California Impressions: Landscapes from the Wendy Willrich Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
2006Burgard, Timothy Anglin; Alfred C. Harrison, Jr.
112 pages (color)
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1859 Mount Pleasanton, Canada - 1935 Oakland, California. Known for: Landscape and street genre painting.
One of the more prominent early 20th-century landscape painters in Northern California, Arthur Best was especially known for his paintings of the Grand Canyon, Arizona desert, and Sierra Nevada... Read full biography
One of the more prominent early 20th-century landscape painters in Northern California, Arthur Best was especially known for his paintings of the Grand Canyon, Arizona desert, and Sierra Nevada mountains. With his wife, he founded the Best Art School in San Francisco. He was born in Mount... Read full biography
One of the more prominent early 20th-century landscape painters in Northern California, Arthur Best was especially known for his paintings of the Grand Canyon, Arizona desert, and Sierra Nevada mountains. With his wife, he founded the Best Art School in San Francisco. He was born in Mount Pleasanton near Petersboro, Canada, and he and his brothers were musicians with Arthur playing the clarinet. In 1895, the band broke up, and the brothers moved to San Francisco where Arthur and his wife, Alice... Read full biography
One of the more prominent early 20th-century landscape painters in Northern California, Arthur Best was especially known for his paintings of the Grand Canyon, Arizona desert, and Sierra Nevada mountains. With his wife, he founded the Best Art School in San Francisco. He was born in Mount Pleasanton near Petersboro, Canada, and he and his brothers were musicians with Arthur playing the clarinet. In 1895, the band broke up, and the brothers moved to San Francisco where Arthur and his wife, Alice Leveque Best, established their school at 1625 California Street. He became a staff artist for the San Francisco Examiner, and in 1904, did a series of Grand Canyon paintings. In 1905, he was commissioned by the Southern Pacific Railroad to paint... Read full biography
One of the more prominent early 20th-century landscape painters in Northern California, Arthur Best was especially known for his paintings of the Grand Canyon, Arizona desert, and Sierra Nevada mountains. With his wife, he founded the Best Art School in San Francisco. He was born in Mount Pleasanton near Petersboro, Canada, and he and his brothers were musicians with Arthur playing the clarinet. In 1895, the band broke up, and the brothers moved to San Francisco where Arthur and his wife, Alice Leveque Best, established their school at 1625 California Street. He became a staff artist for the San Francisco Examiner, and in 1904, did a series of Grand Canyon paintings. In 1905, he was commissioned by the Southern Pacific Railroad to paint pictures of the Southwest and Mexico. Many of his paintings were destroyed in the San Francisco eart... Read full biography
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California Impressions: Landscapes from the Wendy Willrich Collection
2006The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesAmerican Paintings from the Hainsworth Collection
2005Love, Richard; Michael Worley, Ph.D157 pages (color)Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
2002
Available For Sale.Hughes, Edan Milton1,249 pagesFor Sale<a href="mailto:info@askart.com">Available For Sale</a>.Oregon Painters The First 100 Years:1859-1959
1999Allen, Ginny & Jody Klevit251 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Red Book Western American Price Index
1993Southwest Art126 pagesAlong the Russian River: An Artistic Interpretation
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Editor, Sonoma County Museum28 pagesArt Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three
1990Gerdts, William H396 pages (color)Artists in California, 1786-1940
1989Hughes, Edan Milton637 pagesArtists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985Dawdy, Doris1,184 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesThe Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984Orr-Cahill, Christina199 pages (color)Crocker Art Museum: Handbook of Paintings
1979West, Richard (Essay); Alfred Neumeyer; Joseph A. Baird, Jr.202 pages (color)The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976Samuels, Peggy and Harold549 pages