In the 1890s, Harmer settled in Santa Barbara, and began painting portraits and genre scenes depicting 19th-century California during the mission era when Mexico ruled California. He married into one of the old families of the area. His adobe gallery and home on De La Guerra Plaza was a popular.....
ca 1920. Podchernikoff was born in Vladimir, Russia on Feb. 26, 1886. After the Russo-Japanese War, he immigrated to the U.S. He moved to San Francisco in 1903 and to Santa Barbara in 1913. 26" x 20". Oil on Canvas. Signed left corner. “The Samarkand Persian Hotel was flanked by.....
In the annals of American art history, Carl Oscar Borg belongs to the group of artists including Joseph Sharp,Victor Higgins, and Oscar Berninghaus. Borg belongs also to the group of American artists who came to California at the turn of the century to record the California landscape. From 1918 to1924.....
After moving from New York City to California in 1917, he settled in Santa Barbara where he remained until his death on July 7, 1956. ...In California he specialized in landscapes and florals. 12" x 15". Oil on board. Signed. Nicely Framed.
ca.1950's. Forrest Hibbits (1905-1996) was a mid-century fine artist and watercolorist. He was born in Lompoc, California He left hisfamily ranch to attend the California College of Arts and Crafts. Later, he taught at the Santa Barbara Art Institute. Hibbits worked in many styles, including nudes, representational landscapes, surreal scenes.....
Henry Chapman Ford was best known for his paintings of the entire chain of twenty-one California missions. In 1875, due to his desire to have a warmer climate, Ford moved to a milder climate, settling in Santa Barbara, California. 1875. 18" x 30" Oil on canvas. Signed and dated left.....
Born in New York City where he studied at the Pratt Institute, Art Students League, and the National Academy of Design, Howard Warshaw settled in California and became a professor of art at the University of California in Santa Barbara. Oil on board.
In 1879, de Forest began his career in the decorative arts working at Associated Artists along with Louis Comfort Tiffany, before starting his own decorating business that he ran for thirty years. Upon his retirement, de Forest moved to Santa Barbara where he returned to his love of painting. 9.5".....
As a teenager, Ludmilla met the artist Thaddeus Welch, despite a twenty-three year age difference, the couple was married in 1883. The couple eventually settled in Marin County and then Santa Barbara, where they developed a loyal patronage. The two often painted side by side. 10" X 17". Oil on.....
As a teenager, Ludmilla met the artist Thaddeus Welch, despite a twenty-three year age difference, the couple was married in 1883. The couple eventually settled in Marin County and then Santa Barbara, where they developed a loyal patronage. The two often painted side by side. 14" x 18". Oil on.....
Jackman Studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Academié Julian in Paris. She worked in Paris in the 1920-30"s. It is unclear when she moved to Santa Barbara, but she died here at age 99. 17' x 23" on particle board. Signed left corner. Nicely framed.
Born in England in 1859. Sykes had a rift with his father at age 25 and left home. He then immigrated to Santa Barbara, CA where he remained. Missions were a favorite subject of his paintings; some were done on whale vertebrae. Apparently he lived on some sort of legacy;.....
Noted philanthropist, art collector and founder of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and fine artist. Paintings by Ludington are quite scarce. Circa 1935. 22' x 29" Oil on canvas. Signed lower left.