Large oil on canvas California desertscape by Frederick R Chisnall (1887 – 1965)
The painting, a California Desert Landscape, is the work of Fred Chisnall, one of the famous “Smoke Tree Artists” There were quite a few very well known artists who landed in the desert near Palm Springs and were noted for their beautiful desert landscapes with mountains in the background.
Oil on Canvas “Living Desert” Palm Desert Californis Fred D Penny (1900 – 1988)
This is a Fred D Penny desert landscape with Palo Verdes and mountains in the background. Fred Penny was born in Nebraska in 1900, he moved to southern California in 1924 but went back to the Chicago area to work in his fathers factory until 1957.