Arthur Frank Mathews ART FOR SALE

1860 Markesan, Wisconsin - 1945 San Francisco, California. Known for: Handcrafted items, decorative, muralist, educator.

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A central figure with his wife Lucia in turn-of-the-century, post earthquake San Francisco, Arthur Mathews devoted himself to reconstruction of the fine arts in the Bay Area. He had diverse talents that embraced architecture, mural painting, furniture making, printing, and urban design, and his style became known as California Decorative. His murals and paintings came to exemplify the Art Nouveau style. He was also a proponent of the American Renaissance style, based on classical disciplines and subject matter of the Italian Renaissance. In his allegorical paintings, Mathews often included female figures in classical dress and used a Tonalist approach with flat patterns and intense color. Described as "fairy tales for grownups," (Boas),... Read full biography

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"The Bathers" (a.k.a. "Nudes in the Landscape")

Type:Painting

Year:c. 1896

Size:25.25" x 23.25"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Lower Right

Notes:

Retains Mathews' Tabernacle frame from The Furniture Shop, SF. Exhibited: Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA, 2023; 'Artists at Continent's End' - 4 instate venues/2006-2007, page 89 in catalogue. Illustrated: The Art of Arthur & Lucia Mathews, Harvey L. Jones, Oakland Museum/2006, page 46.

Price: SOLD