John O'Shea (1876-1956)
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Title:
"Seascape and Rocks, Point Lobos"
Date:
c. 1921
Size:
30" x 36"
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Signed:
Signed L.L.
Signed lower left
"Seascape and Rocks - Point Lobos" is a forcefully executed canvas representing the best of his early work off the coast near Carmel. O'Shea employs loaded brushwork, deep saturated colors, and bold rhythmic patterns to create a work reminiscent of the powerful canvases of his peers - George Bellows, Armin Hansen and William Ritschel.
This painting is a rare early work by O'Shea, one of Carmel's most distinguished artists. With its view of Point Lobos, and of exhibition size, it is the finest O’Shea we have owned and one of the best he has ever painted of the California coast.
O'Shea was born in Ireland - emigrated to the US in the 1890's (NYC). He first moved to Pasadena in 1913; Laguna Beach in 1915; and in 1917 he settled in the Carmel Highlands one cove north of William Ritschel's ‘Castel a Mare’.
"Seascape and Rocks - Point Lobos" is a forcefully executed canvas representing the best of his early work off the coast near Carmel. O'Shea employs loaded brushwork, deep saturated colors, and bold rhythmic patterns to create a work reminiscent of the powerful canvases of his peers - George Bellows, Armin Hansen and William Ritschel.
This painting is a rare early work by O'Shea, one of Carmel's most distinguished artists. With its view of Point Lobos, and of exhibition size, it is the finest O’Shea we have owned and one of the best he has ever painted of the California coast.
O'Shea was born in Ireland - emigrated to the US in the 1890's (NYC). He first moved to Pasadena in 1913; Laguna Beach in 1915; and in 1917 he settled in the Carmel Highlands one cove north of William Ritschel's ‘Castel a Mare’.
