William Constable Adam ART FOR SALE

1846 Tweedmouth, England - 1931 Pacific Grove, California. Known for: Monterey area, coastal view and figure painting.

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Known as "Professor" Adam, William Adam gave art lessons in his rose-covered cottage at 450 Central Avenue. With a bright and colorful palette of both oil and watercolor, he specialized in views of the Monterey area such as sand dunes, cottage and garden scenes, and the local flora. He was born in Tweedmouth, England and studied under Delecluse in Paris, Brydall and Greenlees in Glasgow, and in Buenos Aires before immigrating to Boston in the latter part of the 19th century. He moved to California in 1894 and settled in Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula. He died there in 1931. He was a member of the Boston Art Club; Glasgow Art Club and exhibited at California State Fairs (medals); the Del Monte Art Gallery, 1907-12; the Berkeley Art... Read full biography

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Monterey, "Cannery Row" house - Image 1 of 3

Monterey, "Cannery Row" house

Type:Painting

Size:12.00" x 16.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Lower Left

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The story that goes with this painting is that this is a home on what would eventually come to be known as now world famous Cannery Row, once fish processing plants supplanted homes. Can't be proven, but this is the story, and an intriguing one.