Description: AMAZING AND WONDERFUL ANTIQUE CALIFORNIA PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON BOARD BY ESTEEMED CALIFORNIA PAINTER HILDA MUTTON VAN ZANDT. (American 1892-1965). THIS WORK DEPICTS A CAPTIVATING CALIFORNIA DESERT SCENE COMPRISED OF A VAST EXPANSE OF ROCKY MOUNTAINS ADORNED WITH BRUNT ORANGE AND BLUE HUES CAPTURING THE WARM, ARID AMBIENCE OF THE CALIFORNIA ROCKY MOUNTAINS. BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED WITH REFINED TEXTURED BRUSHSTROKES EMPLOYING A RICH COLOR PALETTE AND EARTHY TONES. THIS IS A REMARKABLE OLD PAINTING WITH A MODERNIST TWIST. SIGNED BY HILDA VAN ZANDT. IT DATES AROUND THE 1950s. EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION. MILD SCRATCHES TO THE FRAME. DIMENSIONS: 29” H x 35” W Hilda Mutton Van Zandt Born: 1892 - Henry, Illinois Died: 1965 - Long Beach, California Known for: Western landscape painting, teaching Name variants: Hilda Mutton She was born in Henry, IL, on June 18, 1892. Hilda Mutton studied at UCLA (1916) and married Jerome Van Zandt in 1922. After settling in San Pedro, she taught at Fremont High School in Los Angeles. She traveled widely and obtained much of her subject matter from exotic places in South America, Africa, and Spain. Mrs. Van Zandt died in Long Beach, CA, on July 31, 1965. Exh: San Francisco Art Association, 1916; Calif. PM Society, 1916-19; Women Painters of the West (LA); Calif. Art Club, 1919-30; Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1920; Calif. WC Society, 1926-36; LACMA, 1928 (solo); Wilshire Gallery (LA), 1929; Bartlett Gallery (LA), 1932; Oakland Art Gallery, 1934. In: Baldwin Park (CA) Women's Club. Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" California State Library (Sacramento); Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Women Artists of the American West; American Art Annual 1919-33; Who's Who in American Art 1936-41; California Arts and Architecture list, 1932.
Price: 3500 USD
Location: Pasadena, California
End Time: 2024-12-28T03:14:07.000Z
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Artist: Hilda Mutton Van Zandt
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Hilda Van Zandt
Size: Large
Item Length: 35 in
Region of Origin: California, USA
Framing: Framed
Personalize: Yes
Year of Production: 1950s
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 29 in
Style: Modernism, Impressionism, Desert Art
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Item Width: 35 in
Culture: Early California Impressionist
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 1950-1959
Signed: Yes
Period: Mid Century
Material: Oil On Board
Subject: Landscape
Type: Painting
Theme: Art
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States