Large Joseph Frey Antique California Plein Air Impressionist Landscape Painting

Large beautiful oil on canvas by listed artist Joseph Frey. The painting is in fine condition measuring 20" x 24". It is in it's period gilded frame measuring 27 1/2" x 31 1/2" and 4 wide. The subject matter is the Sierra Madre Mountains area in Southern California. Painting is signed "Sera Madre" on the reverse. It has a expressionist presence - really a fine piece. 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. A word about feedback and ratings: I want buyers to understand that good feedback and ratings are extremely important to me.

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Size: Medium (up to 24in.)
Region of Origin: US
Artist: Joseph Frey
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Style: CA Impressionism, Impressionism
Item Height: 20 in
Item Width: 24 in
Material: Oil
Time Period Produced: 1925-1949
Type: Painting
Features: Framed, Signed
Subject: Landscape
Culture: Western
Year of Production: Early 1920s
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Painting Surface: Canvas
Width (Inches): 24
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Listed By: Private Seller
Height (Inches): 20
Date of Creation: 1900-1949
Color: Multi-Color