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Looking Out Over the Vineyards, Early 20th Century Landscape Panorama
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant depiction of a view from a window by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). This sweeping landscape, composed in a horizontal panoramic view, depicts a distant vineyard ...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Early 20th century California seascape paintings
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 20th century California seascape painting. Oil on canvas board. Monogram lower left "C.M" 14
Category

Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Early 20th Century Bay Area California Landscape with Bridge
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th century Bay Area landscape attributed to California artist Florence Bugbee
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Early 20th Century California Foothills Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful California landscape of foothills with stream, Birch and Oak trees. Unsigned. Unframed
Category

1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Early 20th Century California Industrial Scene Landscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant California modernist industrial landscape by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). Signed and
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Early 20th Century California Sand Dunes Landscape
By Rowena R. Smith
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful California landscape painting of a path to the beach by listed Berkeley, California
Category

1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Early 20th Century Sierra Mountain Path California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage 1920's California landscape of a path through tall evergreen trees with the grand Sierra
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard, Linen

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

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 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

California
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in New York, NY
, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in the earlier years of his career as a
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Textile, Thread, Plexiglass, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

California
H 53.5 in W 47.5 in D 4 in
Early Tonalist Landscape -- California Coastal Live Oaks William Schneider 1915
Located in Soquel, CA
Early Tonalist Landscape -- California Coastal Live Oaks William Schneider 1915 Beautiful early
Category

1910s Tonalist 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, Illustration Board, Oil

Early 20th Century Los Altos, California Landscape "The Old Shed"
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful early 20th century impressionist landscape of Los Altos, California prior to Silicon
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

"Home Corral" Very early Wieghorst California Western Painting awesome colors
By Olaf Wieghorst
Located in San Antonio, TX
collectible art of his done during his early days in the West. His primary output came after his return to
Category

1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Picking Flowers - Early 20th Century Cornish St Ives Impressionist Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
weekly trips to the Newlyn artists colony. Artist/School: Newlyn School, early 20th century Title
Category

Early 1900s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

California Native Glitch
By Kate Tova
Located in Los Angeles, CA
authenticity issued by the art gallery is included with this unique work. Bringing forth inspiration from her
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

California Landscape
By William Wendt
Located in Palm Desert, CA
nature. Wendt co- founded the California Art Club in 1911, and within a year he was elected to the
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1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Princeton, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
artist. The artist is a descendent of early California pioneer families and is a former member of the Art
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tolumne, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
California artist. The artist is a descendent of early California pioneer families and is a former member of
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ponderosa, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
artist. The artist is a descendent of early California pioneer families and is a former member of the Art
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hollywood, California
By Ernst Haas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
. Haas is best known for his early innovation with color photography, making his name synonymous with the
Category

1960s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

'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

Early 20th Century California Landscape - Sunrise On Tin Mountain, Death Valley
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous California landscape titled, "Sunrise on Tin Mountain, Death Valley" with Oak in
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Street Art Mixed Media Painting "Bang" Graffiti Style California Latino Artist
By Aldo Valdez
Located in Surfside, FL
, a shift occurred from text-based works of early in the decade to visually conceptual street art such
Category

Early 2000s Street Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Screen

Street Art Mixed Media Painting "Bang" Graffiti Style California Latino Artist
By Aldo Valdez
Located in Surfside, FL
, a shift occurred from text-based works of early in the decade to visually conceptual street art such
Category

Early 2000s Street Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Screen

Old 17 Mile Drive, Carmel California Landscape Early 1900s Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Old 17 Mile Drive, Carmel California Landscape Early 1900s Oil on Linen Gorgeous early 20th century
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

CALIFORNIA GOLD DIGGERS
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH - c. 1849 - Early CALIFORNIA GOLD DIGGERS - Mining Operations on the Western
Category

1840s Other Art Style Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

'Women with Flowers', Early Los Altos California Modernist, Floral Still Life
By Janice Haefner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. This life-time member of the Pacific Art League lived in Palo Alto and Carmel where she painted and
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'San Francisco and the Bay', Early California Woman Artist, Palo Alto Art Club
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. Elva Senter was a member of the Palo Alto Art Club and is listed in Edan Hughes definitive reference
Category

1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

California Mill
By Hermann Ottomar Herzog
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
15, 1831. He studied art at the Dusseldorf Academy, starting in 1848, under several classical
Category

1860s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Glen Lukens Signed Early Midcentury Glazed California Pottery Weed Pot Vase
By Glen Lukens
Located in Studio City, CA
, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA
Category

Vintage 1920s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Winter in California 1927
Located in Pasadena, CA
Consigned to the gallery by H&N Fine Art as part of the Katherine A. Norris Legacy Collection
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

California Poppies, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist CommentsCreated in early spring when poppies are in full bloom, artist Marilyn
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

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

Palomares Creek, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Holmes, noted California artist. The artist is a descendent of early California pioneer families and is a
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

California Landscape #I
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape" c.1980, is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Bill
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

“Bodega Bay, California”
Located in Southampton, NY
have the essence of the early California Plein Air artist's view of color and changing light, but with
Category

1980s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seascape, California Coast
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Seascape, California Coast" is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Paris Opera House', California Artist, Chouinard Art Institute, Crocker Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
(Santa Ana, CA) and the Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento), among others. Reference: Artists in California
Category

1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Southern California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
commonly associated with mid-century design movements of his adopted home state of California. There, in
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Polyester, Acrylic

Large Ralph Massey California Pop Art Painting Vintage Americana, Toys Old Cars
Located in Surfside, FL
sculpture. However, in the early 1980s, together with the artist Sylvia Bennett, he opened the art studio
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel, Laid Paper

California Stormy Sky
By Theodore Lukits
Located in Pasadena, CA
Arts, Peter and Elaine Adams, Jonathan Art Foundation, and California Art Club for the loan of this
Category

1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pastel

'Making Empanadas', California Watercolor Society, San Diego Museum of Art
By Ivan Messenger
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, gouache and oil. We are pleased to offer an intuitive and vibrant work by this notable early California
Category

1930s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

'Monterey', California Plein Air, Laguna Beach Art Association, New York ASL
By Dedrick Stuber
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
circa 1925. A substantial, early twentieth-century California coastal landscape showing the Pacific
Category

1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Arch Beach, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Arch Beach, California" c.1910 is an original etching on Wove paper by
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

'Hopi Girl with Kachina Doll', California Woman artist, Pasadena Art Association
By Katharine Buzzell Benepe
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
study by this early California woman artist. Benepe captures the essential sensitivity of her subject as
Category

1930s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

California Landscape in Autumn
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "California Landscape in Autumn" c.1980, is an oil painting on canvas by noted
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Old Farm, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
is a descendent of early California pioneer families and is a former member of the Art League. Among
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with River, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
: Clifford Holmes, noted California artist. The artist is a descendent of early California pioneer families
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with barn, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
California artist. The artist is a descendent of early California pioneer families and is a former member of
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with Houses, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
California artist. The artist is a descendent of early California pioneer families and is a former member of
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with Farm, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
California artist. The artist is a descendent of early California pioneer families and is a former member of
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with House, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
artist is a descendent of early California pioneer families and is a former member of the Art League
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Steve McQueen, Baja California
By Milton H. Greene
Located in New York, NY
photographers working in the early days of color photography. Aside from his outstanding Marilyn Monroe images
Category

1960s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

BALBOA PARK Signed Lithograph, Tower San Diego California, Pop Art Landscape
By Peter Max
Located in Union City, NJ
blends. During the late 1960's and early 70's, Peter Max's colorful art reached millions of people and he
Category

1990s Pop Art Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

California 80 X 38
By Antonio Ugarte
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
California, 80 x 38 Antonio Ugarte paints water as a reflection of the spirit, a form of
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Raymond Pettibon 1980s illustration art (early Raymond Pettibon)
By Raymond Pettibon
Located in NEW YORK, NY
brought a subversive art-driven perspective to early Los Angeles punk publications. Though only 14 issues
Category

1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph, Offset

California Abstract Expressionist Linocut Lithograph Ronald Reagan Political Art
By Hans Burkhardt
Located in Surfside, FL
, California: Art of Southern California: Early Moderns 1974: Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Linocut

Mid Century California Laguna Country Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
: California Art Club; Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles. Exhibited: California Art Club, 1936; Society for
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Linen

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