Traditional Fine Arts Organization Site Guide

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Our museum has over 20,000 paintings to choose from covering over 200 topics. There's plenty of material to keep us busy over time and space. It's enough to make us dizzy!

Northern California artists remarks

1. Armin Hansen -- A painter whose work captured the essence of the Monterey Peninsula's maritime life.

above: Armin Hansen, Men of the Sea, 1920. Oil on canvas, 513/8 x 57 inches. Monterey Museum of Art. Gift of Jane and Justin Dart, 1991.202. Image protected by copyright and courtesy Pomegranate Communications, Inc.)

2. E. Charlton Fortune (images at America's Distinguished Artists page Fja-Foz)

above, E. Charlton Fortune, Monterey Bay, 1916, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches, Oakland Museum of California. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

3. William Ritschel (image at America's Distinguished Artists page Rid-Rnz)

above: William Ritschel, Monterey Coast, after 1911, oil on canvas, Dayton Art Institute. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

4. Francis J. McComas (image at America's Distinguished Artists page Mca-Mcz)(above: Francis McComas, Oaks of Monterey, California, 1904, 9.4 x 12.1 inches, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

5. Charles Rollo Peters (images at America's Distinguished Artists page Pes-Piz)(above: Charles Rollo Peters, Monterey Adobe at Night, c. 1918, oil on canvas, 13 x 16 inches, Holton Studio Frame-Makers. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

6. Gottardo Fidele Piazzoni (image at America's Distinguished Artists Pes-Piz page 3) (above: Gottardo Fidele Piazzoni, Silence, c. 1912, oil on panel, De Young Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

7. Granville Richard Redmond (images at America's Distinguished Artists page Rba-Rgz)

above: Granville Richard Seymor Redmond, A Field of California Poppies, 1911, oil on canvas, 26 x 36 inches, Private Collection, Northern California (by family descent to present owner), Bonhams. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

8. Joachim Ferdinand Richardt (image at America's Distinguished Artists page Rha-Ric) 9. William Ritschel (image at America's Distinguished Artists page Rid- duplicate from item 1

with Southern California artists essay:

(above: Franz Arthur Bischoff, Arroyo Seco, 18 x 24 inches, Steven Stern Collection. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

(above: William Wendt, Lupine Patch, 1921, Bonhams. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

(above: Anna Althea Hills, Sunshine & Shadow, Orange Co. Park, California, 1915, oil on board, 7 x 10 inches, American Eagle Fine Arts, Benicia, California. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

(above: Frank Cuprien, Sunset #2, 1938, oil on Masonite, 9 x 10 inches, Laguna Art Museum. Gift of the Frank W. Cuprien Estate. Image courtesy of Laguna Art Museum.)

(above: Mathias Joseph Alten, Mission San Juan Capistrano, c. 1934, oil on canvas, 26 x 32 inches, Grand Valley State University Art Gallery. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

(above: Edgar Alwin Payne, High Sierra, 1921, Steven Stern Fine Arts. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

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