Frank Tolles Chamberlin Original Pasadena California Coast Plein Air Figural Impressionist Vintage Antique Mountain Landscape Oil Painting
Frank Tolles Chamberlin (March 10, 1873 - July 24, 1961) was an American painter, muralist, sculptor, and art teacher.
He studied at the Art Students League with George DeForest Brush, and George Bridgman. He taught for four years at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design, and spent summers at the MacDowell Colony. He taught at the Otis Institute, in 1921, as a founding faculty member at the Chouinard Art Institute, and at the University of Southern California, School of Architecture.
In 1918, he married Katherine Beecher Stetson, the only daughter of the artist Charles Walter Stetson.
Frank Tolles Chamberlin's public exhibitions include:
• 1913 New York Architectural League
• 1914 Boston Architectural Club, Massachusetts
• 1916 MacDowell Club, New York
• 1921 Painters & Sculptors of LA
• 1922 Sculptors Guild of So. California
• 1929, 1945 CPLH
• 1934 Public Works of Art Project
• 1935 Academy of Western Painters (LA)
• 1939 GGIE
• 1940 California Watercolor Society
• 1942 University of Redlands, CA
• 1947 Jepson Art Institute
• 1955 Pasadena Art Museum retrospective
Beautiful, and very rare, early vintage plein air oil painting on board, by early Pasadena, California artist, Frank Tolles Chamberlin, (Chamberlain), (1873-1961). Painting is in very good condition; there has been some restoration in the sky, (to correct a few spots, and a minor crack), and a light cleaning. All other paint is original. Painting is monogrammed by the artist in the lower right corner, and dated '39. Approximate measurements of just the painting, are 24"X15.5"; a few inches larger, in original frame. Painting is still sealed in original vintage frame; the frame has no obvious flaws, and is in very good condition, as well. Beautiful rose, and sandy terra cotta clay colored sunset, wonderful depth of landscape, detail, focal to background, lovely evening shading.
The painting is a lovely early California Plein Air landscape painting, with a portrait of the artist's wife, and daughter; (Katherine and Dorothy). The painting's color has a very warm quality, not unlike the light captured by many Taos artists, over the desert. The detail in the painting, the layering of colors, for light effect, is spectacular. The shading of the early evening light. The depth and perspective of the subjects, versus the background of the cliffs, and ocean; trees appear in movement from the wind. I have seen many examples by the artist, however, I have never seen a better example by the artist, in terms of his talent. Everything about the painting shows an outstanding grasp of California Plein Air painting traditions. Truly a glorious oil painting by Chamberlin; a rare collector's piece. The painting was taken in a few different lights; the first few images have the truest colors to the original. Painting comes in original 1939 frame, as well.
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