19th century. Signed with maker's name paper stamp on back, cir...
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Wall Mirrors

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By Sofar
Located in Rebais, FR
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Brass

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$7,036 / item
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Brass

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$5,500
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Located in Dallas, TX
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20th Century Neoclassical Side Tables

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Brass

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$1,800
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19th Century California Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of 19th century california paintings is available on 1stDibs. A selection of these works in the Impressionist, contemporary and Post-Impressionist styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the 19th century california paintings that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, gray, black and blue. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Christopher Clark, Karen Darbinyan, Stephanie Wheeler, Ray Turner and Mandy Main are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric.

How Much are 19th Century California Paintings?

Prices for pieces in our collection of 19th century california paintings start at $80 and top out at $1,685,000 with the average selling for $3,206.