Original Vintage Antique Granville Redmond California Plein Air Impressionist Landscape American Fine Art Oil Painting Signed
Very beautiful landscape painting of road/ trail going up a mountain, by California artist Granville Redmond, (1871-1935). The media is oil on Russell's canvas board, estimated to have been created in approximately 1915- 1920. The painting's frame which was falling apart, has been replaced with the newer carved oak wood frame shown. The deep wood frame is newer vintage and has been recently lightly sanded to remove a couple of small nicks, and is in excellent condition. The painting is initialed in pencil, on reverse, and appears to be "GR. The painting has striking similarities to Granville Redmond; (handwritten initials on the back in pencil, which also match one of the known signatures for the artist). The painting appears to have some writing to the lower right, in red but is illegible. Very nice oil painting; brush strokes are typical for Granville Redmond. Near the bottom, the middle of the painting appears to have a signature in red, that is almost illegible. There was a small chip in the bottom middle of the painting, and a smaller chip, to the left. Both small chips have been professionally restored. The painting has yet to be cleaned and does not appear to need professional cleaning, although, in small areas near the edge of the frame, there is a little dirt. (Excellent condition, for age). Size is 10"X14". The painting holds a notable resemblance to Granville Redmond's cataloged painting "Shepherd Herding Sheep in a Misty Landscape".
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Granville Seymour Redmond was born March 9, 1871, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died May 24, 1935, in Los Angeles, California. Redmond's family migrated from the East Coast to San Jose, California about 1874. As a result of becoming totally deaf at the age of two-and-one-half due to scarlet fever, he attended the California School for the Deaf, in Fremont, California between 1879 to 1890.
His talent as an artist was recognized and encouraged early by his art instructor, Theophilus Hope D'Estrella (1851-1929), and in 1890 Redmond enrolled at the California School of Design in San Francisco studying for three years under Arthur Matthews (1860-1945) and Amedee Joullion (1862-1917). He won the W. E. Brown Medal of Excellence, and in 1893 was awarded endowment funds from the California School of the Deaf that enabled him to continue his art studies at the Academie Julian in Paris under Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant.
His talent continued to blossom, and in 1895 his huge painting "Matin d'hiver" was accepted at the Paris Salon. In 1898 Redmond moved to California, and in 1899, he married Carrie Ann Jean, who attended the Illinois School for the Deaf. The Redmonds decided to make California their home, and at various times, they lived in Los Angeles, San Mateo (1910), Tiburon, and Parkfield (Monterey County), California.
Deeply inspired by the California landscape, Redmond painted primarily coastal landscapes between Laguna Beach and Monterey, California. By 1905, Redmond had become widely recognized as a leading California landscape painter, known for his impressionist landscapes of Northern and Southern California. Through his distinctive style, Redmond showed a remarkable understanding of color and depth, always painting with sympathy for the delicate beauties of nature. He painted enchanting coastal nocturnes, San Pedro harbor, the majestic oaks of Monterey, and scenes of Catalina Island.
Redmond was a member of the Bohemian Club, the California Art Club, the Laguna Beach Art Association, and the San Francisco Art Association. He won a medal at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904 and later the silver medal at the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909.
His works can be found in public collections including The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California; New York City Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California; Stanford University Museum of Art, California; Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California; California School for the Deaf, Fremont, California; National Center on Deafness at California State University Northridge; Springville Museum of Art, Utah; Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley.
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