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"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
Figural
, Carmel, California Post-Impressionist, Ruskin School of Art, Madrid
By Robert Moesle
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
would later work up into paintings at his summer home in Costa Brava. He returned to Northern California
Category
1970s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
Sailing Boat in Harbor
, SFMOMA, Woman Artist, California Post-Impressionist
By Jae Carmichael
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Carmichael first studied at the University of Southern California, Claremont College and Mills College. She
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Grey Outpost, Fort Ross, California
, Woman Artist, Modernist Park view
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
notable California woman artist exhibited widely and with success from the 1930's through the 1950's
Category
1960s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,387 Sale Price
25% Off
California Gold Town, Small-Scale Vintage Figurative Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming small-scale watercolor painting of figures sitting outside an old building in a small
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Tehuantepec Woman
, WPA, California, Oaxaca, Rivera, GGIE, ASL, NY MoMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
paintings were the people he met on his travels down to Tehuantepec.
In 1940, Sottosanti was invited to
Category
1940s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Industrial Landscape in Blue
, California, Marin Society of Artists, Nassau
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Community College, New York 1991; Marin Society of Artists, California, Auction 2006
Category
1990s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Lighthouse at Point Pinos
, Pacific Grove, California Woman Post Impressionist
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
coast at Pacific Grove, California with the Point Pinos lighthouse, the oldest operating lighthouse on
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Fred Korburg Nautical Painting
Located in Fulton, CA
Original California Post-Impressionist oil painting titled by Fred Korburg. Titled "Boat Yard
Category
Mid-20th Century American California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paint
$1,950 Sale Price
30% Off
Still Life of Roses
, Post Impressionist California Woman Artist, SWA
By Gladys Louise Bowman Fies
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
.
Gladys Fies was born in Texas and studied in California with Millard Sheets, Rex Brandt, and George Post
Category
1960s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Monterey Foothill Pond in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting
By Louise Grossett Cunningham
Located in Soquel, CA
California landscape painting by one of the six Monterey Bay area distinguished women artists.
Medium: Oil
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern California Vintage Painting
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Woman Seated
, Paris, Louvre, Carmel, California Post-Impressionist, LACMA SFAA
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
1940s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink
Main Street, Port Costa
, California Woman Post Impressionist, Crocker Museum
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Twenty-seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12)" Nancy Dustin Moure; et al.
Category
1960s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Seated Nude
, Paris, Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, California Fauve
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
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
Rain
, Los Gatos Woman Artist, China, Germany, Santa Cruz, California
By Gisela Embree
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
immigrated to the United States in 1948. She began to study Chinese brush painting in 1975, and it became her
Category
1960s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$562 Sale Price
69% Off
Modern Abstract Figurative Expressionistic Painting, "Navigator" 1997
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original painting by southern California artist, Peter J. Geise. Its
Category
1990s Abstract California Vintage Painting
Materials
Acrylic
Oleta
s Hat
, Carmel Art Association Exhibit, California Woman Artist, SFMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
.
Exhibited: Carmel Art Association, 1983 (on original backing).
This early California Woman Modernist was
Category
1980s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
"Landscape with Barn" large oil painting on canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Barn" 1968, is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Oil
Free More, Painting, ex Zabriskie Gallery
Reader
s Digest Collection, Signed
By Pat Adams
Located in New York, NY
(American, b. 1928) was raised in Stockton, California, and began painting at the age of ten. She studied
Category
1980s Abstract California Vintage Painting
Materials
Varnish, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Acrylic, Pencil, Graphite
Modernist Rabbi Judaica Painting on Gold Background
By Harry Sternberg
Located in Surfside, FL
universities and reveled in the unique qualities of Southern California's light. Still painting and making
Category
20th Century Modern California Vintage Painting
Materials
Acrylic, Illustration Board
"Old Mill" Naturalistic Green Toned Pastoral Country Oil Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
paintings of the California coast remained a significant part of his oeuvre. Living in Laguna for seven
Category
20th Century Naturalistic California Vintage Painting
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gold Rush Town Columbia, California Landscape by Lillie Heebner
By L. Heebner
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful figurative landscape watercolor painting of Columbia, California, showing two men in
Category
1970s American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
California Seascape, Botanical Study - Double Sided Mid Century Watercolor
By Doris Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
University of California, Santa Cruz as well as Pietrasanta, Italy with Professor Pasquale Martini in 1988.
Category
1960s American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Yerba Buena from Telegraph Hill
, San Francisco, Bay Bridge, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Carl Niederer' (American, 1927-2019) and dated 1965; additionally titled, 'Yerba Buena from Telegraph Hill' verso.
Carl Niederer first studied art at the Univer...
Category
1960s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$1,125 Sale Price
25% Off
Eagle Rock
, Woman Artist, Los Angeles, California, Ashland Art Center
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'L. L. Rahm' for Laura Rahm (American, 20th century); accompanied by old exhibition label.
Matted dimensions: 14.25 x .25 x 11.75 inches.
Laura Rahm has exhibite...
Category
1970s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$712 Sale Price
25% Off
Still Life
, Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière, California Post-Impressionist
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Rome. On his return to California, he worked beside notable American Modernists including F. Tolles
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
$2,062 Sale Price
25% Off
Woman in Red
, California Modernist, San Francisco Bay Area Modernism, Thiebaud
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Woman in Red' by Robert George Gilberg.
California Modernist, San Francisco Bay Area Modernism
Category
1950s Modern California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
After the Storm
, Carmel, California, Paris, Académie Julian, New York, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'After the Storm' by Herbert Lewis.
Carmel, California, Paris, Académie Julian, New York, Art
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Fiberboard, Watercolor
$2,700 Sale Price
25% Off
Old Town Auburn, Vintage California Landscape Watercolor by Les Anderson
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Old Town Auburn, Vintage California Large-scale Landscape Watercolor by Les Anderson
Large-scale
Category
1970s American Modern California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Saskatchewan Rain
, Art Institute of Chicago, California School of Fine Arts
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
AIC before moving to California in 1939. While living in Sausalito, he made training films for the War
Category
1980s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,387 Sale Price
25% Off
Modern Abstract Figurative Expressionistic Painting, "Fortress (Spirit)" 1999
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original painting by southern California artist, Peter J. Geise. Its
Category
1990s Abstract California Vintage Painting
Materials
Acrylic
Modern Abstract Figurative Expressionistic Painting, "Science Fiction" 1999
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original painting by southern California artist, Peter J. Geise. Its
Category
1990s Abstract California Vintage Painting
Materials
Acrylic
From Buena Vista Park
, SWA, St. Ignatius Church, California Watercolor Society
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
the distance.
This California woman artist exhibited widely and with success including at the Society
Category
1980s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Woman Wearing a Headscarf
, Laguna Beach, California, Art Institute of Chicago
By Ruth Peabody
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
to Laguna Beach, California, in 1924, and became active in the local art scene. At their studio
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$1,312 Sale Price
25% Off
Mendocino Village, California Original Watercolor by Gerald Gleeson c.1970
By Gerald Collins Gleeson
Located in San Francisco, CA
California Coast by listed Gerald Gleeson, c.1970.
Original watercolor on paper. Signed and titled by the
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor
Farmhouse Amador Foothills - Rural California Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Farmhouse in the Foothills - Rural California Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Idyllic country
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Junks in Hong Kong Harbor
, Kowloon, Bank, California Watercolor Society, SFAI
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
architecture. He later studied watercolor painting with the American Impressionist landscape painter, Eliot
Category
1960s Modern California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Laid Paper
Pedro, Pineapple Seller
, WPA, California, Orozco, Rivera, MMA, GGIE, ASL, NY
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
subjects of his paintings were the people he met on his travels down to Tehuantepec.
In 1940, Sottosanti
Category
1940s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Neptune
, Woman Artist, Berkeley Art Museum, California College of the Arts
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
California at Berkeley where she earned her Master of Arts and was the recipient of the Anne Bremer Award
Category
1980s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Graphite
A Snow Covered Barn
, Society of Watercolor Artists, Rural Winter, California
By Gladys Louise Bowman Fies
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
outbuildings beside a frozen pond.
This notable California painter was born in Texas and studied with Millard
Category
1960s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Black Tie and Tail
, Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, California, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
furthering his studies at Studio Hinna in Rome. On his return to California, he worked beside notable
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Nude in Coral and Jade
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, Gouache, Cardboard
William Norris Dakin Painting
By William Norris Dakin
Located in Fulton, CA
I enjoy looking at this unfinished painting by California artist William Norris Dakin. Interesting
Category
Mid-20th Century American California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paint
"Beatificado" Modern Tabloid Inspired Religious Social Commentary Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern, large scale social commentary painting by California artist John Valdez. Comes with the
Category
1970s Modern California Vintage Painting
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Felt Pen
Rural Mailboxes
, California Woman Artist, Society of Western Artists
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Burnham SWA' for Jane Burnham Crawford (American 1926-2016) and painted circa 1985.
A substantial and loosely painted view of five dilapidated mail boxes standi...
Category
1980s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Irises
, LACMA, MAM Paris, California Post-Impressionist Still Life
By Janet Ament De La Roche
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left and lower right, 'Ament' for Janet Ament De La Roche (American, 1916-2000); additionally stamped verso with certification of authenticity.
A lyrical watercolor of ...
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mid Century Santa Cruz, California Figurative Vintage Boardwalk Scene, 1944
Located in Soquel, CA
A lively and detailed mid-1940's vintage boardwalk scene of Santa Cruz, California by California
Category
1940s Realist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Joel Janowitz Boston Modernist Monotype Monoprint Painting Piranesi Series
By Joel Janowitz
Located in Surfside, FL
California, Santa Barbara in 1969.
STUDIES
1967 BA Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
1969 MFA in Painting
Category
1990s American Modern California Vintage Painting
Materials
Monoprint, Monotype
Water Lilies
, California Watercolor Society, SWA, Woman Artist, Zoltan Szabo
By Beverly Fields
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
of the artist's poster from the same series.
This listed California artist has exhibited widely and
Category
1980s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Pink Daisies
, California Watercolor Society, SWA, Woman Artist, Zoltan Szabo
By Beverly Fields
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
California artist has exhibited widely and with success and is the recipient of numerous medals and juried
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Early California modernist drawing by a well-known San Francisco abstract artist
By Erle Loran
Located in Colfax, CA
Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, and the San
Category
1940s American Modern California Vintage Painting
Materials
Oil Pastel
Portrait of a Young Navajo
, Native American, Arizona, California Woman artist
By Victoria Creech Stewart
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Creech PSWC' and created circa 1975
A compelling pastel study showing the subject dressed in brightly-colored ceremonial robes and gazing past the viewer. An eleg...
Category
1970s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Impressionist Oil Painting – Sunset Over Colorado Front Range Landscape
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
Estes Park, Yellowstone, and the Tetons. In 1920, he moved to California, where he continued painting
Category
20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Oil
$5,850 Sale Price
55% Off
Still Life
, Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel, California
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
furthering his studies at Studio Hinna in Rome. On his return to California, he worked beside notable
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Graphite
Hidden Cove, Big Sur
, California, Society of Western Artists, Who Was Who
By Nat Levy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
turquoise waves rolling into a secluded rocky cove in Big Sur, California
Signed lower right 'Nat Levy
Category
1950s California Vintage Painting
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$1,687 Sale Price
25% Off
Still Life
, Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel, California
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, Watercolor, Graphite
Methodist Church in Old Bodie Ghost Town - California - Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Rachel to the mining towns of California and Nevada. Her paintings of ruins left behind from the Gold
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California Vintage Painting
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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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.