ANTIQUE MODERN CALIFORNIA ALVERA STREET LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING OLD LOS ANGELES
IMPORTANT ANTIQUE MODERN EL PUEBLO DE LOS ANGELES LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON BOARD DEPICTING THE HISTORIC ALVERA STREET, A VIBRANT AND COLORFUL OUTDOOR MARKETPLACE IN LOS ANGELES, CA. THE ARTIST SKILLFULLY CAPTURES THE SCENE'S ESSENCE WITH ABSTRACT FIGURES ENGAGED IN DAILY LIFE ON ALVERA STREET. BASKETS OVERFLOWING WITH FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND OBJECTS CREATE A LIVELY CONTRAST UNDER THE WHITE TINTS. IN THE BACKGROUND, IMPORTANT HISTORICAL LOS ANGELES BUILDINGS STAND TALL, THEIR ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS HINTED AT. THE COMPOSITION BEAUTIFULLY BLENDS THE RICHNESS OF CULTURAL ELEMENTS, OFFERING A CAPTIVATING GLIMPSE INTO EVERYDAY LIFE AND THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ALVERA STREET MARKETPLACE. SIMPLY AMAZING. THIS WORK IS SIGNED IN THE LOWER RIGHTHAND CORNER. PERHAPS YOU RECOGNIZE THE ARTIST? IT DATES AROUND THE 1960s. GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. MILD SCRATCHES TO THE FRAME AS SHOWN. IT DOES NOT DETRACT FROM ITS BEAUTY IN ANY WAY. DIMENSIONS: 36” H x 46” W Olvera Street is one of the oldest streets in the City of Los Angeles and was originally a very short lane known as Calle de las Vignas or Wine Street. In 1877, the City Council changed the name to Olvera Street in honor of Agustin Olvera, the first judge of the County of Los Angeles. The colorful Mexican marketplace opened on Easter Sunday, April 20, 1930, following a preservation campaign that was spearheaded by Christine Sterling. Several of LA's most historic buildings are located along the tree-shaded, brick-lined block, as well as dozens of Olvera Street shops, restaurants and other businesses. Los Angeles did not begin with the Spaniards; it was settled under a different name by the Gabrieleno/Tongva Nation, aborigines who were established centuries before King Carlos the III of Spain ordered his countrymen to come to Southern California. Following the king’s orders, 11 Mexican families settled El Pueblo de Los Angeles in 1781. Olvera Street is the oldest part of Downtown Los Angeles, and although some call it “the birthplace of Los Angeles,” in reality—well, it’s close. Originally near vineyards and a winery, the street was called either Wine Street or Vine Street (depending on which 19th Century map you look at, or whether wine had been spilled on half the “W” in “Wine”). In 1818, the Avila Adobe was constructed, now the oldest existing house in the city. In 1877, Wine/Vine Street was officially changed to Olvera in honor of the county’s first judge, Agustin Olvera, who lived on the street. The turn of the century brought with it neglect, decay and disrepair. With the neglect came the city’s forgotten, the poor working immigrants. Many of the city’s unemployed gathered in the plaza, and it became a hotbed of radical politics. Revolutionary icons such as anarchist Emma Goldman and Sun Yat-Sen, “the father of modern China,” spoke there. But the street continued its downward spiral of neglect. Some referred to it as “Sonora Town,” reflecting the Mexican state of origin of most of Los Angeles' founders. Enter Christine Sterling, a wealthy, young, well-connected socialite from Northern California with a hunger for history. When Christine first discovered Olvera Street in 1926, she was shocked by the dilapidated condition of the oldest part of the city. Where once had stood the city’s finest buildings and cultural center was now a hideaway for prostitutes and street crime. Old Olvera Street had a date with the bulldozers, but Christine would have none of that. She envisioned a Mexican Marketplace and a cultural center in the heart of Los Angeles to preserve the memory of old L.A. Christine’s romantic vision brought Los Angeles’ first street back to life and brought in Mexican American merchants to sell their wares, artifacts and celebrate their fiestas as they would in old Mexico. The Avila Adobe and most of the other 26 surrounding structures were ticketed for demolition. Christine campaigned for favorable press from the Los Angeles Times, and with that came help investors and government agencies (including the Sheriff’s Department, which provided prisoners for labor). Her dream of closing the street to automobile traffic and opening a Mexican village came to fruition on Easter Sunday, 1930. Today, the 44-acre El Pueblo Historic Park is a colorful Mexican marketplace lined with street vendors, cafes, restaurants and gift shops selling handcrafted goods, Mexican folk art, and the expected tourist items made in China. There are 27 historic buildings with a traditional Mexican style plaza area. Tourists, celebrities, politicians and dignitaries from around the world wander around the marketplace smelling the ever-present taquitos and tacos at the outdoor cafes and listening to the strolling mariachi music, and dance performances by Aztecs and Mexican folkloric dancers on weekends. Olvera Street hosts the city's first church, firehouse and theater, in addition to the Avila Adobe and other historic sites and residences, roughly outlined by Alameda and Hill streets, Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and the 101 (Hollywood Freeway). On the south side of the Plaza is the Pico House. Pio Pico was the last Mexican governor of California (1845-46) and his house was the first hotel in the city. In its center lies the old plaza, the symbolic heart of Los Angeles.
Vintage Painting of the 1961 BEL AIR FIRE – EXHIBITED WOMENS PAINTER WEST LABEL!
Bel Air Fire – November 1961 One of the most destructive urban wildfires in Los Angeles history. The fire started in the Stone Canyon area and spread rapidly downhill. Christine Dailey (1912-1991) studied art in Los Angeles, Chicago, Italy, France & Spain.
GAYLORD GILLMAN VINTAGE MODERN ABSTRACT GARDEN LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING OLD 1965
(Circa 1965). THIS WORK DEPICTS A LUSH, CASCADING GREENERY OF A GARDEN TRELLIS, FILTERED THROUGH ANGULAR ARCHITECTURAL LINES AND SUNLIT SHADOWS. BOLD, CONFIDENT BRUSHSTROKES INTERTWINE VIBRANT GREENS, SOFT PINKS, EARTHY BROWNS, AND STRONG LINEAR ACCENTS, CREATING A DYNAMIC BALANCE BETWEEN NATURE AND STRUCTURE.
MID CENTURY PAINTING 1950’S ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM LOS ANGELES ARTIST
Christine Daley painted and exhibited in Los Angeles, Pasadena and Laguna Beach during the 1950s/1960s. S igned lower right “Christine Dailey”.
1950s MID CENTURY ABSTRACT PAINTING by 1965-67 President of Women Painters West!
Back reads “CHRISTINE DAILEY 4075 LEEWARD DR, LOS ANGELES – CALIF. TITLE: BLUE BOX. Christine Dailey (1912-1991) studied art in Los Angeles, Chicago, Italy, France & Spain. She also taught art in Glendale.
EJNAR HANSEN ANTIQUE MODERN ABSTRACT LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING OLD CALIFORNIA 1930s
CAPTIVATING AND WONDERFUL EARLY ANTIQUE CALIFORNIA PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY REVERED CALIFORNIA PAINTER AND ART PROFESSOR EJNAR HANSEN.(Danish-American 1884-1965) THIS WORK DEPICTS A VISUALLY STRIKING CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE COMPRISED OF AN ABSTRACTED REFLECTIVE RIVER SURROUNDED BY SCULPTED TREES AND FOLIAGE. BRILLIANTLY RENDERED IN THE MODERNIST STYLE. SIMPLY AMAZING. IT IS SIGNED BY EJNAR HANSEN ON THE FRONT AND VERSO. IT DATES AROUND THE 1930s, DURING THE TIME HANSEN’S BODY OF WORK WAS EXHIBITING AT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, WHERE HE OFTEN WON 1st PRIZE. EJNAR HANSEN IS PROLIFIC. HIS PAINTINGS WERE HOUSED IN IMPORTANT MUSEUMS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND ABROAD. VERY GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. MILD WEAR TO THE FRAME, AS SHOWN. DIMENSIONS: 27” H x 32” W Ejnar (Einar) Hansen (1884 – 1965) was active/lived in California / Denmark. Ejnar Hansen is known for Portrait, landscape, still life painting. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark on Jan. 9, 1884, Hansen attended the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen. At age 14, he apprenticed to an interior decoration firm. While studying at the Royal Academy of Art and an admirer of Edvard Munch, he became a part of a group called “The 13,” modernist painters who rebelled against academic painting and expressed great interest in Expressionism and Cubism. He arrived in the U.S. in 1914 and lived in Michigan and Wheaton, IL, before settling in Pasadena in 1924. He taught at Chouinard and Otis Art Institutes, Pomona College, John Muir College, and the Pasadena School of Fine Arts. Hansen died in Pasadena on Sept. 26, 1965. His oeuvre includes still lifes, landscapes, portraits, and figure compositions in oil and watercolor. His works won many awards in southern California exhibitions from 1927. Member: LA AA; Pasadena Society of Artists. Exh: AIC, 1918, 1945, 1946; LACMA, 1927 (1st prize), 1941, 1954; Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1928; Calif. State Fair, 1930; Stickney Hall (Pasadena), 1932; Foundation of Western Art (LA), 1934, 1941; Academy of Western Painters (LA), 1936-37; Modern Art Gallery (Hollywood), 1936; Calif. WC Society, 1937-55; GGIE, 1939; NY World's Fair, 1939; Pottinger Gallery (Pasadena), 1940; Padua Hills Theater, 1942; CGA, 1943; Cincinnati Museum, 1945; Santa Paula High School, 1946; NAD, 1946; City Hall (LA), 1951; MM, 1952; San Gabriel Valley, 1953; Pasadena Art Inst., 1955, 1956 (solo); Laguna Beach, 1959 (solo); LA AA, 1962 (solo). In: Lovelock (NV) Post Office (mural); Newport (CA) High School; San Diego Museum; Orange Co. (CA) Museum. Edan Hughes, “Artists in California, 1786-1940” Who's Who in American Art 1936-62; Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Who's Who in California 1942.
Margo Alexander Original Serigraph 24×20 Mid-Century Folk Art Still Life Fruit
While her original paintings are scarce, her signed serigraph prints, like the still life you possess, are widely available on the secondary market. She produced original oil and gouache paintings, but she also pioneered a unique hand-reproduced serigraph (silk screen) technique.
ANDREW TAGARIS (1892-1977) 1960 Seascape Oil Painting “Rocky Coast” Listed, Cal.
This depicts a rocky coastline with chunky brushwork. Signed at lower left. It is also signed twice, titled “Rocky Coast,” and dated “60” on verso. Condition: Good overall condition. Minor edge wear.
1960s Grace Libby Vollmer Orig Painting Woman Portrait Santa Barbara California
E.H. Libby moved his family to Clarkston in 1901, before either of his daughters had a chance to graduate from Quincy Mansion. A second encounter with Hoffman occurred in Berkeley later in the decade.
Mid-Century Modern, Van Gaard, Drip Oil Steamer Paddleboat Painting, Signed
Fantastic, drip oil painting by Van Guard Studios in CaliforniaSigned “Van Gaard” in the lower right corner, which, apparently, was a collective pseudonym for the artists who worked at Vanguard Studios in California in the 1960s Painting shows a steamer paddleboat in gold and black drip oil against twilight hues of purple, blue and ivory. *Please note that the monitor and lighting might make the color appear somewhat different than the actual color*Back is covered with brown paper and hangs by a metal wire stretched acrossThere is a sticker on the back for Van Guard Studios and “180-C” written on the paper at the bottomNote some scratches/scuffs in the background paint; one area of damage to an oil drip (pic #7); nicks/dents and scratches to the wood frame; tears, two significant, to the paper on the back; and a loose staple on the back. There are no holes in the painting itself.With wood frame, measures approximately 29″ x 53″ overall*Please look at all pictures carefully — they are part of the description. Please note measurements — always make sure the items are the size you are expecting/needing before buying!*This is a large, heavy piece and will be *****LOCAL PICKUP ONLY*****. No option for shipping. Don’t buy unless you plan to pick-up. We are the Bridgeport, IL located 5 hours south of Chicago – not the suburb of Chicago!Please contact me with any questions before buying. Look at all pictures carefully — they are part of description. I do my best to describe all defects, but I could miss something. All measurements are as close as I can get, as some pieces are difficult to measure. Sold as is. *Before leaving negative feedback, please contact me to see if we can resolve the issue.***Sales tax will be charged in states where required**