EDGAR ALWIN PAYNE (1883-1947) California Impressionist FINAL MARKDOWN
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Edgar Alwin Payne ( American, 1883-1947) / Untitled / Oil on Canvas Board / Signed Lower Right / 12 in x 16 in / Frame 19 in x 23-1/2 inThe painting appears to be in very good condition with no apparent defects. It is house in a very complimentary newer gilt frame that has a few scuffs but is in overall very good condition.Biography from AskArt.comBorn in Washburn, Missouri, Edgar Payne became one of the foremost plein-air landscape painters of California in the early 20th century. He is best known for his majestic Sierra Nevada Mountain scenes, and depicted so many Indians on horseback riding through the Sierra Nevada Mountains that a mountain lake, Lake Payne, was named for him. He painted many works "en plein air" and also did numerous sketches from which he later did studio paintings. He worked quickly and completed about one painting per day. He depicted many other locations as well including the coast of Laguna Beach, the Canadian Rockies, the French and Swiss Alps, the Italian and French Riviera, fishing scenes of Italy and France, and landscapes in the Southwest including the Grand Canyon and Canyon de Chelly in Arizona. Payne was active in Chicago early in his career and there had a distinguished reputation for painting stage scenery for famous actresses and for mural painting. He left home at age 14 because his father objected
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