🔥 Fine Antique Early California WPA Plein Air Landscape Painting, ALDRICH 1930s

Description: This is a lovely and finely rendered Antique Early California WPA Plein Air Impressionist Landscape Painting, Watercolor on Paper, by early California Impressionist painter and WPA architect, Clarence Nelson Aldrich (1893 - 1953.) This artwork depicts a bucolic and colorful Southern California landscape scene, with tall trees and delicately painted autumnal foliage, lavender hued hills and a bright green tree line visible in the far distance. Signed: "Clarence N. Aldrich" in the lower left corner. This artwork likely dates to the 1930's - early 1940's. Approximately 23 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches (including frame.) Actual visible artwork is approximately 16 1/2 x 23 3/4 inches. Good condition for nearly a century of age and storage, with moderate scuffing and edge wear to the original period antique wood frame (please see photos.) Acquired in Los Angeles County, California. Original artworks by Aldrich are housed in the permanent collections of the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University and the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. His largescale WPA architectural bas relief artworks can still be seen on the facade of Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School, Long Beach, California and his architectural contributions can be viewed at the famous Leonie Pray House aka Dawson-Pray House in the Los Cerritos neighborhood of Long Beach, California. Priced to sell. Aldrich's original California landscape paintings are very seldomly offered for sale. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! About the Artist: Clarence Nelson Aldrich Born: 1893 - Milford, MaineDied: 1953 - Bishop, CaliforniaKnown for: Painter-landscape, coastal view, genre Biography from Crocker Art Museum StoreA painter and architect, Clarence Nelson Aldrich was born in Milford, Maine on February 21, 1893. He studied with Hans Hoffman. An architect by trade, Aldrich eventually settled in the Los Angeles area, maintaining a home in Los Angeles and Long Beach. He specialized in the design and construction of Mausoleums.Aldrich exhibited at the Long Beach Art Association, the Spectrum Club, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Painter's & Sculptors Club of Los Angeles.He was a member of the National Association of Architects and the Long Beach Art Association.Clarence Nelson Aldrich died in Bishop, California on June 1, 1953. Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School Architectural Bas ReliefsClarence Nelson AldrichArchitectural motifs: Stylized Art Deco (with possibly an abstract ram’s head), Mayan zig zag. These highly stylized Art Deco motifs are rarely found in Long Beach schools. Their location at the 2nd floor roofline atop the prominent vertical piers makes them distinctive from a distance. Up close the viewer is rewarded with a Pre-Columbian or perhaps Egyptian-inspired design. The geometric zigzags, spirals and stepped motifs (ziggurats) are intricate and simple at the same time. The unusual long, incised verticals that end in spirals just below the top panels are reminiscent of jets d’eau (spouts of water). Artist(s)Clarence Nelson AldrichType of ArtArchitectureYear Completed1935Council DistrictCouncil District 1Partner InitiativeWorks Progress AdministrationNeighborhoodEast VillageStatusActive

Price: 1350 USD

Location: Orange, California

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