LEONARD SCHEU ANTIQUE MODERN FIGURATIVE LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING OLD CALIFORNIA 53

Description: SPECTACULAR ANTIQUE MODERN STREET SCENE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY ESTEEMED CALIFORNIA PAINTER AND FINE ART TEACHER LEONARD SCHEU. (American 1904-1995). THIS WORK DEPICTS A BEAUTIFUL AND VIBRANT STREET MARKET SCENE IN CALIFORNIA. THE COLORS ARE BOLD AND VIBRANT, CASTING WARM AND INVITING TONES UPON THE ARCHITECTURE AND PEOPLE BELOW. THE DETAILS ARE SPOT-ON AND AMAZING. SIGNED BY LEONARD SCHEU IN THE LOWER RIGHTHAND CORNER. IT DATES AROUND THE 1950s. EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION. DIMENSIONS: 31”H x 37”W Leonard Scheu (1904 - 1995) was active/lived in California, New York / Canada. Leonard Scheu is known for Architectural subjects, landscape, figure, and portrait painting. Leonard Scheu Born: 1904 - San Francisco, California Died: 1995 - Irvine, California Scheu, Leonard … was born February 19, 1904, in San Francisco, and married his wife, Lydia Weeden, in Palo Alto in 1934. A resident of Laguna Beach since 1938, he was an artist who exhibited widely and a teacher whose art classes at Banff and in the local area were very popular. He served as President of the Laguna Beach Art Association. He was a member of many art organizations, including the National Watercolor Society and the National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic. Noted for his drawings and paintings of Western landscapes, he also painted extensively in Europe…” (LA Times, May 7, 1995, p. 377 (i.e., A-37). 1934 – “Lydia Weeden, Leonard Scheu, Wed in Palo Alto … Scheu attended the California School of Fine Arts and is now a Medical illustrator” (Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, Ca.), Oct. 20, 1934, p. 4.) 1947 – “Art Notes. Watercolors and portraits in oil by Leonard Scheu are on display at the Raymond & Raymond Galleries… Scheu became an artist despite the opposition of his parents. He studied drawing at the California School of Fine Arts, but his painting is self-taught. He is a member of the artist's colony at Laguna Beach and, in a studio of his design, paints portraits and teaches painting,” He died in Irvine, California, on April 12, 1995. Exhibitions: San Francisco Art Association, 1935 Laguna Beach Art Association, 1935-59 Oakland Art Gallery, 1938, 1945, 1946, 1951 Santa Cruz Art League, 1935, 1938 Foundation of Western Art (LA), 1936-39 San Diego FA Gallery, 1938 Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939 California State Fairs, 1938-41 California Watercolor Society, 1943 De Young Museum, 1957 South West Artists, 1940s Los Angeles Art Association, 1952 Mother Lode Art Association, 1950s Fullerton Library, 1955 Santa Ana Public Library, 1974

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Location: Pasadena, California

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