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California Art Pottery Candlestick holder by Lynda Feman Circa 1999
Located in Van Nuys, CA
California Art Pottery Candlestick holder by Lynda Feman Circa 1999
Category

1990s American Vintage California Art

Materials

Pottery

Spring Still Life , Large American Post Impressionist, California Art League
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
and member of the California Fine Art League who has exhibited widely and with success and is the
Category

1990s Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

California Art Pottery Yellow Speckle Candlestick holder by Lynda Feman Circa 19
Located in Van Nuys, CA
California Art Pottery Yellow Speckle Candlestick Holder by Lynda Feman Circa 1998, United States
Category

1980s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Metal

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 Vintage California Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Organic Modern California Art Pottery Ashtray in Red, Orange, and Yellow
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
California art studio potteries in 1950s - 1960s. It has an organic, asymmetrical sculptural shape with smoke
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Ceramic

Spring Rapids , Cascades, California Art Club, AGA, Vose Galleries, Who Was Who
By Paul Lauritz
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
effects, often using unmixed colors straight from the tube. Lauritz was active in the California art
Category

1960s Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Large Assemblage Collage Monotype California Art from Styria Studios
By Paul Sarkisian
Located in Surfside, FL
significant contributions during the growth of contemporary art in Los Angeles, then later gained
Category

1980s 85 New Wave Vintage California Art

Materials

Glitter, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Miriam Moss Art Pottery Horse Brooch Pin Mid-Century Modern California Art
Located in New York, NY
THIS IS A WONDERFUL RETRO MID-CENTURY MODERN ART POTTERY BROOCH BY THE CALIFORNIA MID-CENTURY
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modernist Vintage California Art

Rupert Deese California Art Pottery 1960 Bowl
By Rupert J. Deese
Located in New York, NY
An original low art pottery ashtray low bowl by famed California craftsman, Rupert Deese. Signed.
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Ceramic

California Art Deco Fletcher Aviation Executive Desk by Frank Fletcher
By Frank Fletcher
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This large American Art Deco desk was designed by Frank Fletcher and manufactured by Fletcher
Category

1940s Vintage California Art

Materials

Wood

Jon Price Large Blue Crystalline Glaze Vase, California Art Pottery
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
California, working exclusively with crystalline glazes since 1989. He formulates and mixes all of his own
Category

Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Ceramic

1980s California Art by Barbara West the Green Jug Signed
Located in Chula Vista, CA
. 29.38 w x 25.5 h x 2 d, art 23.5 x 19.5 Original vintage condition See images please.
Category

1980s American Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Masonite, Paint

Ann Concoran for Nourot Studio Cobalt Blue Vase California Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
signed and dated in etching at the base by the artist. Nourot Art Glass Studio was founded in 1974 by
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Art Glass, Glass, Sommerso

1968 California Art Pottery Hawaiian Polynesian Hula Girl Bust Statue, Signed
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-century Hawaiian Polynesian boy Ceramic bust statue by Marwal. The statue features a hand-sculpted bust of a young Polynesian girl with red hibiscus and black hair that has been ...
Category

1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Ceramic

Michael Shearer Art Deco Amethyst and Clear Vase, California Art Glass, UV Glow
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Sculptural Art Deco style vase was hand blown in clear glass enclosed in the amethyst glass base
Category

1980s American Art Deco Vintage California Art

Materials

Art Glass, Glass, Blown Glass, Sommerso

Monterey Pier , California Modernist, Woman Artist, Santa Cruz Art League
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Exhibition Index, First through Twenty-seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12)" Nancy
Category

1950s Vintage California Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Fisherman s Wharf, Monterey , Modernist California Artist, Crocker Art Museum
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Index, First through Twenty-seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12)" Nancy Dustin
Category

1950s Vintage California Art

Materials

Watercolor, Illustration Board, Graphite

Rainy Day, Pool and Billiards , Laguna Beach Art Association, Solvang, Moure
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Art Association and is listed in Moure's Index to California Art. Source: Nancy Dustin Moure
Category

1940s Vintage California Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Big Surf, Point Lobos California Impressionism, Carmel Art Association, Taos
By Edward Norton Ward
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Society of American Impressionists; he is also a member of the California Art Club and has served as
Category

1960s American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fort Bragg Lumber Mill , Woman Artist, California Post-Impressionist
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
(Publications in California Art, No. 12)" Nancy Dustin Moure.
Category

1950s Vintage California Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Gladioli by Moonlight , Laguna Beach Art Association, Pasadena Art Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
the Festival of Arts, California Design 8, the Pasadena Art Museum and, regularly, at the Laguna Beach
Category

1970s Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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 Vintage California Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Bronze Sculpture -- California Shorebird in the Waves
By Doris Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
, Santa Cruz, California 1988 Gallery of Fine Art, Santa Cruz, California 1986 Jessica Darraby Gallery
Category

1970s American Realist Vintage California Art

Materials

Bronze

Jon Blanchette “Harbor Master’s House, Santa Cruz” California Oil Painting
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Denver, CO
striking addition to any California art collection.
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Oil

Grey Outpost, Fort Ross, California , Woman Artist, Modernist Park view
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
in California Art, No. 12)" Nancy Dustin Moure.
Category

1960s Vintage California Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Coastline , Expressionist California Landscape, San Francisco Woman Artist
By Alice Beamish
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
served as president of the Central California Art League and was also a teacher and a widely-published
Category

1950s Expressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sunset Abstract Collage , Orange County Art Association, Moraga, Nancy Moure
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Art No. 11 , Index to California Art Exhibited at the Laguna Beach Art Association, 1918-1972; 2015
Category

1980s Vintage California Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper, Graphite

University Village, Berkeley Carmel, California, Woman Post Impressionist
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
-seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12)" Nancy Dustin Moure; et al.
Category

1950s Vintage California Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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 Vintage California Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Carmel Mission, 1870 - California School Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Carmel Mission, 1870 - Landscape Oil Painting One of California's Mission settlements lies on the
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Young Woman Seated
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
California painter who exhibited at the Laguna Beach Art Association and received first prize for his
Category

1960s Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Bodega Bay, California”
Located in Southampton, NY
a contemporary sophistication. Paul Youngman is a member of the California Art Club and Signature
Category

1980s Contemporary Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lighthouse at Point Pinos , Pacific Grove, California Woman Post Impressionist
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
through Twenty-seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12)" Nancy Dustin Moure; et al.
Category

1950s Vintage California Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Provincetown, Dusk , Evening Seascape, Massachusetts Harbor Lights
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
County, Pasadena Museum of California Art, and the Pasadena Museum of History. His work has been the
Category

1990s Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Ole Swimmin Hole" Southern California Pond and Hills Oil on canvas board 1930s
By Clyde Eugene Scott
Located in Soquel, CA
trips into Arizona, Utah and throughout California. Active in the California Art Club, artists
Category

1940s American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board

STEEL ROOM California Minimalist Abstract Sculpture
By Peter Lodato
Located in Surfside, FL
Los Angeles, California, has exhibited extensively and received significant acclaim throughout his art
Category

1980s Minimalist Vintage California Art

Materials

Steel

Catalina Island Sailboat
Located in Bristol, CT
waters off the coast of So California Art Sz: 14" x 17 1/4"W Frame Sz: 18 3/4" x 22 1/4"W
Category

20th Century Vintage California Art

Materials

Gouache

Mid Century Laguna Beach, California Seascape -- "Wind and Wave"
By Mildred Ruth Finch Brown
Located in Soquel, CA
, California Art Club, American Institute of Fine Arts, and the Laguna Beach Art Association. Her paintings
Category

1950s American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Golden Gate, San Francisco , Bay Area Woman Modernist, Crocker Art Museum
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
(Publications in California Art, No. 12)" Nancy Dustin Moure.
Category

1950s Vintage California Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Large Suong Yangchareon Thai American Photorealist LA California Street Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Exhibitions 2017 Golden Dreams, The Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University, Orange, CA 2016
Category

20th Century Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Corporation Yard , Woman Artist, Santa Cruz Art League, Crocker Art Museum
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
-seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12)" Nancy Dustin Moure.
Category

1960s Vintage California Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

California Sunset, Lilac and Rose , Palm Springs, Golden Gate Exhibition, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Art Center, Palm Springs (California), the California Art Club, Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles
Category

1940s Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Hancock Park, Geometric Abstract Composition in Enamel on Metal by Jay Phillips
By Jay Phillips
Located in Long Island City, NY
early Southern California art making, which remained a strong influence even after moving to New York
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Vintage California Art

Materials

Aluminum, Enamel

Gulls Near Carmel , American Watercolor Society, Monterey, California, SWA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Smithsonian Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Hilbert Museum of California Art. The
Category

1960s Vintage California Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper

Mid-century California Pottery Ceramic Pink Open Wing Flamingo Table Planter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-century pink and green ceramic open-wing flamingo tabletop California art pottery planter. The
Category

1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Ceramic

Mid Century Celestial Reflection Landscape in Oil on Masonite
By Eleanor Perry
Located in Soquel, CA
). Eleanor was a member and exhibited at the California Art Club in 1955; listed in Artists in California
Category

1960s American Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Like a Comet - Nocturnal Sky in Oil on Masonite
By Eleanor Perry
Located in Soquel, CA
California Art Club 1955; listed in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes.
Category

1960s American Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

William Norris Dakin California School of Fine Art Painting
By William Norris Dakin
Located in Fulton, CA
1950s painting depicting the California School of Fine Art in San Francisco in 1953. Dakin was a
Category

Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Paint

Lovely Oakland California Historical House Painting, “Fruitvale” Albert Pennoyer
Located in Baltimore, MD
lost California landmark by a well known early 20th century artist would add much to a California art
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Oil

Red Pepper and Garlic Still Life
By Eleanor Perry
Located in Soquel, CA
). Exhibited California Art Club; listed in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes. Signed "E. Perry
Category

1960s Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

1950 s Polia Pillin California Studio Art Pottery Ceramic Vase w/Woman Horse
By Polia Pillin
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful Polia Pillin California art pottery vase dating from the 1950's. Features two hand
Category

Mid-20th Century American Vintage California Art

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Modern Abstract Blue Rose, Vintage Abstracted Minimalist Floral by Eleanor Perry
By Eleanor Perry
Located in Soquel, CA
and Monterey Artist. Exhibited California Art Club; listed in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan
Category

1970s American Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Acrylic

Vintage Maple Tree Lane Landscape
By Eleanor Perry
Located in Soquel, CA
, Exhibited California Art Club; listed in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes. Graduated from the
Category

1970s American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Burlap, Masonite, Acrylic

Dorothy Sklar Signed Mid-Century California Original Landscape Church Painting
By Dorothy Sklar
Located in Studio City, CA
Angeles area. Sklar was a member of and exhibited with the California Art Club; the California Water
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Paint, Paper

Achillea Moonshine Floral
By Eleanor Perry
Located in Soquel, CA
, Exhibited California Art Club; listed in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes. Graduated from the
Category

1970s American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

Portrait of a Young Woman , Academie Chaumière, Paris, Chouinard, Art Center
By Leon Franks
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
juried awards and honors, including at the Palm Desert Art Center in Palm Springs, California; the
Category

1960s Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Kansas City Cityscape, Mid Century Modern Primary Colors Urban Landscape
By Eleanor Perry
Located in Soquel, CA
Perry '69" on lower right corner. Unframed. Size: 20"H x 16"W. Perry exhibited California Art Club
Category

1960s American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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How Much is a Vintage California Art?

A piece of vintage california art can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,500, while the lowest priced sells for $85 and the highest can go for as much as $885,000.
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