Mid 20th Century Carl Thorp California Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas

Description

Artist: Carl Thorp – American (1912-1989 )
Title: Untitled, California landscape
Year: circa 1950
Medium: Oil on canvas
Image size: … more Artist: Carl Thorp – American (1912-1989 )
Title: Untitled, California landscape
Year: circa 1950
Medium: Oil on canvas
Image size: 24.5 x 29.5 inches
Framed size: 27.5 x 32.5 inches
Signature: Signed lower right
Condition: Very good

This artwork is untitled. It looks like a scene in California. There is a sun-dappled, partially shaded foreground, a dark shaded row of trees mid-ground and a sunny hillside or mountainside as background, showing in the upper right of the composition. The painting is composed of oil on canvas. It is signed in the lower right corner by the artist. It is framed in a wooden gold frame. The painting is in very good condition. The frame is in good condition with a two very, small dents. Please see pictures.

About the artist:
Carl Thorp (1912–1989) was an American artist who became known for Impressionist landscapes of California, sometimes referred to as California Scene Painting, as well as New York City, Boston and New Orleans Cityscapes. He was born in Lubbock, Texas on November 14, 1912.
Active in California between 1928 and 1957, Carl Thorp studied at the Academy of Fine Art in San Diego with Maurice Braun and Alfred Mitchell. He was a member of the Society of Western Artists and the Northern California Artist Association.
Carl Thorp continued his work and teaching in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the French Quarter until 1975, when he moved to Franklinton, Louisiana. There he maintained a studio and taught until his death in 1989.
He spent summers painting in Rockport, Massachusetts, and always showed at the Annual Washington Square Arts Show in New York City. less