California Autumn, c. 1930
Type:Painting
Size:28.00" x 30.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Marion Ida Kavanagh Wachtel ART FOR SALE
1876 Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 1954 Pasadena, California. Known for: Landscape, figure, portrait, and floral painting.
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 10, 1870 into an artistic family Marion Wachtel was born to a mother who was an artist, and her great-grandfather was a Royal Academician in London. She studied... Read full biography
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 10, 1870 into an artistic family Marion Wachtel was born to a mother who was an artist, and her great-grandfather was a Royal Academician in London. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago under Vanderpoel and in New York City with William M. Chase. For... Read full biography
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 10, 1870 into an artistic family Marion Wachtel was born to a mother who was an artist, and her great-grandfather was a Royal Academician in London. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago under Vanderpoel and in New York City with William M. Chase. For several years she taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and was popular in Milwaukee as a portrait painter. A commission from the Santa Fe Railway to paint scenes in their ticket offices brought her to... Read full biography
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 10, 1870 into an artistic family Marion Wachtel was born to a mother who was an artist, and her great-grandfather was a Royal Academician in London. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago under Vanderpoel and in New York City with William M. Chase. For several years she taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and was popular in Milwaukee as a portrait painter. A commission from the Santa Fe Railway to paint scenes in their ticket offices brought her to California. Arriving in San Francisco in 1903, she became a pupil of William Keith. Learning of her proposed move to southern California, Keith suggested that she study with Elmer Wachtel. A romance blossomed and they married in 1904. After her... Read full biography
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 10, 1870 into an artistic family Marion Wachtel was born to a mother who was an artist, and her great-grandfather was a Royal Academician in London. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago under Vanderpoel and in New York City with William M. Chase. For several years she taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and was popular in Milwaukee as a portrait painter. A commission from the Santa Fe Railway to paint scenes in their ticket offices brought her to California. Arriving in San Francisco in 1903, she became a pupil of William Keith. Learning of her proposed move to southern California, Keith suggested that she study with Elmer Wachtel. A romance blossomed and they married in 1904. After her marriage, the artist dropped the "u" in her surname and then spelled it "Kavanagh." Regular exhibi. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940".... Read full biography
Marion Ida Kavanagh Wachtel - Art for Sale (7 available)
Eucalyptus Silhouette, C. 1915
Type:Painting
Year:Circa 1915
Size:14.00" x 18.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Native American
Type:Painting
Size:9.50" x 11.50"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Left
Southern California Landscape (Fillmore)
Type:Painting
Size:14.00" x 17.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Untitled (Snow-capped Mountains) – Grand Teton National Park, c. 1930s
Type:Painting
Year:c. 1930s
Size:15.75" x 19.25"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
This masterful plein air painting is a poetic interpretation of the snow-capped mountains in Grand Teton National Park in western Wyoming, framed by a stand of pine trees, an outcropping of rugged boulders ascending a steep hill, and the blue of Jackson Lake.
"Arroyo Secco"
Type:Painting
Size:27.00" x 39.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Right
The Grove
Type:Painting
Year:Prior to 1904
Size:22.00" x 28.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Signed Marion Kavanauigh, painted before her marriage to Elmer Wachtel in 1904. After the marriage she dropped the "u" from Kavanaugh. making it Kavanagh.