Description: LARGE AND CAPTIVATING ANTIQUE CALIFORNIA PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY ESTEEMED CALIFORNIA PAINTER, WRITER AND ART TEACHER EDNA MARRETT WILCOCKS. (American 1887-1969). THIS WORK DEPICTS A LIVE AND VIBRANT LANDSCAPE SCENE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IN THE FOREGROUND, YOU SEE LUSH TROPICAL TREES SWAYING GENTLY APPEARING TO SHIMMER WITH MOVEMENT. IN THE DISTANCE THE SCENE OPENS UP TO A CALM TRANQUIL BLUE OCEAN. SIMPLY AMAZING. SIGNED BY EDNA MARRETT WILCOCKS ON THE BOTTOM. IT DATES AROUND THE 1950s. EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION. DIMENSIONS: 45” W x 37” H Edna Marrett Wilcocks (1887 - 1969) was active/lived in California, Maine. Edna Wilcocks is known for Portrait painter, teacher, writer. Edna Marrett Wilcocks Born: 1887 - Portland, Maine Died: 1969 - Altadena, California Known for: Portrait painter, teacher, writer Born in Portland, ME on May 10, 1887. Edna Marrett studied at Vassar College, ASL in NYC, and Boston Museum School under Benson, Tarbell, and Hale. During WWI she was with the Red Cross in France where she met her husband-to-be, Fred Wilcocks. The couple made their home in Calgary, Canada where she taught art in the public schools. She moved to Altadena, CA in the early 1930s where she remained. She taught art at Pasadena's Flintridge School for Girls (1934) and at Anoakia School in Arcadia (1936-56). Mrs. Wilcocks died on Nov. 28, 1969. Exh: Calif. WC Society, 1928-35; Pasadena Art Inst.,1930-34; Women Painters of the West, 1933-55; Art Studio Shop (LA), 1934; Catholic Womens Club (LA), 1951. In: Bowdoin College (mural); Court Houses in Wilkes-Barre, PA and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (portraits). Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" American Art Annual 1931-33; Who's Who in American Art 1936-62.
Price: 3500 USD
Location: Pasadena, California
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Artist: Edna Marrett Wilcocks
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Edna Marrett Wilcocks
Size: Large
Signed: Yes
Period: Post-War (1940-1970)
Material: Canvas
Item Length: 45 in
Region of Origin: California, USA
Framing: Framed
Subject: Landscape
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1950
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 37 in
Style: Impressionism, Modernism
Theme: Art, California Landscape
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Culture: Modern Impressionist
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 45 in
Time Period Produced: 1950-1959
