Angel De Service Espoy

Cows in Summer Landscape (California Coastal Ranch, Carmel Valley), c. 1914

c. 1914

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 10" x 13" FRAMED: 15" x 17.5" x 1.5" Signed on lower left Artist Statement "Living steps away from the Ojai Meadow pres...

Consigned to the gallery, Pasadena, California; By descent to a private collector, Encino, California; Acquired in 1998 by a private collector, San Carlos, Palo Alto, and Oceanside, California; From the Santa Barbara Historical Society Signed "Carl Sammons" on lower right Description This luminous coastal landscape by Carl Sammons is a striking example of the artist’s signature plein air style, depicting the rolling coastal dunes and lush vegetation of California’s shoreline. Best known for his depictions of Carmel and Monterey, the composition and palette of this work suggest inspiration from the Monterey Peninsula dunes. Sammons’ ability to merge vibrant, clean color with a sense of atmospheric perspective is evident here in the interplay of bright, sunlit sands and the rich greens of windswept foliage. His vibrant yet naturalistic color harmonies, crisp edges, and keen sensitivity to light bring the fleeting beauty of the coastal environment to life. The hazy eucalyptus grove in the background adds a distinctive regional touch, situating the composition firmly within California’s coastal identity. Sammons’ paintings of California’s unique landscapes played a significant role in documenting the natural beauty of the state during the early 20th century. Connection to the Monterey Art Colony By the 1920s and 1930s, Sammons became closely associated with the Monterey art colony, an influential hub for plein air painters such as Armin Hansen (1886–1957), William Ritschel (1864–1949), and Percy Gray...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. Signed "T. Solliday" on lower left. UNFRAMED: 9" x 12" FRAMED: 14.625" x 18.625" x .75"

Provenance Consigned to the gallery, Pasadena, California; by descent to a private collector, Encino, California; acquired by a private collector, Palo Alto, San Carlos, and Oceanside, California. Signed "W L Judson" on lower right Description In this circa 1900 watercolor, William Lees Judson...

A splendid farm scene with cows by African-American artist Harry Leith Ross (1886-1973). Ross was born in Mauritius in 1886, a British possession in the Indian Ocean. He came to Amer...

Charles Henry Miller (American, 1842-1922) Untitled (Cows and Trees), c, 1885 Oil on canvas 18 x 24 in. Signed lower left: Chas. H. Miller, N.A. Charles Henry Miller was a noted artist and painter of landscapes from Long Island, New York. The American poet Bayard Taylor called him, "The artistic discoverer of the little continent of Long Island." Miller was educated at Mount Washington Collegiate Institute, and graduated in medicine at the New York Homeopathic Institute in 1864. Before his graduation, he had occasionally painted pictures, and in 1860 he exhibited The Challenge Accepted at the National Academy of Design, in New York City. He lived in Queens at the summer estate, Queenslawn, originally purchased by his parents. He went abroad in 1864 and again in 1867, and was a pupil in the Bavarian Royal Academy at Munich under the instruction of Adolf Lier...

Louis Aimé Japy 1840 - 1916 Oil painting on canvas Fully signed Picture Size: 21.25 x 28.25" (54 x 72cm) Outside Frame Size: 28.25 x 35.25" (72 x 89cm) Excellent age appropriate con...

Albert Ernest Bottomley was an English Impressionist and traditional painter of landscapes and animal scenes. Painter born in Leeds who studied art with the landscape artist William...