Norton Bush ART FOR SALE

1834 Rochester, New York - 1894 Oakland, California. Known for: Tropical landscape, mountains, portrait.

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Known primarily for his tropical views of South and Central America, Norton Bush was also one of the West Coast's earliest landscape painters, especially of Sierra Nevada mountain scenes. He arrived in 1853 and established a studio in San Francisco, and remained there excepting for a few years in Sacramento and several trips to Latin America. His tropical landscapes were highly exotic subject in those days and first resulted from his trip around Cape Horn, sailing from New York to California. His South American subjects brought him patronage from wealthy Californians William Ralston and Henry Meiggs, and their financial support for projects promoting their businesses allowed him to make additional trips to South America in 1868 and 1875.... Read full biography

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Gatun Lake-Panama 1874

Type:Painting

Size:30.00" x 50.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Lower Right

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Estimate $25,000-35,000. SOLD FOR A WORLD-RECORD $58,500 AT THE COEUR D' ALENE ART AUCTION-RENO. Now taking consignments. For more information, please call 208.772.9009 or www.cdaartauction.com

Price: SOLD