Mid Century Original Oil Painting of High Sierras Mountains and Lake by Joseph Frey

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Robert Azensky is pleased to offer vivid mid century Original Oil painting of High Sierra Lake and Mountains

A beautiful … Read more Robert Azensky is pleased to offer vivid mid century Original Oil painting of High Sierra Lake and Mountains

A beautiful California landscape of the High Sierra mountains by Joseph Frey (American, 1892-1977). The light reflected off the mountain peaks, snow and the clouds demonstrates the mastery of the use of light and technique. The lake in the foreground with its vivid color and reflections is adds to balance of the composition.

Signature: Lower Right Corner
Medium: Oil Paint on Canvas
Presented in rustic wood frame of period
Framed size: 39.50"H x 34.75"W x 2"W
Canvas size: 25"H x 30"W

Artist Joseph Frey (1892-1977) was born in Walla Walla, Washington on October 17, 1892. At age sixteen Frey began his art studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. He opened his first studio in 1915 in San Francisco during the furor of the Panama Pacific International Exposition and painted many harbor scenes in and around the bay.

After serving in World War One, he sailed out of San Francisco and spent many years at sea working as a chef and studying painting in various ports. By 1928 he had settled in southern California where he lived and worked as a chef in Los Angeles, Palm Springs, and Santa Barbara.

Frey died in Hawthorne, California on August 17, 1977. His work includes landscapes and marines.

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