Description: CAPTIVATING AND MASTERFUL ANTIQUE CALIFORNIA PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY REVERED CALIFORNIA IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER JOSEPH FREY. (American 1892-1977). THIS WORK DEPICTS AN AWE-INSPIRING SNOW-TOP MOUNTAIN SCENE DURING THE PEAK OF WINTER. IN THE FOREGROUND, TALL SCULPTED TREES STAND PROUDLY. THE TREES APPEAR AS THOUGH THEY HAVE WEATHERED MANY WINTERS ADDING A SENSE OF TIMELESSNESS AND HISTORY TO THE SCENE. THE MAJESTIC SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAIN RANGE PEAKS GRACEFULLY RISING INTO THE CLOUDY BLUE SKY. IT CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF THE REGIONS NATURAL BEAUTY. SIMPLY AMAZING. SIGNED IN THE LOWER RIGHTHAND CORNER BY JOSEPH FREY. IT DATES AROUND THE 1930s. EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION. MILD SCRATCHES TO THE FRAME, AS SHOWN. IT DOES NOT DETRACT FROM ITS BEAUTY IN ANY WAY. DIMENSIONS: 23” H x 27” W Joseph P. Frey (1892 - 1977) was active/lived in California. Joseph Frey is known for Landscape and marine. Joseph Frey Born: 1892 - Walla Walla, Washington Died: 1977 - Hawthorne, California Known for: Landscape, marine JOSEPH P. FREY (1892-1977) was born in Walla Walla, Washington, on October 17, 1892. At age sixteen, Frey began his art studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. He opened his first studio in 1915 in San Francisco during the furor of the Panama Pacific International Exposition and painted many harbor scenes in and around the bay. After serving in World War One, he sailed out of San Francisco and spent many years at sea working as a chef and studying painting in various ports. By 1928 he had settled in southern California, where he lived and worked as a chef in Los Angeles, Palm Springs, and Santa Barbara. Frey died in Hawthorne, California, on August 17, 1977. His work includes landscapes and marines. Member: Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles. Biography Courtesy Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940.
Price: 2750 USD
Location: Pasadena, California
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Production Technique: Oil Painting
Subject: Landscape
Year of Production: 1938
Artist: Joseph Frey
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Joseph Frey
Size: Medium
Signed: Yes
Period: Art Deco (1920-1940)
Material: Canvas
Item Length: 27 in
Region of Origin: California, USA
Framing: Framed
Type: Painting
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 23 in
Style: Impressionism
Theme: Early California Landscape Art, Art
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Culture: Impressionism Impressionist
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 27 in
Time Period Produced: 1925-1949
