This is a beautiful and RARE Antique 19th c. Early California Plein Air Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting on canvas, by the enigmatic and talented California artist John H. Von Keith 1835 -? This work depicts a lovely and tranquil lakeside scene with rocky outcroppings, calm waters, mountains in the distance, and a charmingly depicted flock of ducks in the lower right foreground. This work is signed and dated: J. Von Keith 1900 in the lower right corner. Von Keith’s works are very rare and have seldom been offered for sale. Despite his prolific career as an itinerate landscape artist across California, less than five of these paintings are known to still exist. Approximately 26 x 40 1/2 inches including frame. Actual artwork is approximately 21 7/8 x 36 1/2 inches. Overall good – fair condition for 120+ years of age, with several small tears to the upper right of the canvas, areas of yellowing varnish or nicotine residue, and fine craquelure in some places please see photos. Original period gilded frame has scuffing, edge wear, and some material loss along the edges. One of the stretcher bars has a mild fissure and would it benefit the preservation of this piece if it was replaced (photo 11). This painting would be a worthy candidate for a professional restoration, due to its beauty, rarity, and historical importance as an image of early California. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! 1835 – Cambridge, Massachusetts. Von Keith (Born 1835) was active/lived in California, Massachusetts. John Von Keith is known for Landscape painting, writing. Von Keith was born in Cambridge, MA in 1835 into a wealthy family. Orphaned at age six, Von Keith was adopted by Senator Clark of California. Having studied at Harvard University and the Boston School of Design, he then led an itinerant existence. He visited 44 cities in the U. He was in Denver, CO in 1880 and by 1884 was a resident of Los Angeles. After a painting trip to the tropics in 1889, he had a studio-home in Oakland in 1892 and in that year made a trip to Oregon to paint the Three Sisters. His name appeared intermittently in the Los Angeles City Directory through 1912. Works Held: Orange Co. (Nancy Moure); City Directory; Von Keith’s Westward or 1000 Items on the Wonders and Curiosities of Southern California J. Green & Co, 1887. Von Keith was a landscape painter and writer who, after leading an itinerant existence, traveled to California in the late 19th century and made his home in Los Angeles. His book’Westward or 1000 Items on the Wonders and Curiosities of Southern California’ is an enthusiastic recitation of the delights to be found in California in 1887. Among these wonders are many pretty canyons [with] beautiful, musical, roaring waterfalls. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “willsusa_utzeqm” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.
- Size: Large
- Region of Origin: California, USA
- Artist: John H. Von Keith
- Production Technique: Oil Painting
- Framing: Framed
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Style: Impressionism, Impressionist, Plein Air
- Item Height: 26 in
- Item Width: 40 1/2 in
- Material: Canvas, Oil
- Time Period Produced: 1900-1924
- Type: Painting
- Subject: Landscape, Forest
- Signed: Yes
- Signed By: John H. Von Keith
- Year of Production: 1900
- Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
