I rarely use the Blast to promote my business but want to kvell about a very special painting I bought recently during my travels and will make an exception.
This is a 25 x 30" painting by the dean of all San Diego painters, Maurice Braun (1877-1941). Braun, born in Hungary, came to San Diego from New York, where he had lived since the age of four. He studied at the National Academy and then under William Merritt Chase. He had a desire to escape portraiture and paint the wide open spaces and moved to San Diego in 1909.
This painting, in impeccable shape and with its original frame, stands up in my opinion, with the best paintings the artist has ever painted. The composition and care is impeccable. The sycamore trees introduce a cool fully lit chroma into the warm afternoon landscape. I could make a reasonable case for the painting either being painted at Lake Hodges or Lake Henshaw.
If you appreciate California impressionism at its best and have an opportunity, I invite you to stop by the gallery and see this painting before it is sold.
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| Painting shot outdoors in the shade. |
6 comments:
OMG, you weren't kidding about the Braun. They don't get any better!
Probably the nicest Braun to come on the market in 10 years!
JSwan
Nice, good size and great color and condition. Best of luck, Doug.
Lovely painting!!
My mother's maiden name is Braun.I think that was taken from the family estate when they had to flee Germany & I want it back (Ha,Ha).
Kim
Nice to see a really good one!
Perhaps the San Luis Rey River.
maybe the best painting i've ever seen in your gallery; somebody is lucky to have it.
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