
Hanson Duvall Puthuff ART FOR SALE
1875 Waverly, Missouri - 1972 Corona del Mar, California. Known for: Desert landscape, portrait and mural painting.
Hanson Puthuff was born in 1875 in Waverly, Missouri. He is primarily remembered for his California landscapes and desert paintings, and his involvement in the Southern California art world in the... Read full biography
Hanson Puthuff was born in 1875 in Waverly, Missouri. He is primarily remembered for his California landscapes and desert paintings, and his involvement in the Southern California art world in the early 20th century. His paintings of rolling hills, canyons, and atmospheric effects of Southern... Read full biography
Hanson Puthuff was born in 1875 in Waverly, Missouri. He is primarily remembered for his California landscapes and desert paintings, and his involvement in the Southern California art world in the early 20th century. His paintings of rolling hills, canyons, and atmospheric effects of Southern California, the Sierras, and desert scenes are widely admired. Puthuff childhood was filled with both uncertainty and strife. He was born to a struggling carpenter, Alonzo Augustus Duvall, and his wife,... Read full biography
Hanson Puthuff was born in 1875 in Waverly, Missouri. He is primarily remembered for his California landscapes and desert paintings, and his involvement in the Southern California art world in the early 20th century. His paintings of rolling hills, canyons, and atmospheric effects of Southern California, the Sierras, and desert scenes are widely admired. Puthuff childhood was filled with both uncertainty and strife. He was born to a struggling carpenter, Alonzo Augustus Duvall, and his wife, Mary Anne Lee. When Puthuff was two, his mother died and he was given to the care of her close friend Elizabeth Stadley Puthuff, a young Civil War widow who supported herself as a seamstress. She became his surrogate mother, and he later assumed her... Read full biography
Hanson Puthuff was born in 1875 in Waverly, Missouri. He is primarily remembered for his California landscapes and desert paintings, and his involvement in the Southern California art world in the early 20th century. His paintings of rolling hills, canyons, and atmospheric effects of Southern California, the Sierras, and desert scenes are widely admired. Puthuff childhood was filled with both uncertainty and strife. He was born to a struggling carpenter, Alonzo Augustus Duvall, and his wife, Mary Anne Lee. When Puthuff was two, his mother died and he was given to the care of her close friend Elizabeth Stadley Puthuff, a young Civil War widow who supported herself as a seamstress. She became his surrogate mother, and he later assumed her name. Puthuff remained close to her, with the exception of a period of eight years, when his father took him at age... Read full biography
Hanson Duvall Puthuff - Art for Sale (5 available)

Type:Painting
Year:1940
Size:28.00" x 36.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right

Silvery Grasses
Type:Painting
Year:1922-1928
Size:30.00" x 40.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
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Mountain Pines, c. 1930s
Type:Painting
Year:c. 1930s
Size:16.00" x 12.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
This view created en plein air of a trail meandering through a vertical stand of pine trees, reveals an inviting access point through an intimate forest, with an abstracted mountain range painted in deep blue in the far distance.

Near La Cañada, c. 1930
Type:Painting
Year:c. 1930
Size:18.00" x 24.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
The lower third of this landscape painting by Hanson Puthuff, created circa 1930, depicts the dry wash of the Arroyo Seco and the gently rolling green Verdugo foothills. In the middle ground are two Mediterranean-style homes barely visible as they are nestled among a grouping of trees.

Mountain Trail
Type:Painting
Year:1930s
Size:15.50" x 19.50"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Reserve: $1,000, Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000. Was featured in Medicine Man Gallery 2026 July Fine & Native Art Auction.
