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This is a beautiful and Fine Antique Old California Plein Air Landscape Painting, Watercolor on Paper, depicting a bucolic and enchanting Southern California forest scene. Tall, delicately rendered spindly trees populate the foreground of the image, while a pale blue mountain vista is visible through the dense tree line, in the far distance. This painting exhibits an exemplary competency and skill with watercolors, a medium which is much harder to master when compared with oil paints. This artwork is by the hand of seldomly the seen African - American early California plein air painter, Ella Thomas (1894 - 1947.) Signed: \"E. Thomas\" in the lower left corner.\" Additionally, an old, yellowed label taped to the verso reads: \"Ella Thomas. Black Artist. 1894 - 1947.\" This piece likely dates to the 1920\'s - early 1930\'s. Approximately 19 3/4 x 29 1/2 inches (including frame.) Actual artwork is approximately 16 x 26 inches. Good condition for nearly a century of age, with mild scuffing, edge wear, and gilding loss to the original period antique gilded wood frame (please see photos.) To my knowledge, this is the first original painting by Ella Thomas to ever be offered for sale since the invention of the Internet. Acquired in Los Angeles County, California. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks!
About the Artist:
Ella ThomasBorn:1894 - Crockett, Texas
Died:1947 - Santa Barbara, CaliforniaKnown for:Painting
Ella Thomas (1894 - 1947) was active/lived in New York, California.Ella Thomas is known for Painting.
Born in Crockett, TX on April 2, 1894. Ella married Will Thomas and settled in San Diego in 1917. About 1932 she moved north to Santa Barbara and remained there until her death on March 11, 1947. An African-American, her work includes landscapes of southern California and Dutch interiors. Exh: Pasadena, 1907; San Diego FA Gallery, 1927.
Edan Hughes,\"Artists in California, 1786-1940\"
Southern California Artists(Nancy Moure); California Arts and Architecture list, 1932; Death record.
