Monterey Foothill Pond in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting by Louise Grossett Cunningham

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Mid Century Monterey Foothill Pond in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting by Louise Cunningham

Bright summer scene of pond in … Read more Mid Century Monterey Foothill Pond in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting by Louise Cunningham

Bright summer scene of pond in Monterey foothills by Santa Cruz, California artist Louise H. Grosset Cunningham (American, 1881-1983) circa 1960. Displayed in a vintage carved giltwood frame. A gem of a California landscape painting by one of the six Monterey Bay area distinguished women artists.

Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Signed lower left "Louise Cunningham"
Condition: Excellent
Presented in new, gold gilt-toned wood frame
Image, 14"H x 18"L.
Framed size: 22.5"H x 26"W x 2.50"D

Louise Cunningham was born in Berkeley, California on May 4, 1881 of French parents. Louise Grossett, a child prodigy, began her art studies at age eleven at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute in San Francisco. She then spent most of her life as a resident of Felton, CA she painted and taught there. As an exhibitor in juried shows in northern California, she won many awards throughout her long career. Her uncle, Jules Jacques, was a distinguished Paris artist and a member of the French Royal Academy. Exhibited: Mark Hopkins Institute, 1898. See less