2006
Contemporary American artist Peter Adams is esteemed for his beautiful Impressionist paintings. He uses oil paints to create vivid landscapes and figurative works that saturate the canvas with color. Adams is known for combining the Western artistic tradition with Eastern influences picked up from his extensive travels.
Adams was born and raised in California. He studied at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California; the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles; the Instituto de Bellas Artes in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; and the Lukits Academy of Fine Arts in Los Angeles.
Four of Adams’s seven years at the Luktis Academy were spent as an apprentice to Theodore Lukits, a renowned Impressionist painter. He was also introduced to Chinese porcelains and sculptures, which sparked an interest in Asian art that spurred him to travel. In 1981, he traveled and painted unescorted through the People’s Republic of China, becoming the first American artist to do so. He was also the only American artist to travel with the mujahideen rebels of Afghanistan in 1987.
Adams became the president of the California Art Club in 1993, a role he has served in ever since. Established in 1909, the organization only had 80 members at the time. Under his leadership, the membership has grown to around 3,000.
In 2007, he earned the John J. Geraghty Award for advancing traditional fine art as well as the gold medal for the best painting from his fellow members at the California Art Club. In 2009, Fine Art Connoisseur presented Adams with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Adams is represented by American Legacy Fine Arts in Pasadena. His works are in the collections of the Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard, California; the Haggin Museum in Stockton, California; the USC Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, California; and Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Peter Adams’s paintings.
Fallen Trees; Strawberry Peak
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "Peter Adams" on lower left UNFRAMED: 20" x 16" FRAMED: 27" x 23" x 2.5" Exhibited "The Diverse Environments of the Arroyo...
Oil
Light in August; Trail up to Strawberry Peak, San Gabriel Mountains
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist FRAMED: 49" x 39" x 1.5" UNFRAMED: 40" x 30" Signed "Peter Adams" on lower right Artist Statement "This painting was inspired by ...
Canvas, Oil
Golden Cove Breakers; Rancho Palos Verdes
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. Signed "Peter Adams" on lower right. Artist Statement “At the time of big surf in the late afternoon, it is wonderful t...
Oil Pastel
Glow in the Grove; Camp Big Horn, Lake Arrowhead
By Alexey Steele
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "Alexey Steele" on upper left. UNFRAMED: 12" x 16" FRAMED: 19.5" x 23.5" x 2.5"
Linen, Oil, Panel
Quiet Pool; Arroyo Seco
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 12" x 16" FRAMED: 18.5" x 22.5" x 1.5" Signed "Peter Adams" on lower right. Exhibited The Diverse Environment...
Oil, Panel
Boulder Hopping; Big Pine Canyon, Sierra
By Jean LeGassick
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. UNFRAMED: 18" x 24" FRAMED: 27.75" x 33.625" x 1.75" Signed "LeGassick" in lower right. Artist Statement "The mountai...
Canvas, Oil
Yosemite Reflections
By Carole Garland
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Yosemite Reflections" It's a winter's day in Yosemite. A recent snowfall powders the creekside brush, the twigs and the fallen branches. Beyond and out of sight, the stately and towering pine trees cast shimmering reflections and dark shadows. The air is clear and cold and the moment is filled with wonder. Fine artist Carole Garland's Yosemite painting...
Oil, Wood Panel
Pathway Into The Canyon, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Brent Hanson
Located in Yardley, PA
Beautiful original abstract acrylic painting on heavy watercolor paper (300lb.) Art is varnished with a satin finish and permanently mounted on a wood panel with 1.5" sides that are...
Acrylic
At the Canyon Road, Hoarse Canyon 36x36
By Dorothy Marootian
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The canvas size, without framed is 36x36 inches, oil on canvas. Dorothy Marootian (1921-2015) was an American painter known for her vibrant landscapes and abstract works, often insp...
Oil
"Backcountry", 18x24", Reverse Painted Carved Acrylic, One-of-a-Kind Landscape
By Christopher Owen Nelson
Located in Loveland, CO
"Backcountry" by Christopher Owen Nelson Reverse Painted Carved Acrylic, One-of-a-Kind 18x24x~2", no frame needed - comes with custom metal bracket mount that is virtually unseen. "...
Plexiglass, Paint, Acrylic Polymer
Mid Century Modern Pacific Northwest Rain Forest, Earthtone Abstract Landscape
By Hilda Davidson Kaster
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century modern mixed media abstracted Northern California landscape by Hilda Davidson Kaster (American, 1912-2008), circa 1950. The artist uses layers of mixed media earth tones and natural textures such as leaves and bark to create the aesthetic of the deep forest of Sebastopol, California. Signed lower left corner, on verso with exhibition and gallery labels. Unframed: Image 18"H x 24"W. Hilda Davidson Kaster was born in Oakland, California in 1912 to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. She went to New York in the early 1930s to study art. At the Traphagen School of Design, she was a student of Moses Soyer and William Gropper, who were founders of the Ashcan School. Later in the 1930s she worked as a commercial artist and designer for I. Miller Shoes...
Paper, Acrylic
Mid Century Yosemite Landscape -- Young Lake Below Ragged Peak
By Anna Ballarian
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful landscape of Ragged Peak and Lower Young Lake in Yosemite National Park by Anna Ballarian (American, 1911-2010). Signed "Anna Ballarian" lower right. Unframed. Image size, ...
Paper, Watercolor
