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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

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
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1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Painting by California Artist John Bond Francisco, Early 20th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
-d.1931) an American California artist. John Bond Francisco was born in Cincinnati, OH on Dec. 14
Category

Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

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

"Home Corral" Very early Wieghorst California Western Painting awesome colors
By Olaf Wieghorst
Located in San Antonio, TX
, California. His paintings include cowboys, horses, and Indians in landscape, but there is little if any
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1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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 Mission Carmel, California Watercolor.
Located in Soquel, CA
1906 Original Watercolor Painting of Mision de San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (Mission Carmel
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Laid Paper, Pencil, Watercolor

California Scrub-Jay, Original Painting
By Emil Morhardt
Located in San Francisco, CA
father, who was one of the early California watercolorists. Emil has a BA in Zoology from Pomona College
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

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 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

Antique 1903 California Coast Watercolor Painting
Located in Seguin, TX
Antique 1903 watercolor on artist board painting of Coast of Mendocino California. Signed JW, dated
Category

Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Paper

Coast Route - California Contemporary Realism Painting
By Kathleen Keifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Original Paul Lauritz High Sierras Nine Lake Basin Early California Oil Painting
By Paul Lauritz
Located in Tustin, CA
community, known for his landscape paintings of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, the deserts of California
Category

Vintage 1940s American Other Paintings

Materials

Masonite

California School Impressionist Style Landscape Painting
Located in Winter Park, FL
A California School Impressionist style landscape painting. Nice pastel colors: green, pale blue
Category

Early 20th Century North American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint, Canvas

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

"They Have a Pool"
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 Abstract 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

California Coast Landscape Marine Painting, Watercolor Painting Rocks, Waves
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
California coastal painting by early 20th century artist, Charles Partridge Adams circa 1925
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"Sunlight"
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 Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Santa Ynez River Reflections" California Landscape Painting
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
California by noted California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air style painting exhibits the subtle touch
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Bel Air"
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

"California Landscape" Large oil painting on canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "California Landscape" 1967, is a large oil painting on canvas by noted California
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape Oil Painting California Artist Meyer Straus
Located in Toledo, OH
Mountainous landscape with stream by California artist Meyer Straus 1831- 1905. Straus was bon in
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Antique Early 19th Century North American High Victorian Paintings

Materials

Paint

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

Original Landscape Oil Painting: A California Beach
Located in Cincinnati, OH
department store, thanks to his earlier training in art. After the Cultural Revolution ended in 1976, He was
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

California Oil on Canvas Painting, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
California oil on canvas landscape painting, "Evening Glow" - Otto Robert Gaensslen (1876-1915
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Antique Late 19th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

1908 Original Oil Painting Mendocino Coast, California Seascape
By Charles Dorman Robinson
Located in Soquel, CA
painting of Mendocino Coast's Navarro River estuary by early well-listed California plein air artist
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

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, Illustration Board, 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 Oil Painting by John Budicin Scottsdale Bulldog Canyon
By John Budicin
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
beautiful plein air painting done in Scottsdale at Bulldog Canyon. This is one of two Budicin painting I
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

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
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

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
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1910s Tonalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Modern Figurative Surrealism Watercolor Painting, Drawing California Artist
By Gary Hansmann
Located in Surfside, FL
California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting. Gary William Hansmann was born Dec. 4, 1940
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Watercolor

California Dreamin' Number 57 - important painting contemporary pop
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
"California Dreamin' No. 57" from Frohsin's Number's series 2010-2014. Painted in layers of mixed
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Oil Painting California Coast by Jean Mannheim, 1861
By Jean Mannheim
Located in Gardena, CA
Oil Painting California Coast by Jean Mannheim, 1861 Mannheim, Jean (American, German, 1863
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Paintings

Materials

Paint

Large California Midcentury Abstract Expressionist Painting, 1960s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Area. This is a very good quality painting (not a weekend type painter). California, early to mid
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Morning View From Monterey" Southern California Plein Air Painting
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
by noted California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air painting exhibits the subtle touch and
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Hiking Trail, Santa Ynez Valley" California Plein Air Painting
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
California artist Jacobus Baas. This plein air painting exhibits the subtle touch and beautiful light that
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

California Landscape Oil Painting by Joseph Bennett
Located in San Francisco, CA
California landscape painting signed Joseph Bennett. Oil on canvas in carved and painted wood frame
Category

Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

California Landscape
By William Wendt
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"California Landscape" is a painting by California Impressionist William Wendt. The painting is
Category

1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

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

Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Princeton, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Princeton, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tolumne, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tolumne, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Crosswalk at Ocean" Laguna Beach California Plein Air Painting
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Crosswalk at Ocean" is an sun drenched oil painted on location in Laguna Beach by noted California
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ponderosa, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ponderosa California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist 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

Early 20th Century California Landscape - Sunrise On Tin Mountain, Death Valley
Located in Soquel, CA
sketching and painting. Painting the California desert and studying its moods is his chief delight
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Alice D. Bryant - California Impressionist Watercolor Painting - circa 1920s
Located in Chatham, ON
ALICE DANIELS BRYANT (1879-1944) - California Impressionist watercolor painting - featuring a
Category

Early 20th Century American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper, Glass, Softwood

Artists Sketching, California, 1940s Large Modernist Gouache Landscape Painting
By Frederick Shane
Located in Denver, CO
Hills, California, where he installed a painting for himself and where he spent the balance of his life
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

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
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Back Road" California Redwoods Santa Cruz County Original Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
"Back Road" California Redwoods Santa Cruz County original Oil Painting Oil painting of the
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1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

California Mill
By Hermann Ottomar Herzog
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
lifelong sense of nature that was to show in all his work. During the late 1850's and early 1860's
Category

1860s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Women with Flowers', Early Los Altos California Modernist, Floral Still Life
By Janice Haefner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, on stretcher bar, 'Janice Haefner' (American, 1919-2002) and painted circa 1960. A substantial mid-century, Expressionist figural abstraction showing two women seated ...
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Large Suong Yangchareon Thai American Photorealist LA California Street Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Size: 23 5/8 x 47 5/8 in. Yangchareon came to Los Angeles, California from Lampang, Thailand
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Lovely California Landscape Painting by listed artist John Thomas Nolf, ca 1920s
Located in Baltimore, MD
1920’s and is a beautifully rendered scene that is almost certainly Southern California or nearby area
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Landscape Painting by California San Francisco Artist Peter Ilyin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large nocturnal winter landscape painting by California artist Peter ILYIN. Framed oil on canvas
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Early 20th Century Mexican Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Winter in California 1927
Located in Pasadena, CA
, Newport Beach, California; 2006 Katherine A Norris, Newport Beach, CA; 2006 James D. Julia, Inc
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Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

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