Jonathan David Batchelor Young Girl Sitting On A Bench 1954 Painting

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This artwork "Young Girl Sitting on a Bench" 1954, is an oil painting on canvas by California artist Jonathan David … Read more This artwork "Young Girl Sitting on a Bench" 1954, is an oil painting on canvas by California artist Jonathan David Batchelor, 1913-2003. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 24 x 18 inches, framed size is 33 x 27 inches. Framed in an antique style gold frame, with pink velvet liner and gold spacer. It is in very good condition, I could have say excellent but the velvet is slightly evenly faded and has minor soiling.

About the artist:

Jonathan Batchelor was born on June 29, 1913 at sea aboard an American schooner off Vancouver Island. Batchelor moved to Oakland in 1921 and at age 13 enrolled at the CCAC.

He continued in Los Angeles at the Lukits School, Wilshire Art School, and Otis Art Institute. During the 1930s he worked on the WPA art projects and as an illustrator for UC and the city of Oakland. He taught at CCAC from 1946-52 and then for many years in the Oakland Adult Art School.

After settling in Canyon, CA in 1949, he remained there until his demise on Dec. 16, 2003.

His work includes portraits, female nudes, landscapes, and still lifes in oil, acrylic, pastel, bronze, stone, and wood. Primarily a realist, he also produced abstract and semi-abstract works.

Exhibited: San Diego Museum, 1932; Sacramento State Fair, 1946, 1948 (silver medal); Oakland Art Gallery, 1945, 1950, 1953 (gold medals); CPLH, 1949; De Young Museum, 1952; SWA, 1950s.

Works Held: Oakland Museum; St Marys Gallery (Moraga, CA); St Johns Church (El Cerrito, CA). See less