Historical Art

An early view of the Monterey Peninsula coast from near the artist's home in Pacific Grove, CA. William Adam was one of the first artists to paint on the Monterey Peninsula.
William Adam
A 1916 view looking up to Mt. Tamalpais from Richardson Bay in Marin County, California. Homes and other buildings dot the landscape at the base of the mountain.
Henry Joseph Breuer
A color serigraph depicting the black cat named Tombstone, originally created as a black marble statue for the San Francisco Press Club on Post Street. In front of the statue, anything said was fair game to write; beyond the statue was off-the-record.
Beniamino Bufano
A still life of colorful multi-colored roses and other flowers in a clear vase on a table.
Alice Brown Chittenden
A semi-abstract view of colorful trees in an unknown forest.
William Henry Clapp
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Rolling hills, oak trees and wildflowers in Springtime in Monterey, California. Near the modern day site of the Del Monte Shopping Center.
Arthur Hill Gilbert, A.N.A.
Colorful coastal painting with figures lying and playing on the beach, probably at Land's End near San Francisco, California.
Selden Connor Gile
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An impressionist landscape of women enjoying a beautful Spring day along a river in France.
Andre Gisson
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Ted Goerschner - The Old Wagon - Oil on Canvas - 20 x 24
Ted Goerschner
William Hannum - Along the Coast - Oil on Canvas - 18 x 24
William Hannum
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A portait of Jake Stock of the band "Jake Stock and the Abalone Stompers" holding his saxaphone. This was a popular band that played in the Carmel and Big Sur, California area in the late 1900's Painted by Hank Ketcham of "Dennis the Menace" fame.
Hank (Henry King) Ketcham
A still life in tones of white and blue of a single white Camelia flower in a blue vase on a talbe with a white talblecloth.
Tomi D. Kobara
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A large, colorful Early California landscape depicting Mission Santa Inez in Solvang, California. A golden field with pheasants and haystacks in the foreground, with the mission church as it appeared in the 1920's, and foothills in the distance.
Maurice Logan, N.A.
A Southern California landscape painted near El Cajon, California, with trees, buildings and water in the foreground and snow-capped mountains rising in the distance.
Alfred R. Mitchell
Charles Movalli - A Cabin in the Woods - Oil on Canvas/Board - 12 x 16
Charles Movalli
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Large waves crash on the rocks on a partly cloudy day along the Monterey Peninsula near Pacific Grove, California.
Frank Harmon Myers
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Cliffs, rocks and water along the coast at the old Reamer Point in Carmel, CA. Scenic Road in Carmel now runs along the left edge of the picture plane.
Lillie May Nicholson
A colorful fall landscape of a row of houses and trees with foothills in the background, probably painted near where the artist lived in Pacific Grove, California.
Joseph B. Nordmann
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Conte Crayon drawing of a pig.
John O'Shea
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A sailboat rest in a European harbor town, possibly St. Tropez, France.
Myron Angelo Oliver
Horse graze in a field along the coast of Carmel on a hazy day. Trees and the ocean can be seen in the distance.
William F. Ritschel, N.A.
Charles Dormon Robinson - Sierra Serenity - Oil on Lined Canvas - 26 x 36
Charles Dormon Robinson
One of Rockwell's most famous images, depicting Stockbridge, MA at Christmas. Signed by Norman Rockwell and purchased from the Norman Rockwell Museum Store in 2000. Orignal invoice accompanies the signed print.
Norman Rockwell
Watercolor portrait of a nude woman sitting in a lily pond.
Donna Schuster
An old red house near the Carmel Mission in Carmel, California.
William Posey Silva
Colorful late Autumn sycamore trees along a dry creekbed on a sunny say in Southern California.
Jack Wilkinson Smith
A gritty period view of boats resting near the underside of a concrete overpass in the back bay of Newport Beach, California.
Russell Swan
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Donald Teague, N.A. - Old Houses - Chartres - Watercolor - 6 x 9
Donald Teague, N.A.
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Sunlit partly-cloudy skies above a high desert landscape in Southern California. Great atmospheric perspective as the hills retreat into the distance.
Robert William Wood
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Fishing boats rest on the waters of Monterey Bay near Fisherman's Wharf. An excellent example of Yuan's Monterey Bay paintings in the 1960's. Yuan's signature colors and heavy impasto.
S. C. Yuan
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