'Hidden Cove, Big Sur' by Nat Levy, Society of Western Artists, Mid-Century California Watercolor

Description

A substantial mid-century Impressionist-style watercolor on Arches paper showing a misty view of a secluded Big Sur rocky cove meeting … more A substantial mid-century Impressionist-style watercolor on Arches paper showing a misty view of a secluded Big Sur rocky cove meeting turquoise waves.

Signed lower right 'Nat Levy' (American, titled 'Little River' and painted circa 1955.

A notable California watercolorist, Nat Levy was President of the Society of Western Artists. A student of Maynard Dixon and Armin Hansen, he exhibited with success over a long career and was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards.

Reviewing a one-man show of Levy's, the San Francisco Chronicle art critic Alfred Frankenstein once wrote, "Nat Levy's atmospheric renditions are so beautiful they seem as though they were painted with fog on his brush".

Reference:
Who Was Who in American Art 00 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, p. 2010; Artists in California hird Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 2, p. 681; et al. less