Early California School, A Day at the Beach, Oil on canvas

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL

Early 20th century

A DAY AT THE BEACH

Oil on Canvas, Laid Down on Board

Unsigned, in the post-impressionist manner of the Society of Six*

Housed in an antiqued mid-20th century 1 3/4" giltwood frame

Provenance: Private Collection, San Francisco, California

Note: The small unsigned plein air painting is by an extremely deft hand and painted in the colorful post-impressionst

manner of the early California San Francisco Society of Six painters. The *Society of Six represented

six painters of Northern California who painted landscapes in a bold, modernist style using bright, expressive

color- rejecting the tonalists’ preference for a muted landscape, which depicted California’s foggy days

but not its predominantly sunny reality. They sought to capture the visual impression of sunshine, to evoke the quality

of the light and weather, the yellow hills, the tile roofs, and the Monterey pines. Often their canvases were small and vivid.

Their painting helped to open the door to the modern era. The painters included were Selden Gile (1877-1947),

Maurice Logan (1886-1977), Louis Siegriest (1899-1989), William Clapp (1879-1954),

Bernard Von Eichman (1899-1970), and August Gay

Image Size: 4 ¼” x 5 ¾”

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