Description: EXCEPTIONAL ANTIQUE CALIFORNIA PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON BOARD BY REVERED LANDSCAPE PAINTER AND AUTHOR HARRY MUIR KURTZWORTH. (American 1887-1979). THIS WORK SHOWCASES THE RICH EARTH TONES OF CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN HILLS AND MOUNTAINS, CAPTURING THE NATURAL BEAUTY IN BROAD EXPRESSIVE BRUSHSTROKES. THE MOUNTAINS AND ROLLING HILLS DOMINATE THE COMPOSITION, THEIR GOLDEN BROWN HUES GLOWING UNDER THE WARM LIGHT, PERHAPS LATE AFTERNOON. IN THE LOWER LEFTHAND CORNER, A SINGLE GREEN TREE STANDS OUT AGAINST THE WARM EARTH TONES OF THE DISTANT HILLS. THIS IS A TRANQUIL AND SERENE MASTERPIECE BY THE WELL-KNOWN, ACCLAIMED PAINTER HARRY MUIR KURTZWORTH. IT DATES AROUND THE 1940s GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. THERE’S MILD CRAQUELURE AND PAINT LOSS AS SHOWN. IT DOES NOT DETRACT FROM ITS BEAUTY IN ANY WAY. DIMENSIONS INCLUDING THE FRAME: 28” H x 35” W DIMENSIONS WITHOUT THE FRAME: 24” H x 30” W Harry Muir Kurtzworth (1887 - 1979) was active/lived in California and Michigan. Harry Kurtzworth is known for Southwest landscape painting design. Painter, pastelist, designer, craftsman, art critic. Born in Detroit, Ml on Aug. 12, 1887. Kurtzworth graduated from Columbia University and studied at the Detroit Academy of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art, and Kansas City Art Institute. After moving to Los Angeles in 1930, he was the author of several books on industrial design and art director of the LACMA (1930-32), Los Angeles Art Ass'n (1932-37), and Woodbury College of Los Angeles (1946-53). He was a popular art critic, lecturer, and judge of art shows until his death in Los Angeles on Aug. 20, 1979. Member: Calif. Art Club. Exh: Western Painters (LA), 1923-24; Painters & Sculptors of LA, LACMA, 1931-32; Gardena (CA) High School, 1933, 1933; San Gabriel Artists Guild, 1935; LA AA, 1935; Riviera Gallery (Hollywood), 1936.
Price: 1350 USD
Location: Pasadena, California
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Artist: Harry Muir Kurtzworth
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Harry Muir Kurtzworth
Size: Large
Signed: Yes
Period: Post-War (1940-1970)
Material: Oil On Board
Item Length: 35 in
Region of Origin: California, USA
Framing: Framed
Subject: Landscape
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1940
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 28 in
Theme: Art, Americana, Landscape
Style: Impressionism
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Culture: Early California Impressionist Impressionism
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 35 in
Time Period Produced: 1925-1949
