Description: RARE AND AMAZING EARLY CALIFORNIA ANTIQUE PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY REVERED CALIFORNIA PAINTER CALTHEA CAMPBELL VIVIAN. (American 1857-1943). THIS WORK DEPICTS QUIANT COTTAGES NESTLED AMIDST LUSH GREENERY WITH A SERENE REFLECTIVE RIVER FLOWING BENEATH A SMALL BRIDGE. CALTHEA VIVIAN BRILLIANTLY CAPTURES THE INTERPLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW, ENHANCING THE REFLECTIVE QUALITY OF THE WATER AND THE INTRICATE TEXTURES OF THE TREES. THIS SCENE EVOKES A SENSE OF PEACE AND TRANQUILITY, INVITING VIEWERS TO IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THE BEAUTY OF NATURE. SIMPLY AMAZING. SIGNED BY CALTHEA VIVIAN IN THE LOWER RIGHTHAND CORNER. IT DATES AROUND THE 1920s OR POSSIBLY OLDER. GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. THERE’S A SMALL REPAIR AND SCRATCHES TO THE FRAME AS SHOWN. IT DOES NOT DETRACT FROM ITS BEAUTY IN ANY WAY. DIMENSIONS: 25” H x 21” W Calthea Campbell Vivian (1857 - 1943) was active/lived in California, Missouri. Calthea Vivian is known for Landscape-missions-streets. Calthea Vivian Born: 1857 - Fayette, Missouri Died: 1943 - Los Angeles, California Landscape painter, etcher. Born in Fayette, MO on March 1, 1857. Vivian moved to California with her family in the early 1870s. Settling in Sacramento, she studied at the Crocker Art Gallery under Wm F. Jackson. She continued at UC Berkeley and at the Mark Hopkins Institute under Mathews, Joullin, and Tilden. Continuing in Paris in 1897, she studied at Académie Colarossi and Grande Chaumière, and with Charles Lazar in England. Upon returning to California in 1900, she was an art instructor at San Jose State College until 1917 and then at the California College of Arts and Crafts until 1923. In Berkeley, Vivian was a resident of the Hotel Claremont until 1938 when she returned to southern California. A spinster, she died in Norwalk, CA on Dec. 24, 1943. Her subjects included landscapes, missions, figures, and French country scenes. Member: San Francisco Art Ass'n ; SF Sociey of Etchers; Laguna Beach AA; Calif. Art Club. Exh: Crocker Art School, 1886 (gold medal); Calif. State Fair, 1893-1902 (silver medal); San Francisco Art Association, 1895-1910; Paris Salon, 1898; Del Monte Gallery (Monterey), 1908-12; PRE, 1915; Hotel Claremont, 1923, 1929 (solos); City of Paris (SF), 1926; Oakland Art Gallery, 1932. In: San Diego Museum; Society of Calif. Pioneers; Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley); OHS; Worcester (MA) Museum. AAA 1915-33; Sam; KOV; Ber; LA Times, 12-27-1943 (obit). Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Price: 3500 USD
Location: Pasadena, California
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Artist: Calthea Campbell Vivian
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Calthea Campbell Vivian
Size: Medium
Signed: Yes
Period: Art Deco (1920-1940)
Material: Canvas
Item Length: 21 in
Region of Origin: California, USA
Framing: Framed
Subject: Landscape
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1920
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 25 in
Style: Impressionism, Tonalism
Theme: Early California Landscape Impressionist, Art
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 21 in
Culture: Early California Impressionist Impressionism
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 1925-1949
