Charles Frederick Surendorf Landscape With Farm House In Winter C. 1950 Painting

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This artwork "Landscape with Farm House in Winter" c.1950, is a oil painting on hardboard by noted California artist Charles … Read more This artwork "Landscape with Farm House in Winter" c.1950, is a oil painting on hardboard by noted California artist Charles Frederick Surendorf, 1906-1979. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork (hardboard) size is 16 x 20 inches, framed size is 22 x 26.35 inches. Custom framed in original distressed rustic hand made frame. It is in excellent condition.

About the artist:

Born on Nov. 9, 1906 in Richmond, Indiana, Charles Surendorf, following graduation from Ohio State University, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York City.

In 1935 he moved to the San Francisco Bay area and taught at Mills College. Active in the local art scene, he was director of the first San Francisco Art Festival. In 1946 he settled in the town of Columbia in the Sierra foothills. There he served as director of the short-lived Mother Lode Art School (1956) and produced works with an historic California theme.

He died of cancer in Columbia on May 28, 1979.

His paintings and prints depict the rough-and-tumble life of the old mining country in a regionalist style akin to that of Thomas Hart Benton.

Member:
California Society of Etchers; San Francisco Art Association; Mother Lode Art Association; Bay Region Art Association (Oakland).

Exhibition:
Foundation of Western Art (LA), 1936-41; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1936; SFMA, 1936, 1946; California Society of Etchers, 1938-54 (awards); Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939; De Young Museum, 1946.

Member: California Society of Etchers; San Francisco Art Ass'n; Mother Lode Art Ass'n; Bay Region Art Ass'n (Oakland).

Museums:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1936; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1936-46; California Society of Etchers, 1938-54 (awards); Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939; De Young Museum, 1946; Art Institue of Chicago; National Academy of Design. Works held: Monterey Peninsula Museum; San Francisco Museum of Art; Mills College (Oakland); Library of Congress; Wichita Art Museum. Smithsonian American Museum of Art.


Bibliography:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Who's Who in American Art 1936-62; Who's Who on the Pacific Coast; Artists and People See less