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| Guy Rose (1867-1925) Windswept Pines oil on canvas 15 X 18 in. |
An auction of California and Western Paintings & Sculpture will take place in Los Angeles on August 6th. The event, conducted by Bonhams Auction House, features over 150 works of art, with a high concentration of paintings, mostly by the stars of California Impressionism. The Auction will begin with lot 1 at 6:00 PM PDT in Los Angeles, with simulcast bidding at the auction house's San Francisco location.
Prior to the sale, Bonhams will offer previews of all 152 lots (Lot 145 by Peter Hurd has been withdrawn) at both of their California salesrooms. Viewing times are from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, July 26 - 28 in San Francisco, and from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, August 2 - 4 in Los Angeles. The entire catalog can also be viewed online at the Bonhams website.
One of the interesting works up for sale is Skagway in 1898, a work privately commissioned in 1988, directly from the artist, Thomas Kinkade. Yes - that Thomas Kinkade, "The Painter of Light™." Though the piece does still show Kinkade's predilection for glowing light effects, the painting is a pleasant throwback to Kinkade's earlier, less saccharine images, and hints at the talents of an artist who has been largely dismissed because of the kitschy, commercially-popular images that fostered his fame. Kinkade painted the period piece to commemorate the Klondike Goldrush; it was composed from historic photographs, and from pictures Kinkade took during a chartered flight over modern day Skagway. The image of Skagway in 1898 appears at the bottom of this page.
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| Edgar Payne (1883-1947) Canyon Mission Viejo, Capistrano oil on canvas 24 X 28 in. |
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| Edgar Payne (1883-1947) Temple Crag, High Sierra Lake oil on board 9 X 12 in. |
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| Edgar Payne (1883-1947) Valley of St. Gervais oil on canvas affixed to board 12 X 16 in. |
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| William Wendt (1865-1946) Camp in the Mountains (1928) oil on canvas 25 X 30 in. |
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| Edgar Payne (1883-1947) View at Sabrina Lake, Inyo County oil on canvas 20.25 X 24.25 in. |
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| Edgar Payne (1883-1947) Brittany Boats oil on canvas 28 X 34 in. |
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| William Posey Silva (1859-1948) Green Water Cove, Carmel oil on canvas 25 X 30 in. |
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| Elmer Wachtel (1864-1929) View Along the San Gabriel Valley oil on canvas 29 X 45 in. |
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| William Lees Judson (1842-1928) Evening Glow oil on canvas 15 X 25 in. |
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| Marion Kavanagh Wachtel (1870-1954) Mount Whitney oil on canvas 30 X 40 in. |
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| Ferdinand Kaufmann (1864-1942) A Woodland Path (1937) oil on canvas 25 X 30 in. |
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| William Wendt (1865-1946) A Grove of Trees (1933) oil on canvas 25 X 30 in. |
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| William Wendt (1865-1946) Claremont Oaks oil on canvas 24.5 X 43.25 in. |
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| Franz Arthur Bischoff (1864-1929) Canyon Green oil on canvas 24 X 34 in. |
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| Maurice Braun (1877-1941) Hills at Lakeside, San Diego oil on canvas 38 X 48 in. |
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| David Chapple (b. 1947) After the Rains oil on canvas affixed to board 24 X 30 in. |
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| Paul A. Grimm (1891-1974) Standing Guard (1936) oil on canvas 31.5 X 37.5 in. |
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| Paul A. Grimm (1891-1974) Desert Beauties oil on canvas 30 X 40 in. |
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| Paul A. Grimm (1891-1974) Wind Etched Sands oil on canvas 24 X 36 in. |
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| Maurice Braun (1877-1941) Autumn Oaks oil on canvas 25 X 30 in. |
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| Hanson Outhuff (1875-1972) Spring Tenderness oil on canvas 30.25 X 40.25 in. |
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| William Lees Judson (1842-1928) California Dry Wash oil on canvas 20 X 30 in. |
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| William Lees Judson (1842-1928) Mustard oil on canvas 16 X 24 in. |
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| Dana Bartlett (1882-1957) Vista of the Pacific at Laguna Beach oil on canvas 20 X 24 in. |
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| Frank William Cuprien (1871-1948) California Coast, Whites Point oil on canvas 24 X 30 in. |
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| Frank Harmon Myers (1899-1956) Sea Gulls' Domain oil on canvas 25 X 30 in. |
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| Grafton Tyler Brown (1841-1918) Waterfall in Forest Interior oil on canvas 30 X 18 in. |
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| Tobias Edward Rosenthal (1848-1917) Interior of a Woodcarver's Shop (1905) oil on board 26.75 X 19.5 in. |
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| Joseph David Greenbaum (1864-1940) Portrait of a Man with a Green Cravat (1894) oil on canvas 19.25 X 15.5 in. |
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| Mary Herrick Ross (1856-1935) Daffodils in an Indian Basket (1893) oil on canvas 18 X 32 in. |
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| Gunnar Mauritz Widforss (1879-1934) Windswept Trees (1925) watercolor on paperboard 11 X 16.75 in. |
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| Granville Redmond (1871-1935) Clouds Gathering Above a Marin Landscape (1908) oil on canvas 24 X 28 in. |
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| Reynold Brown (1917-1991) Indian Hunting Party oil on canvas 22 X 30 in. |
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| Alson Skinner Clark (1876-1949) Portal, Mission San Gabriel (1919) oil on canvas board 12 X 16 in. |
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| Percy Gray (1869-1952) Oaks Near Ranch, Carmel Valley watercolor on paper 16 X 22 in. |
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| Emil Jean Kosa, Jr. (1903-1968) Good Fishing, Albion, California (1964) watercolor on paper 22 X 30 in. |
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| H. Raymond Henry (1882-1974) San Juan Capistrano oil on canvas 38 X 50 in. |
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| Thomas Kinkade (1958-2012) Skagway in 1898 (1988) oil on canvas stretched over board 30 X 48 in. |