ALONG THE SANTA FE TRAIL
He was born in Santa Barbara, California, and worked on his family ranch near Santa Margarita and on other ranches in Santa Barbara county. 12" X 9" Oil on canvas.
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THE SAMARKAND PERSIAN HOTEL. Group of Ephemera
Three items: 1. The Samarkand Persian Hotel: 3" x 6" stapled pamphlet. 16pp. incl. cover. 7 illustrations done in pastel photolitho.; 2. Smarkand Heart's Desire: 4.5" x 2.5" stapled pamphlet. 32pp. Center sheet is map by W.J. Goodacre; 3. The Samarkand Persian Hotel folding avertisment card in color lithograph with.....
EL MIRASOL. Santa Barbara, California
Pamphlet. Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens, was once the site of El Mirasol Hotel. 5.25" x 7.5" 16pp. Photographic souvenier pamphlet. Staples a little rusty.
BARBARIANA or Scenery, Climate, Soils and Social Conditions of Santa Barbara City and County, California
San Francisco: C.A. Murdock and Co., 1888. Paperback. Quite scarce. C.A. Murdock and Co. 12mo. 24pp. Pamphlet. Orange paper wrappers over stapled sheets. Cover has light soiling and edge-wear. Office stamp of the Santa Fe Route is on the cover and title-page. One corner is lightly bumped, several pages have.....
SANTA BARBARA FLOWER FESTIVAL 1895 PROGRAM.
1895. Pamphlet. 6" x 5". Chromolithographed folding program, cover design by Alexander Harmer.
MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE (San Marcos Foothills)
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.
(HANDS)
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.
HEURE BLEUE
ca.1950's. Forrest Hibbits (1905-1996) was a mid-century fine artist and watercolorist. He was born in Lompoc, California He left his family 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.....
RHYTHM (Mermaid)
Peake was a founding member of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. After 1938 he had a studio in that city while maintaining a horse ranch nearby in Lompoc. He collaborated with Howard Warshaw in the Don Quixotte mural for the Santa Barba City Library. Peake died in Santa Barbara.....
GARDEN AT VAL VERDE
n 1907, the recently married Carolyn and Edwin Gledhill opened their first portrait studio on Chapala Street, one block from the luxurious oceanfront Potter Hotel, a destination for wealthy and prominent visitors at the time. 1933. 8" x 6.5". Signed and dated in pencil. Nicely framed.
SANTA BARBARA MISSION
In 1907, the recently married Carolyn and Edwin Gledhill opened their first portrait studio on Chapala Street, one block from the luxurious oceanfront Potter Hotel, a destination for wealthy and prominent visitors at the time. 1915. 6" x 7.75" Signed and dated on photo, left corner.
EVENING PRAYERS
Hebert moved California in 1923 and soon settled in Santa Barbara. There she graduated from the State Teacher's College in 1929 and then studied with Ed Borein and Frank M. Fletcher. 1936. Etching and aqua-tint. 8" x 9". Nicely framed.
LA SERANATA
In September 1926, De Yong moved to Santa Barbara, California ostensibly to learn bronze casting from Ed Borein. On October 14, Russell died, and Joe would thereafter live in California. While in California, he renewed his friendships with Will Rogers and Tom Mix. 4" x 6". Etching and drypoint. Titled.....
UNTITLED
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.
"1887-8" SANTA BARBARA. Original 19th. Century Hand-Made Album of cyanotypes
Small oblong 12mo, handmade paper covers with a title, in ink; ribbon ties. 1887-88. Cyanotypes, the images measuring approximately 3x4 inches, mounted recto/verso, each with a caption, in ink, below the image. 52 images total. The images follow a local family on outings in and around Santa Barbara, documenting their.....
IN AN ABOUT SANTA BARBARA 1887-8 with SANTA BARBARA 1887-8. Original 19th. Century Hand-Made Albums of cyanotypes
Two albums. Small oblong 12mos, handmade paper covers with a title, in ink; ribbon ties. 1887-88. Cyanotypes, the images measuring approximately 3x4 inches, mounted recto/verso, each with a caption, in ink, below the image. 108 images total. The images follow a local family on outings in and around Santa Barbara.....
SAMARKAND
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.....
SAMARKAND
J. Walter Collinge, Santa Barbara's master photographer of the early 1900's, captured the spirit and natural beauty of the region and its people in his exquisite collection of black and white photographs. 10" x 7". Original photograph. Signed. “The Samarkand Persian Hotel was flanked by a double row of large.....
HAVE I NOT WINE AND LOVE TO DRINK WITH ME, A GARDEN AND GRACIOUS COMPANY, THIS IS THE HAPPY HALF OF SOVEREIGNTY
In 1902, the Hydes arrived in Santa Barbara. Here, they found a burgeoning arts and crafts colony. Hyde became good friends with Charles F. Eaton, whose Montecito estate, Riso Rivo, included a crafts workshop of note and who sponsored other artists in the movement...Hyde’s special interest was the revival of.....
RANAHANS
"Born in San Leandro, California, Edward Borein became one of the most popular artists of western scene painting, equally adept at ink drawing, watercolor, and etching... He moved to Santa Barbara, California in 1921"- artnet. 8.75"x 12.5". Original etching and drypoint. Signed. Nicely framed. Galvin #32. Scarce.
FRY HARBOR, SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, 1917
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.....
LA CUMBRE TRAIL, SANTA BARBARA
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.....
GAVIOTA (Pass)
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.
UNTITLED. (Mountain View)
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.....
CASTLE ROCK
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;.....