The Silence of Night
Type:Painting
Year:1910
Size:40.00" x 55.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
William Wendt ART FOR SALE
1865 Bentzen, Germany - 1946 Laguna Beach, California. Known for: Plein-air landscape and coastal view painting.
One of California's best-known landscape painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, William Wendt was called the "Dean of Southern California" artists. His landscapes were especially known... Read full biography
One of California's best-known landscape painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, William Wendt was called the "Dean of Southern California" artists. His landscapes were especially known for rich greens and browns. In 1911, he became co- founder of the California Art Club, which he... Read full biography
One of California's best-known landscape painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, William Wendt was called the "Dean of Southern California" artists. His landscapes were especially known for rich greens and browns. In 1911, he became co- founder of the California Art Club, which he served as the second and fourth President from 1911 to 1919 and 1917 to 1918 respectively. This organization reflected his commitment to plein-air painting of the California landscape. His style was... Read full biography
One of California's best-known landscape painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, William Wendt was called the "Dean of Southern California" artists. His landscapes were especially known for rich greens and browns. In 1911, he became co- founder of the California Art Club, which he served as the second and fourth President from 1911 to 1919 and 1917 to 1918 respectively. This organization reflected his commitment to plein-air painting of the California landscape. His style was impressionism, obviously influenced by the Decorative Style of Arthur Mathews, and his landscapes seldom had figures in them. Indicative of the breadth of his reputation was his election in 1912 as an Associate of the National Academy of Design in New... Read full biography
One of California's best-known landscape painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, William Wendt was called the "Dean of Southern California" artists. His landscapes were especially known for rich greens and browns. In 1911, he became co- founder of the California Art Club, which he served as the second and fourth President from 1911 to 1919 and 1917 to 1918 respectively. This organization reflected his commitment to plein-air painting of the California landscape. His style was impressionism, obviously influenced by the Decorative Style of Arthur Mathews, and his landscapes seldom had figures in them. Indicative of the breadth of his reputation was his election in 1912 as an Associate of the National Academy of Design in New York. He was born in Bentzen, Germany, and in 1880, immigrated to Chicago where, largely self taught, he studied br... Read full biography
William Wendt - Art for Sale (9 available)
"Beside the Summer Sea"
Type:Painting
Size:18.00" x 24.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
One can imagine, on this pleasant summer day, William Wendt painting while enjoying blue skies overhead, salty air and a refreshing ocean breeze. This charming cliffside cottage has a distant view of Main Beach Laguna and the historic Hotel Laguna.
Midsummer
Type:Painting
Year:c.1930
Size:25.00" x 30.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
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"Oak Grove, Santa Margarita Ranch" - Titled by the Artist
Type:Painting
Year:1926
Size:25.00" x 30.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
"Oak Grove, Santa Margarita Ranch" by William Wendt was featured in Earl Stendahl's William Wendt's Exhibition Book in 1926, he fully illustrated the painting and added glowing text. The art critic for the Los Angeles in his review of the show ranked Oak Grove in the top two paintings in the show.
"Dunes at Monterey"
Type:Painting
Year:c. 1900
Size:30.00" x 40.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Exhibited at the Laguna Art Museum/William Wendt: A Retrospective, Oct. 2008 - Feb. 2009… Pictured full page (115) in Nature's Temple, The Life and Art of William Wendt, published by the Irvine Museum.
Coastal Canyon - Oaks, Sycamores and Flowers
Type:Painting
Year:1928
Size:20.00" x 30.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
This famous coastal canyon was known as Rustic Canyon which is located between Santa Monica and Malibu. It was the site of the "Uplifters Club" that is featured in a Wikipedia article. Many most famous celebrities, writers, actors, and politicians of the era were members and visitors of this Club.
Country Farm
Type:Painting
Year:circa 1900-1905
Size:14.00" x 17.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
With wind in these wispy trees, William Wendt captured this charming country farm featuring an expansive field in the foregound and blue skies. Feel free to contact dealer at 949-981-0070
Spring Landscape, Tioga Pass, CA
Type:Painting
Year:1913
Size:40.00" x 50.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
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Incoming Fog, Morro Bay
Type:Painting
Year:c.1902
Size:20.00" x 30.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
This painting features a meadow with a few wild flowers amongst graceful eucalyptus trees. Possibly painted on the present day golf course road in Morro Bay, one can see the cool coastal fog rolling in over the bay while a hawk is soaring overhead on a breeze!