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Early Watercolor Painting of Redwood Forest in California
Located in Houston, TX
Watercolor painting of the Redwood forest located in California. Painting is mainly red and blue
Category
20th Century Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
California Landscape
Located in Astoria, NY
Manuel Valencia (American, 1856-1935), California Landscape Scene, Oil on Canvas, signed "M
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
California Abstract Landscape Painting by Ruth Armer
Located in San Francisco, CA
taught at the California School of Fine Arts from 1933-1940. Her painting styles ranged from abstract to
Category
Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Early 20th Century West Sonoma County California Landscape C.1930
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 20th Century West Sonoma County California Landscape C.1930
Original oil on canvas
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"East to West"
By Gail Morris
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
paintings are influenced by the traditions of early California painting as well as the work by the great
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Blue Moon"
By Gail Morris
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
paintings are influenced by the traditions of early California painting as well as the work by the great
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Esplanade Havana"
By Gail Morris
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
paintings are influenced by the traditions of early California painting as well as the work by the great
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Triangulation"
By Gail Morris
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
paintings are influenced by the traditions of early California painting as well as the work by the great
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American School Antique California Impressionist Coastal Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American School California coastal painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Unsigned
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Four Pedestrians"
By Gail Morris
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
paintings are influenced by
the traditions of early California painting as well as the work by the great
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"El Baso Del Verano"
By Gail Morris
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
paintings are influenced by
the traditions of early California painting as well as the work by the great
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portside"
By Gail Morris
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
paintings are influenced by
the traditions of early California painting as well as the work by the great
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,500
"Sunbox"
By Gail Morris
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
paintings are influenced by
the traditions of early California painting as well as the work by the great
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$12,000
"(Walking in the) Wild West End"
By Gail Morris
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
paintings are influenced by
the traditions of early California painting as well as the work by the great
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American School Antique California Impressionist Coastal Ocean Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American School impressionist coastal painting. Oil on board, circa 1900. Unsigned
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
China Camp Coastal Landscape Painting, California Artist Davis Francis Schwartz
Located in San Francisco, CA
Coastal seascape painting of China Camp in Marin County California by Davis Francis Schwartz (b
Category
Early 20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Henrietta Riddle Fish "Spring Time on Eel River, California" Painting c.1900
By Henrietta Riddle Fish
Located in San Francisco, CA
Henrietta Riddle Fish "Spring Time on Eel River, California" Original Oil Painting C.1900
Original
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Framed Roger Scott Early California Landscape Art Oil on Canvas Board #2
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration an oil on canvas board California landscape signed by Roger Scott in the
Category
Vintage 1930s American American Classical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Seascape by California Artist Charles Henry Grant
By Charles Henry Grant
Located in NYC, NY
Oil painting by California artist Charles Henry Grant (1866-1939) within a gilt frame.
The
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Lake In the Sierra Nevada Mountains, " Marion Wachtel, California Impressionism
By Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel
Located in New York, NY
fine art painters so they were able to take extended painting trips to remote areas of California
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Lake In the Sierra Nevada Mountains, " Marion Wachtel, California Impressionism
By Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel
Located in New York, NY
fine art painters so they were able to take extended painting trips to remote areas of California
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
California Landscape by American Impressionist Painter Edward B. Butler
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
of Chicago, and The Panama-Pacific International Exhibition of 1915.
This painting is in excellent
Category
Early 20th Century American Beaux Arts Paintings
Santa Barbara California Coast Beach Ocean Mountains Clouds surf Plein Air #0-72
By Francis Draper Jr.
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
........ PLEASE INQUIRE ABOUT THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF THESE WONDERFUL CALIFORNIA IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS.
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Monumental 1916 Mural for the California Academy of Sciences by C.B. Hudson
By Charles Bradford Hudson
Located in NYC, NY
mural in twenty-four (24) panels by listed California artist Charles Bradford Hudson (1865-1939)
This
Category
Early 20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Board
California Forest Fire, William M. Lemos, Oil on Canvas, Pie Crust Frame 1910
By William Lemos
Located in San Francisco, CA
done on redwood slabs which were popular with the tourists; in the early days these paintings sold for
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Gesso
“Trees by a Pool” Oil Landscape Painting by Ralph Davison Miller
By Ralph Davidson Miller
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A fine and rare landscape painting by early California artist Ralph Davison Miller (circa 1858-1945
Category
Antique 19th Century American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century Large Oil on Canvas Mural of Zeus and Apollo by Ernest Etienne Narj
Located in Round Top, TX
painters and also illustrated books of early California life. His paintings were meticulously detailed and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
19th Century 15
Tall Oil on Canvas Mural of Angels and Cherubs by Ernest Narjot
Located in Round Top, TX
painters and also illustrated books of early California life. His paintings were meticulously detailed and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Meeting of the Chiefs" Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Poster, 1949
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
specialized in paintings depicting early Californian, Native American, and Southwestern themes. He exhibited
Category
Vintage 1940s American Posters
Materials
Paper
Early California Pastoral
By Gordon Coutts
Located in New Orleans, LA
both the Royal Academy (London) and the Paris Salon, and his paintings are in numerous museums
Category
1910s Academic Landscape Paintings
Materials
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
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
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
Category
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
Category
1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
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
Category
1920s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 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
Oil Painting of California Mission
Located in Pasadena, CA
1920's oil painting of California mission scene hanging on black iron rod.
Category
Early 20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Iron
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
Category
1920s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
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
Early 20th Century Sierra Mountain
s Mt. Raymond, California Landscape
By Margaret E. Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
early 1800s to the present that are by California artists and that represent significant subject matter
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
Substantial and period Arroyo Seco School landscape painting of the San Gabriel Mountains in
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Small Early 20th Century California Plein Air Pine Trees Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
became a defining feature of 20th-century California painting." (Source: My Modern Met)
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Illustration Board
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
California Meadow and Mountains - Early 20th Century Landscape with Wildflowers
By Mary Herrick Ross
Located in Soquel, CA
her still-life painting is illustrated in California Impressionism by William Gerdts and Will South
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
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
California Landscape Oil Painting by John Budicin North Park Kendall
By John Budicin
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
is a beautiful plein air painting done in North Park, Kendall. This is one of three Budicin paintings
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Venus and California Junipero 1920 Rare Early work by Ferdinand Burgdorff
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Soquel, CA
The Sunset magazine, then a new publication. Many of the paintings he had made earlier were reproduced
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
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
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
California Landscape Oil Painting by John Budicin San Bernardino Mountains Farm
By John Budicin
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
paints many of his paintings close to his home in San Bernardino, California.
John is not only a
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
California Landscape with Houses
By Earl Graham Douglas
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, "California Landscape with houses" c.1930 is an oil painting on canvas by noted
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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