1923 James Everett Stuart Oil on Board of Landscape Near San Jose
Item Details
A 1923 oil painting on board by listed artist James Everett Stuart (American, 1852-1941). Painted near San Jose, California, this dark landscape depicts a wide field stretching from the foreground to the distance treeline where a solitary house stands beneath the vast clouding sky. It is signed, dated, and numbered 3079 in the bottom left corner. This work is presented in a gold and silver tone wooden frame that is wired for hanging. The location is written on verso.
Prolific plein air landscape painter James E. Stuart started painting at eight, when his family moved to a ranch near Rio Vista, California. He went on to train with David H. Woods before studying under Raymond Dabb Yelland and Virgil Williams at the San Francisco School of Design. His often moody and dramatic Western landscapes are seen by many as artistic descendants of the French Barbizon school. He is represented in the permanent collections of the Oakland Museum, the Witt Art Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, the De Young Museum and the White House.
Condition
- fair; abrasion to paint to the lower right; darkening to the varnish; flaws in the varnish to top left corner; scratch to center of left side; wear and stains to frame finish.
Dimensions
- measurement of the frame; the visible painting measures 13.5" W x 9.5" H.
Item #
17NYC045-065
