August Gay August Francois Pierre Gay Original Vintage Northern California San Francisco Mansion Postcard Row Society of Six Plein Air American Post Impressionist Fauve Watercolor Painting

Original, vintage August Francois Pierre Gay, (1890-1949), California Society of Six plain air post-impressionist fauve painting of a mansion, in the San Francisco on Postcard Row. The painting is watercolor on heavy woven paper, circa 1932/33. The painting is signed in several areas; (please view images). There is a small fold/crease in the top, upper right above the mansion's rooftop. The painting is in very good condition, otherwise, and is housed behind the glass of an early vintage frame, sealed behind gallery wrapping. The painting's approximate measurements are 27" X 20.2", plus the frame. 

August Gay, (1890-1949), (aka Auguste Francois Pierre Gay); was born in Rabou, France in 1890. He immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1900 settling in Alameda, California around 1901. Gay attended classes locally at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, and the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. Together with Selden Gile, Gay formed the “Society of Six” painting group, a loosely knit band of painters who shared expenses, ideas, and an appreciation of Fauvist color sensibilities. (Selden Gile, August Gay, Bernard Von Eichmann, Louis Siegriest, and William Clapp).

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