Frances Alice Keffer

Landscape with Trees

c.1940

This artwork titled "Old Barn Near Auburn" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower...

This artwork titled "Tolumne, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower right corner by the arti...

This artwork titled "Palomares Creek, California, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower righ...

This artwork titled "Fallon House, Colombia, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist William E. Frates, 1891-969 It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 24 x 30 inches. It is in excellent condition, the canvas keys have been replaced. About the artist: Painter, etcher. Born in Hayward, CA in 1896. Frates first studied art in San Francisco with Wm Otto...

An oil painting by Marc Dalessio. Painted en plein air, on the beach (Ditch Plains) in Montauk, New York. Dalessio captures this picturesque & popular Ham...

Original Mid 20th Century Northern California Landscape Painting by Jon Blanchette (1908-1987). This vintage plein air style painting depicts a serene rural scene with a white farmho...

"With shades of Pierre Bonnard’s Parisian street vistas and Edward Hopper’s New York shopfronts, American impressionist Cindy Shaoul’s oil paintings depict the much-loved locales and...

The Coast is a vintage, original oil painting from the midcentury (circa 1950s-1970s) by renowned 20th-century New Mexico artist Marjorie Chambers (1923-2006). This captivating nocturne depicts a serene marine landscape illuminated by moonlight, rendered in soothing evening colors of blue, green, brown, and white. The painting is expertly crafted on a wood panel and is signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Titled on the reverse, it is presented in a custom frame with a dark finish and a gold lip, with outer dimensions measuring 18 ¼ x 21 ¾ x 1 inches. The image size is 11 x 15 inches. About the Artist: Marjorie Bell Chambers (also known as Marjorie Bell) was born in New York in 1923 and became a significant figure in both the arts and social activism. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1943 with a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Political Science and later earned a Master of Arts from Cornell University in 1948. Chambers moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico in the 1940s, where she raised her family and worked as a substitute teacher while her husband, physicist William H. Chambers, worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In addition to her artistic pursuits, Chambers had a distinguished career in education and women's advocacy. She earned a PhD in History and Political Science from the University of New Mexico in 1974, later serving as a faculty member and dean at various institutions, including the University of Denver’s Colorado Women's College. As a lifelong advocate for women's rights, she was appointed to the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs in 1976 and played an influential role as vice-chair of President Carter...