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Two Trees, Country Road - Mid Century California Landscape
By Fred O. Bohne
Located in Soquel, CA
Francisco in 1933-40. Bohne was employed by the Federal Art Project WPA, a painter and lithographer. Source
Category

1960s American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Mid Century California Plein Air Dry Creek Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid-century plein air landscape of a California dry stream, by unknown artist Hatton
Category

1960s American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Seated Nude , California, Woman Artist, Stanford, Sausalito, Native American
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. Carol LeMasney Hayes attended Oakland High School and studied art at Stanford University, graduating in
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1950s Vintage California Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Abstract Color Field Gradient Painting California Minimalism Shingo Francis
By Shingo Francis
Located in Surfside, FL
; installing a site-specific art project for Casa del Mar hotel in Santa Monica, California; and participating
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1990s Abstract Vintage California Art

Materials

Encaustic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Abstract Color Field Gradient Painting California Minimalism Shingo Francis
By Shingo Francis
Located in Surfside, FL
; installing a site-specific art project for Casa del Mar hotel in Santa Monica, California; and participating
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1990s Abstract Vintage California Art

Materials

Encaustic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Barn Beneath Mt. Tamalpais - Mid Century California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century California landscape painting of a red barn tucked in the hills beneath Mt
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1950s American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Color Field Gradient Painting California Minimalism Shingo Francis
By Shingo Francis
Located in Surfside, FL
; installing a site-specific art project for Casa del Mar hotel in Santa Monica, California; and participating
Category

1990s Abstract Vintage California Art

Materials

Encaustic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

California Garden Party Slim Aarons Limited Estate Print
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
California Garden Party Guests attend a poolside luncheon at the home of Dorothy Laughlin in Santa
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1970s Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL LANDSCAPE - BEAUTIFUL OCEAN BEACH CALIFORNIA
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Ocean Beach California" by Maurice Mazeilie (French) oil painting on board , unframed stamped
Category

20th Century Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Oil

Sign, Highway 101, Ukiah, California
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Fitch earned a degree in Anthropology from The University of California in Berkley, and then in 1978 an
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20th Century Contemporary Vintage California Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Mt Lyell Clouds, Yosemite - Black White California Landscape Photograph
By Charles Cramer
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant hand signed black & white photo highlighting the sharp contrast between the Yosemite mountain range of Mt. Lyell and the beautiful clouds above by Charles Cramer (American, b...
Category

1980s Realist Vintage California Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Mendocino Homestead, Vintage 1970 s Northern California Landscape
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Soquel, CA
(Seacliff Beach), California where he painted fine art and taught privately. During the summers of 1965-75
Category

1970s American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Cardboard

California Landscape with House
By James March Phillips
Located in San Francisco, CA
were sold at art galleries in Northern California.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Watercolor

Double Figural , California, Post Impressionist Oil, Santa Monica College
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
painting, sculpture, ceramics, art history and music. At the same time, I studied with master painter
Category

1990s Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

California Garden Party Limited Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'California Garden Party' Guests attend a poolside luncheon at the home of Dorothy Laughlin in
Category

1970s Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Jon Blanchette Northern California Countryside Oil Painting, Mid-Century
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Denver, CO
perfect addition to any collection of American landscape art or California regional paintings. About the
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Oil

California Garden Party Limited Slim Aarons Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'California Garden Party' Guests attend a poolside luncheon at the home of Dorothy Laughlin in
Category

1970s Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Poolside Gathering, Palm Springs California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessman Edgar J
Category

1970s Realist Vintage California Art

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Gathering, Palm Springs California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessman Edgar J
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1970s Realist Vintage California Art

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Gathering, Palm Springs California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessman Edgar J
Category

1970s Realist Vintage California Art

Materials

Lambda

Poolside Gathering, Palm Springs California, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Desert House in Palm Springs, California, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946 for businessman Edgar J
Category

1970s Realist Vintage California Art

Materials

Lambda

1970 s California Neighborhood Landscape in Oil on Canvas
By P. DeRosa
Located in Soquel, CA
1970's California Neighborhood Landscape in Oil on Canvas Charming oil painting of typical mid
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1970s American Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Reflection, Santa Cruz, California, USA
By Michael Kenna
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Michael Kenna is a master of contemporary photography. Known for clean compositions, long exposures and minimalist aesthetics, Kenna’s signature style remains highly influential amon...
Category

1970s Contemporary Vintage California Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Aurora Abstract , Sunnyvale, California Woman artist, Mid-Century Modernist oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
and in Germany before moving to California in 1962 where she taught art at her studio in Sunnyvale and
Category

1960s Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jean Patchett and Hard Hat Diver, Cole of California, 1954
By William Helburn
Located in New York, NY
This photograph is an edition of 50. See below for other editions available. All editions are signed by the photographer. Larger sizes may be available upon request.
Category

1950s Vintage California Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin

"Days End" - Volcano, California 1970 s Horizontal Landscape
By Frederick Colbus
Located in Soquel, CA
, California on January 14, 1917. A self taught artist, Colbus spent his early life in San Francisco. His early
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1970s American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Abstract Bubbles and Patterns
Located in Soquel, CA
, Central California Art League Watercolor Show, Figure and Still Life 1983 - Watercolor Exhibit, East Bay
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Late 20th Century Abstract Vintage California Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Acrylic

Modernist Figural , California, New Mexico, Oakland Museum, SFAA, SFMA, GGIE
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
San Francisco Museum of Art Inaugural (1935), the California–Pacific International Exposition, San
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1960s Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Elsonore Coast and the Øresund Straits, Denmark , SFAA, California Artist
By Frederick Korburg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, 'Coast at Elsinore, Denmark'. Provenance: Los Robles Galleries, Palo Alto, California. Born in Denmark
Category

1960s Vintage California Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 - Sunset Boulevard Hollywood California Landscape
By Slim Aarons
Located in Brighton, GB
Beverly Hills Hotel, 1957 - Sunset Boulevard Hollywood California Landscape by Slim Aarons 16 x 20
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20th Century American Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Red Triptych , California, Hazeltine Prize Winner, Royal Academy, Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Fine Art, Palm Desert, California. Head Series, acrylic mixed media on wood panel 2010 Togonon
Category

1990s Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Muslin, Acrylic

Breaking Waves Off Monterey , California Expressionist Oil Seascape, Carmel
By Robert Canete
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "Canete" for Robert Canete (American, born 1948), and painted circa 1990. This Carmel artist first studied with Vincent Rascon in the 1960s and, later, with Dwigh...
Category

1980s Expressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Squaw Valley Snow, California, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Squaw Valley Snow, California, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph This early 1960s
Category

1960s American Realist Vintage California Art

Materials

Lambda

Squaw Valley Snow, California, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Squaw Valley Snow, California, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph This early 1960s
Category

1960s American Realist Vintage California Art

Materials

Lambda

Squaw Valley Snow, California, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Squaw Valley Snow, California, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph This early 1960s
Category

1960s American Realist Vintage California Art

Materials

Lambda

Squaw Valley Snow, California, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Squaw Valley Snow, California, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph This early 1960s
Category

1960s American Realist Vintage California Art

Materials

Lambda

Squaw Valley Snow, California, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Squaw Valley Snow, California, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph This early 1960s
Category

1960s American Realist Vintage California Art

Materials

Lambda

Carmel Coast , California Plein Air Impressionist oil, Oakland Museum, Stanford
By Francis Harvey Cutting
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
-1948'. Born in Iowa in 1872, Francis Harvey Cutting moved to San Jose, California in 1893 where he
Category

1940s Vintage California Art

Materials

Oil, Board, Canvas

"California Rocky Coast After The Storm" by George John Flower
Located in Soquel, CA
grew up in southern California. In 1920 he sailed for Europe to study art in Paris at Académie Julian
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1950s American Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fall in the California Foothills Original Oil Painting 1950s
Located in Soquel, CA
Fall in the California Foothills Original Oil Painting 1950s Well executed California Oil painting
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1950s American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

H. Wilson Smith Early California Abstract Painting. "Expansion-Contradiction"
By H. Wilson Smith
Located in Phoenix, AZ
H. Wilson Smith (1901-1981) California Artist $3000 Oil on masonite in the original frame
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Vintage California Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Fields and Foothills Landscape Painting, Signed, 1948
By Tarmo Pasto
Located in Soquel, CA
. Pasto was a long-time contributor to the California art scene, as well as an art teacher and
Category

1940s American Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape with House, California
By Ralph Ledesma
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Landscape with House, California" is a watercolor on paper by California
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Watercolor

Pacific Surf , California Plein Air Woman Artist, Santa Cruz, Carmel
By Jane McCullough
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. Jane McCullough was an avid California plein air painter, exhibiting and took art classes at the Fresno
Category

1980s Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

California Landscape with Farm
Located in San Francisco, CA
collections in California and the U.S. as well as the Smithsonian Museum of Art in Washington DC.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Watercolor

MAURICE MAZEILIE-FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL - Baya California Landscape
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Oil Beach Scene" by Maurice Mazeilie (French) oil painting on thin canvas paper, unframed inscribed and stamped verso painting: 6 x 8.75 inches A delightful original oil painting ...
Category

20th Century Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Oil

California School - Desert Ranch Road Landscape Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
California School - Ranch Road Landscape Oil on Canvas Imapsto oil painting of the California
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1950s American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

Woman with Book , Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, California, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Angeles Art Center and the Chouinard Art School before moving to Paris where he studied with Andre L’Hote
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1950s Post-Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Paper, Oil, Foam Board

Mid Century San Francisco Nocturnal Surrealist Oil Painting
By Russell Tripp
Located in Soquel, CA
Cruz, CA 1969 – “Two Hundred Years of California Art”, Old Town Gallery, San Diego, CA 1968 – M.H. de
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1960s Surrealist Vintage California Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Lightship "Relief" of Oakland, California
Located in Norwell, MA
Coast Guard vessel "Relief" was launched in 1950 as WAL 605. She began service at the lightstation "Overfalls" at the entrance to Delaware Bay, serving until 1960, when the station w...
Category

20th Century Vintage California Art

The Green Hat Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière, California Post-Impressionist
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Chouinard Art
Category

1950s Vintage California Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

Abstract Landscape , California WPA, Corcoran, Whitney, AIC, GGIE, SFAA, LACMA
By Ellwood Graham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
in California and working in the Federal Art Project as assistant to Gordon Grant. In this capacity
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1980s Modern Vintage California Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Woman Seated , Post Impressionist Woman Artist, Fauve, Carmel, California, PAFA
By Virginia Sevier Rogers
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Artists and of Artists Equity, she was an active member of California's Carmel Art Association and taught
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1970s Vintage California Art

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Pastel

1970s California Landscape "Coastal Farm" Encaustic Paint on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful encaustic landscape of Coastal Farm by Northern California artist Gregory Fetler
Category

1970s Vintage California Art

Materials

Canvas, Encaustic, Cardboard

Church Window, Bridge Haven, California
By Rod Dresser
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front. Special Edition Print.
Category

1980s Vintage California Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Reclining Nude in Interior , California Post-Impressionist, Louvre, 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

1950s Vintage California Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

California Farmhouse Landscape in Watercolor on Paper (Two Sided)
Located in Soquel, CA
California Farmhouse Landscape in Watercolor on Paper Original watercolor painting of a farmhouse
Category

1950s American Impressionist Vintage California Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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You are likely to find exactly the piece of vintage california art you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. In our selection of items, you can find Impressionist examples as well as a Post-Impressionist version. You’re likely to find the perfect item from our selection of vintage california art among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 20th Century. When looking for the right choice in our collection of vintage california art for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, brown, black and blue. There have been many interesting object in our assortment of vintage california art examples over the years, but those made by Victor Di Gesu, Julius Shulman, Jon Blanchette, Stefanie Schneider and Clifford Holmes are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these — often created in paint, oil paint and paper — can elevate any room of your home.

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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