Elmer Wachtel ART FOR SALE

1864 Baltimore, Maryland - 1929 Guadalajara, Mexico. Known for: Landscape and figure painting, illustration.

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A prominent landscape painter of late 19th and early 20th-century California, Elmer Wachtel specialized in panoramic desert and mountain landscapes using impressionist brushstrokes. His early works were tonalist in mood, and his later paintings were more decorative and light hearted. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and raised in Lanark, Illinois where he worked on a farm. In 1882, he moved to San Gabriel, California to join his rancher-brother who, married to the sister of artist Guy Rose, managed the extensive Rose ranch. Wachtel taught himself to play the violin, and then, while working as a furniture store clerk, became first violinist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. He began sketching still lifes and saved enough money... Read full biography

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California Hills in Spring

Type:Painting

Year:c. 1915

Size:12.00" x 16.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Lower Right

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"California Hills in Spring" by Elmer Wachtel depicts the rugged hills of southern California. While the artist displays an arroyo with scrub oak in the foreground, one can imagine the distinctive aroma of sage while looking up to see pine trees climbing the hills, and the fresh green growth of spring on the hills from recent rains, all under the canopy of a deep blue sky. Excellent condition! Please call Lawrence Beebe with any questions at 949.981.0070

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