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Mr. Magoo Original Vintage Animation Cel Hand Drawing Painting
By Jules Engel
Located in Surfside, FL
has to do with movement; animation is about movement.” Acknowledged as an early California Modernist
Category

Mid-20th Century Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media

Mr. Magoo Original Vintage Animation Cel Hand Drawing Painting
By Jules Engel
Located in Surfside, FL
has to do with movement; animation is about movement.” Acknowledged as an early California Modernist
Category

Mid-20th Century Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media

Mr. Magoo Original Vintage Animation Cel Hand Drawing Painting
By Jules Engel
Located in Surfside, FL
has to do with movement; animation is about movement.” Acknowledged as an early California Modernist
Category

Mid-20th Century Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media

Mr. Magoo Original Vintage Animation Cel Hand Drawing Painting
By Jules Engel
Located in Surfside, FL
has to do with movement; animation is about movement.” Acknowledged as an early California Modernist
Category

Mid-20th Century Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media

"Edge of Town #10" Abstract Painting by Listed Artist Rick Orr
By Rick Orr
Located in Palm Springs, CA
. Rick Orr was born October 1 1959 in Los Angeles Ca. His interesting in art began early in life during
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Original Enamel Abstract Painting by American Artist Rick Orr
By Rick Orr
Located in Palm Springs, CA
.  Artist Bio. Rick Orr was born October 1 1959 in Los Angeles Ca. His interesting in art began early in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings

Materials

Enamel

"Edge of Town # 36" Original Painting by Rick Orr
By Rick Orr
Located in Palm Springs, CA
was born October 1 1959 in Los Angeles Ca. His interesting in art began early in life during the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Enamel

"Edge of Town # 33" Original Abstract Painting by Rick Orr
By Rick Orr
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Orr was born October 1 1959 in Los Angeles Ca. His interesting in art began early in life during the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Original Abstract Painting by Listed American Artist Rick Orr
By Rick Orr
Located in Palm Springs, CA
art began early in life during the California art scene. The influence of that period shows strongly
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Monumental Original Painting on Aluminum by Artist Jay Phillips
By Jay Phillips
Located in Palm Springs, CA
materials to form overlaps and projections. His use of bright colors reflected his early Southern California
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings

Early California Pastoral
By Gordon Coutts
Located in New Orleans, LA
California Artists (Nancy Moure); American Art Annual 1909-21; Who's Who in American Art 1936-38 (obituary).
Category

1910s Academic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early 20th Century California Plein Air -- Central California Live Oaks
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous early 20th century central California landscape by Kershaw circa 1900 of Live Oaks in
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1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Linen

Berkeley Hills, California , Early Impressionist Landscape
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
panoramic view of the hills of Berkeley, California in their earlier, pristine and unspoiled state. An
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1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paper

Early Impressionist oil of Berkeley, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A delicately painted, late 19th century, American school Impressionist California landscape showing
Category

1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paper

Early Modernist View of San Francisco, California
By Rinaldo Cuneo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 1, p
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1920s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Desert Mountain"- Early California Redwood Trees Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Gorgeous early California landscape painting of redwood trees by unknown artist in the 1940's
Category

1940s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early 20th Century California Pasture with Cow Eucalyptus Trees Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century California Pasture with Cow & Eucalyptus Trees Landscape A small-scale, idyllic
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Early California Sunset Beach View by Jane Kilham
By Jane Kilham
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressionist sunset beach scene by Jane Kilham (1870-1930). Oil on board, circa 1910. Signed lower right, "Jane Kilham". Displayed in a black wood frame. Image size, 10.5"L x 8....
Category

1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Northern California Rocky Seascape with Seagulls
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic early 20th Century seascape of Northern California rocky coast with Seagulls by Salinas
Category

1940s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Early 20th Century Sierra Mountain s Mt. Raymond, California Landscape
By Margaret E. Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
largest and most comprehensive holdings of California art in the world—grew out of the holdings of the
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Early 20th Century California Plein Air San Gabriel Mountains
By Hanson Puthuff
Located in Soquel, CA
(LA), 1906, 1907; Del Monte Art Gallery, 1908-12; Alaska-Yukon Expo (Seattle), 1909; California Art
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

California Landscape
By Earl Graham Douglas
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, "California Landscape" c.1910 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Impressionist California Mountain Landscape Early Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist California landscape signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed
Category

1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Old Adobe, Early 20th Century California Hills Landscape by Royal Frank Rollins
Located in Soquel, CA
Old Adobe, Early 20th Century California Hills Landscape by Royal Frank Rollins Beautiful early
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Small Early 20th Century California Plein Air Pine Trees Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
of California Plein Air: "No modern art movement has been as influential as Impressionism. Since the
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Illustration Board

California Meadow and Mountains - Early 20th Century Landscape with Wildflowers
By Mary Herrick Ross
Located in Soquel, CA
International Exposition/1894; California State Fair, 1895, 1896; Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, San Francisco
Category

1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Fiberboard

California Landscape Trees
By Earl Graham Douglas
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, "California Landscape with Lake" c.1925 is an oil painting on canvas by noted
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

California Vintage Bear Flag, circa Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a beautiful, vintage era California Bear flag that has been framed and presented using the
Category

Early 20th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Venus and California Junipero 1920 Rare Early work by Ferdinand Burgdorff
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and very rare, nocturnal cypress by California artist Ferdinand Burgdorff (American
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Through the Trees, Early 20th Century California Landscape, William Otto Emerson
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful 1920's landscape of a view through the trees by California painter and pastel artist
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Dawn, Fishermen on Hermosa Beach Los Angeles, Early California Modernist Oil
By Thomas Nash
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
in southern California in 1879 when he painted a series of Kern River scenes; from there, he traveled
Category

1910s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Antique Early American Modernist California Horse Farm Signed Barn Oil Painting
By Oscar Frederick Schmidt
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist horse farm landscape oil painting by Oscar Frederick Schmidt (1892 - 1957). Oil on board, circa 1920. Signed. Displayed in a modern frame. Image, 16"L x...
Category

1920s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

California Landscape with Houses
By Earl Graham Douglas
Located in San Francisco, CA
the Los Angeles area and California. He was a Member of Painters and Sculptors of LA, Calif. Art Club
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

California Landscape with Lake
By Earl Graham Douglas
Located in San Francisco, CA
area and California. He was a Member of Painters and Sculptors of LA, Calif. Art Club and the LA Art
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early California Tonalist painting of a Lake looking towards Mt Tamalpais 1900
Located in Soquel, CA
Early California Tonalist painting of a Lake looking towards Mt Tamalpais 1900 Well executed
Category

Early 1900s Tonalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

A Picnic by the River , Early California Watercolorist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
1900. This early California artist was active at the turn of the twentieth century and is known for
Category

Early 1900s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Postcard

Antique Map of Americas - California as an Island
By Nicolas de Fer
Located in Houston, TX
Splendid hand colored vintage map of the Americas with California depicted as an island by
Category

18th Century and Earlier Other Art Style More Art

Materials

Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Sand Dunes , Early California Woman Artist, William Keith
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
25 years. Reference: Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art
Category

1910s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Yosemite Falls, California
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Yosemite Park, California" c.1930 is an original color etching and aquatint on
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Old Spanish Mission, California (c. 1920)
By Dana Bartlett
Located in New Orleans, LA
landscape, by notable California landscape painter Dana Bartlett, founder of both the California Art Club
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Carmel (California)
By Maynard Dixon
Located in Denver, CO
An original drawing of a tree in Carmel. Housed in a custom hand-carved frame; outer dimensions measure 25.5 x 23.5 x .75 inches. Image measures 15.25 x 13.25 inches.
Category

Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media

Naturalistic Californian Plein Air Coastal Ocean Landscape
By George Bickerstaff
Located in Houston, TX
to California in 1922. His early years were spent in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Van Nuys. He
Category

Early 20th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Point Lobos, Monterey County, California, Cypress Tree
By Lockwood de Forest
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
son of Henry G. and Julia Weeks de Forest. He began to paint and draw at an early age. At the age of
Category

Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Carmel Dunes , Early California Woman Artist, Mark Hopkins Institute, Los Gatos
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
years. Reference: Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art
Category

1930s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Early 20th Century California Poppy Art Nouveau Sterling Overlay on Bronze Vase
By Otto Heintz
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century California Poppy Art Nouveau Sterling Overlay on Bronze Vase This beautiful
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Sterling Silver, Bronze

Lone Cypress, Carmel , California Impressionist, San Francisco de Young Museum
By Alice Hunt Curtis
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
with artist information and title on old label verso. This early California woman artist exhibited
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

California Landscape Oil Painting by John Budicin North Park Kendall
By John Budicin
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
SELLERS STATEMENT I have been in the art business as an artist and dealer since the early 80's. Almost 40
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

California School Arts Crafts Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting C.1930
Located in San Francisco, CA
California School Arts & Crafts Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting C.1930 Original oil on canvas
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century Train Conductor Sign from Fillmore, California
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing train conductors sign from Fillmore, California. This train conductor sign is in excellent
Category

Early 20th Century American Country Signs

Materials

Sheet Metal

California Landscape Oil Painting by John Budicin San Bernardino Mountains Farm
By John Budicin
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
dealer since the early 80's. Almost 40 years now. I primarily concentrate on my own art. My art is
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Antique T. BAILEY Oil Painting on canvas, Seascape "California Clipper"
Located in Palm Coast, FL
. Bailey" (American, 19th/20th). The painting depicts a nautical scene, depicts "California Clipper
Category

Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Country House in Eucalyptus Grove - California Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Country House in Eucalyptus Grove - California Landscape in Oil on Canvas Idyllic depiction of a
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Californian Stinkweed or Sheepweed, antique botanical plant lithograph
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Californian Stinkweed or Sheepweed (Gilia squarrosa, Hook and Arn.)' Colour lithograph, 1909.
Category

Early 20th Century Naturalistic More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Monumental Hand Painted "California Dog and Cat Hospital" Sign, c.1930
Located in San Francisco, CA
outside the Veterinarian Hospital in Oakland, California since 1930. The sign is one sided and shows some
Category

Early 20th Century Industrial Signs

Materials

Metal

California, Southern Part. USA Century Atlas state antique vintage map
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Century Atlas. California, Southern Part' Inset maps of 'Yosemite National Park', 'Los
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Early 20th Century Victorian More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Framed Roger Scott Early California Landscape Art Oil on Canvas Board
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration an oil on canvas board California landscape signed by Roger Scott in the
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Vintage 1930s American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Moss Beach, California, San Francisco, West Coast Landscape, Ocean Shore
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Beach, Ocean Shore, Cal. ", 1915 (California) Watercolor on Paper 20" x 25 3/4" Housed in a Period 2
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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