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Red Tulips and California Poppies, Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored floral landscape by unknown artist Duane Reid (American, 20th Century). Bold red and orange flowers with green foliage contrast nicely against a blue sky with puffy ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
The Little Bandit
, California Raccoon, National Watercolor Society
By Jack Bevier
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
he attended the Art Institute of Chicago where he graduated with honors. After six years of painting
Category
1980s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
$712 Sale Price
59% Off
Charles Kinghan Corona Del Mar Beach California
Located in San Francisco, CA
fantastic watercolor of a beach in Corona Del Mar California was probably done mid 20th century. It measures
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor
Village in Tuscany
, California Modernist woman artist, SFAA
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
circa 1965.
This listed, California woman artist exhibited widely and with success throughout the 1950s
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,875 Sale Price
25% Off
University Village, Berkeley
Carmel, California, Woman Post Impressionist
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
', dated 1958 and with inscription verso, 'Demonstration painting- horizontal and vertical pattern
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,087 Sale Price
25% Off
Rocky Arroyo Death Valley California Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Death Valley National Park, California by California artist Marilyn Ann Deeds (American, 20th Century
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Geometric Watercolor by David Novros, California School
Located in New York, NY
in 1963 from the University of Southern California, and then served a year in the army in Europe. In
Category
1980s Minimalist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pacific Coast
, California Post-Impressionist, Modernism, San Francisco
By Michel Kady
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Hungarian-American Artist painted in San Francisco and Foster City.
Source:
Artists in California 1786
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,350 Sale Price
25% Off
Modernist American Landscape
, Merritt College, Oakland, Stanford, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
returning from the war, Saylor taught at Merritt College in Oakland, California where he served as head of
Category
1940s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Pastel
California Vineyard, Large-Scale Farmhouse Landscape Watercolor
By Carolyn Hofstetter
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant large-scale landscape watercolor of a California vineyard by S.W.A. artist Carolyn
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,012 Sale Price
25% Off
Pt. Pinos California, Coastal Figural Landscape Watercolor
By Donald J. Phillips
Located in Soquel, CA
Pt. Pinos California, Coastal Figural Landscape Watercolor
Striking depiction of a lighthouse by
Category
1980s American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
View of Angel Island from Tiburon, California
By Hilda Kider
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Artwork "View of Angel Island from Tiburon, California" c. 1975 is a watercolor on paper by
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor
Dreamscape
, Bolivia, Brazil, California, Sao Paulo Biennale, UNESCO
By Mario Cespedes
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painting, mixed media, Indian Wells Arts Festival /Indian Wells, CA.
2000 - First Place, mixed media
Category
1980s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,387 Sale Price
25% Off
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Carmel, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Carmel, California" c.1970, is a large
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor
Modernist Rocky Californian Seascape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist Rocky Seascape in Watercolor on Paper
A vibrant watercolor seascape by California artist
Category
20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"The Dancer 2" Fauvist Abstract Original Oil Painting
By Chris Hamamoto
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist painting by Southern California artist Chris Hamamoto (American, 20th
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Old Monterey Street Scene, Monterey California" Large watercolor.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Old Monterey Street Scene, Monterey California" c.1970, is a large watercolor
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor
Estuary at Sunset
, Mendocino, California, American Watercolor Society, SWA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
as a book illustrator, he moved to California where he taught painting at Riverside College and led
Category
1970s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
Monolith Rock - Mid Century Monterey, California Seascape
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Seascape of waves crashing against a large rock by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. Signed "Joe Yeager" in the lower right cor...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Pathways - Rancho San Carlos" - California Trees Landscape
By Cheryl Trotter
Located in Soquel, CA
Soft watercolor and Cyanotype of oak trees at Rancho San Carlos by Cheryl Trotter (American, 20th century). Signed lower right "Cheryl Trotter." Displayed in giltwood-toned frame. Ci...
Category
1980s Contemporary California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Spinnakers at Sunset
, California Watercolor Association, Pacific Grove Artist
By Lucille Marie Johnston
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
.
Born in California on May 26, 1907, Lucille Johnston settled in Glendale in the 1930's. She exhibited
Category
1980s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Coastal Breakers
, Mid-century California, American Watercolor Society, CWS
By Arthur Irwin Riley
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
water on California's Northern Pacific coast.
Art Riley first studied at the Art Center School in Los
Category
1960s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Dynamic Figurative
, California Post-Impressionist, Ruskin School of Art
By Robert Moesle
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
numerous figures in dynamic interaction.
Born in 1932, Robert Moesle studied painting at San Jose State
Category
1970s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
$1,237 Sale Price
44% Off
Listed California Artist Oil on Canvas by Mika Koide Hotei San God of Happines
Located in San Diego, CA
San Diego artist Mika Koide, original oil on canvas depicting Japanese God of Contentment and happiness, well done piece in its black mate original wood frame. The piece without fram...
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency California Vintage Painting
Materials
Canvas
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Carmel Mission
, Santa Clara, California, Society Western Artists, Historical
By Henry Hank Volle
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Carmel on the coast of California with a view beyond towards the Carmel highlands.
Henry "Hank" Volle
Category
1970s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Dynamic Abstract
, California San Francisco Bay Area Modernism, Thiebaud
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
City, California where he remained until shortly before his death in San Francisco. Gilberg exhibited
Category
1940s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pen
"Ridge Oak" Northern Mt Tamalpais California Watercolor 1991
Located in Soquel, CA
"Ridge Oak" Northern Mt Tamalpais California Watercolor 1991
Perfectly executed plein air
Category
1990s American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Fisherman
s Wharf, Monterey
, Modernist California Artist, Crocker Art Museum
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
1955.
A vibrant Modernist work by this notable California woman artist who exhibited widely and with
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Graphite
Seated Nude
, Louvre, California Post-Impressionist, LACMA, Académie Chaumière
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
furthering his studies in Rome at the Studio Hinna. Returning to California, Di Gesu worked beside notable
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Old San Anselmo, California
, Woman Post-Impressionist, Crocker Museum
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Statewide Art Exhibition Index, First through Twenty-seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,237 Sale Price
25% Off
Seated Nude
, Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel, California, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Hinna in Rome. On his return to California, he worked beside notable American Modernists including F
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Flamenco Dancer
, Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, California
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
studies at Studio Hinna in Rome. On his return to California, he worked beside notable American Modernists
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Wax Crayon, Graphite
Kneeling Nude
, Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, California, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
return to California, he worked beside notable American Modernists including F. Tolles Chamberlain and
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Seated Nude
, California Post-Impressionist, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Artes before furthering his studies at Studio Hinna in Rome. On his return to California, he worked
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Cubist Kitchen Interior
, Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, California, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Escuela de Bellas Artes before furthering his studies at Studio Hinna in Rome. On his return to California
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Gouache
Woman Seated
, Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, California, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Artes before furthering his studies at Studio Hinna in Rome. On his return to California, he worked
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Quaint Antique Barn, Mid Century California Landscape Watercolor
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century watercolor painting of a quaint white antiques barn with two trees in the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Colorado River, Needles, California, 1950s Western Landscape, Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
The Colorado At Needles, California, c. 1950
Watercolor
Category
1950s American Modern California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor
House at the Beach, Baja California Figurative Landscape
By David Stephens
Located in Soquel, CA
Carmel, California - named for Sylvia Savage, the gallery director, Savage Contemporary Fine Art. Now
Category
1990s American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$719 Sale Price
20% Off
View of Angel Island from Tiburon, California II
By Hilda Kider
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Artwork "View of Angel Island from Tiburon, California II" c. 1975 is a watercolor on paper by
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor
Modernist Oil Painting - "Peggy
s Cove", Nova Scotia
By Herbert Kornfeld
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Scotia.
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A California modernist, "Kornfeld's paintings came to help define the California modernist
Category
1980s Contemporary California Vintage Painting
Materials
Oil
original Ronald Shap oil pastel character portrait - Ol
California
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel character portrait by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape
Category
1980s Contemporary California Vintage Painting
Materials
Oil Pastel
Woodland Stream in Spring
, San Francisco Bay Area, Monterey, California
By James March Phillips
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
1965.
A profusion of autumn-tinged, California flora is shown growing beside the lush banks of a
Category
1960s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
The "Passage" Monotype Painting by Karen Kvenvold Bailey
Located in Soquel, CA
California artist, a Montotype painting, with hand painting to image. The scene is dominated by towering
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Monotype
Returning Home, Watsonville California Blue Farmhouse Landscape Watercolor
By L. Heebner
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful watercolor painting of a quaint blue farmhouse surrounded by lush green trees by Lillie
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Reclining Nude
, Bay Area Figurative School, CSFA, San Francisco, California
By Elmer Nelson Bischoff
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Reclining Nude' by Elmer Bischoff, 1964.
Bay Area Figurative School, California School of Fine Art
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
“Birches in Winter”
By Francis Stillwell Dixon
Located in Southampton, NY
Angeles, Carmel and Point Lobos, California. Dixon exhibited his California paintings at Folson Galleries
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
$595 Sale Price
20% Off
Figures on Horseback
, Los Angeles County Museum, Laguna Beach California
By Ben Abril
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, California, Ben Abril is known for his equestrian paintings, primarily in watercolor. An active painter who
Category
1950s Abstract California Vintage Painting
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper
$1,237 Sale Price
25% Off
Biomorphic abstract nude by a California abstract artist circa 1938
By Erle Loran
Located in Colfax, CA
Exposition of 1939, the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Category
1940s American Modern California Vintage Painting
Materials
Ink
20th Century California Modernist Seascape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist 20th Century Rocky Plein Air California Landscape
A vibrant watercolor seascape by
Category
20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lone Cypress
, Carmel Seascape, California Plein Air, Pebble Beach, Monterey
By James March Phillips
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
California, James March Phillips first studied in San Francisco at the Turner Art Academy under Alfred Owles
Category
1960s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Golden Irises
, St. Martin
s School, California Woman Artist, Santa Cruz
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial and vibrant, botanical watercolor by this well-listed and widely exhibited California
Category
1990s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
John Garth (1889-1971) female, nude, painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
John Garth (1889-1971). female, nude, painting by prolific California artist widely recognized for
Category
20th Century California Vintage Painting
Materials
Canvas, Board
Gold Country, California
, San Francisco Bay Area, Hungarian, Foster City
By Michel Kady
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
substantial watercolor landscape showing a view of a dirt road in California Gold Country lined with weathered
Category
1960s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Board
Window Series No.3
, Dog, Weimaraner, Fresno, California Artist, CSUF
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
California State University at Fresno. She has exhibited throughout California and taught art at the State
Category
1990s Contemporary California Vintage Painting
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper
California Coastal Diptych
, Berkeley, Bay Area Woman Artist, Smithsonian, CCAC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
right panel.
An unusual, asymmetric diptych landscape showing a view of a Northern California coastal
Category
1970s Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Varnish, Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Laid Paper
"Shenandoah Valley" - Rural California Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Shenandoah Valley" - Rural California Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Idyllic country landscape
Category
1960s American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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California Vintage Painting For Sale on 1stDibs
Surely you’ll find the exact california vintage painting you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. You can easily find an example made in the Abstract style, while we also have 3 Abstract versions to choose from as well. Finding the perfect california vintage painting may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. On 1stDibs, the right california vintage painting is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes brown, beige and gray. Finding an appealing california vintage painting — no matter the origin — is easy, but Jon Blanchette, Etta Benjamin Cien, Ernest Posey and Richard Mann each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these — often created in oil paint, paint and canvas — can elevate any room of your home.
How Much is a California Vintage Painting?
The average selling price for a california vintage painting we offer is $1,275, while they’re typically $450 on the low end and $3,200 for the highest priced.
Questions About California Vintage Painting
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 9, 2024To tell if a painting is vintage, research the artist and determine when they were active. There are mobile apps that can help you identify the artist by referencing a photo of the signature on your painting. If your painting is over 20 years old but less than 100, it would generally be considered vintage. However, experts don't often use the term vintage to describe art. If you need assistance with the dating process, enlist the help of a certified appraiser or experienced art dealer. On 1stDibs, shop a diverse assortment of paintings.