Maryland Snow
Type:Painting
Size:11.00" x 14.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
William Posey Silva ART FOR SALE
1859 Savannah, Georgia - 1948 Carmel, California. Known for: Landscape, marine-mists and street painting.
A landscape painter, William Silva was an important art world figure in Tennessee and also in California, where he moved in 1913 and for thirty-five years devoted himself to painting cypresses,... Read full biography
A landscape painter, William Silva was an important art world figure in Tennessee and also in California, where he moved in 1913 and for thirty-five years devoted himself to painting cypresses, eucalypti, dunes, and coasts. He was born in Savannah, Georgia, and studied at Chatham Academy and... Read full biography
A landscape painter, William Silva was an important art world figure in Tennessee and also in California, where he moved in 1913 and for thirty-five years devoted himself to painting cypresses, eucalypti, dunes, and coasts. He was born in Savannah, Georgia, and studied at Chatham Academy and engineering at the University of Virginia. He inherited the family chinaware business, which he ran successfully for thirty years until he began painting at age 50. In 1887, he moved to Chattanooga,... Read full biography
A landscape painter, William Silva was an important art world figure in Tennessee and also in California, where he moved in 1913 and for thirty-five years devoted himself to painting cypresses, eucalypti, dunes, and coasts. He was born in Savannah, Georgia, and studied at Chatham Academy and engineering at the University of Virginia. He inherited the family chinaware business, which he ran successfully for thirty years until he began painting at age 50. In 1887, he moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and there became known as "the finest artist at the turn of the century" (Gerdts Art Across America, V III). He painted in an impressionist style and did many panoramic views of Chattanooga as well as paintings of the pine forests near Savannah.... Read full biography
A landscape painter, William Silva was an important art world figure in Tennessee and also in California, where he moved in 1913 and for thirty-five years devoted himself to painting cypresses, eucalypti, dunes, and coasts. He was born in Savannah, Georgia, and studied at Chatham Academy and engineering at the University of Virginia. He inherited the family chinaware business, which he ran successfully for thirty years until he began painting at age 50. In 1887, he moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and there became known as "the finest artist at the turn of the century" (Gerdts Art Across America, V III). He painted in an impressionist style and did many panoramic views of Chattanooga as well as paintings of the pine forests near Savannah. Initially he pursued his chinaware business there, but in 1894, began to take art instruction. Encouraged by his wife, h... Read full biography
William Posey Silva - Art for Sale (6 available)
"Hills in Springtime, Carmel River"
Type:Painting
Size:8.00" x 10.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
William Silva settled permanently in Carmel, California in 1913. He built a studio off Carmelita Street in the sand dunes and for thirty-five years devoted himself to painting the Monterey cypress, eucalyptus trees, the sand dunes and the coastline.
"Rough Waters - Carmel Shore"
Type:Painting
Size:12.00" x 15.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Titled with estate label on reverse.
"Back Wash - Point Lobos"
Type:Painting
Size:8.00" x 10.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Letter Of Authentication
Notes:
A leading impressionist landscape painter, Silva settled permanently in Carmel in 1913 and for 35 years devoted himself to painting cypresses, eucalypti, dunes, and coasts. Directly from the estate of William P. Silva. Notarized Affidavit signed by the son of the artist on reverse - May 16, 1949.
"Sunset" - Point Lobos
Type:Painting
Year:1929
Size:8.00" x 10.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Signed and dated lower right On reverse: Titled, signed and dated Written under the signature are the words: Sketch for large painting
Rock and Sea - Carmel
Type:Painting
Size:9.00" x 12.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Deerhoff Galleries - Washington D.C. label verso as well as two inscriptions - Mrs. S.B. Young, Soldiers Home and a wedding present to the Toppings, 1940. #4456 in oval, pencil. Original frame. Juicy brushwork.