California Coastal Sunset Scene With Crashing Waves by California Artist Robert Wee, Mid 20th. Century

Description

Large scale original oil on canvas painting by the celebrated and sought after California artist Robert Wee (1927 - 2021). … more Large scale original oil on canvas painting by the celebrated and sought after California artist Robert Wee (1927 - 2021). A sultry sunset scene with crashing waves over rocks in the foreground.
Presented in a polychrome carved wooden frame.
Signed lower right by the artist in black.
Mid 20th Century.
Excellent condition.
Listed by East2West Furniture Florida.
Overall W44" x H32" x D2". Canvas 36" x 24". 9.1 pounds.

Robert Wee was born in 1927 in Estherville, Iowa. After serving in the Navy, Wee attended the Art Institute of Chicago where he majored in drawing, painting and illustrating, graduating in 1951. After a career as a commercial illustrator, Wee moved to California in 1954 to create his own art. In the 1980s, Wee moved from southern California to a home in the Sierra mountains
A graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago, Wee has become more inclined to paint in a bold, loose style, which lends itself well to depicting the constant movement of the ocean.
His goal is not to copy nature, but to interpret it. The emotions that move him when he sees a magnificent sky, sun slicing through an ocean wave, a headland emerging through fog, or any number of nature"s scenes, are what he aspires to capture and share with the viewer. "If I can give the viewer the same excitement I felt when I saw the subject, then I have produced a good painting. Through fine California galleries, Robert wee"s dinstinct works are in private and corporate collections all over the world. Also doing commission work for interior designers, Robert Wee recently did four large originals of the Pismo Beach area for Cliffs Resort. less