Robert Canete

'Fish Market, Cannery Row, Monterey', California Expressionist, Stanford, Carmel

Circa 2000

Signed lower right, 'Canete' for Robert Canete (American, born 1948) and painted circa 2000. This noted Carmel artist studied with Vincent Rascon in the 1960's and later with Dwight...

Signed lower right, 'Canete' for Robert Canete (American, born 1948) and painted circa 2000. This Carmel artist studied with Vincent Rascon in the 1960's and later with Dwight Mille...

Signed center right, "Canete", for Robert Canete, a Carmel artist who studied with Vincent Rascon in the 1960s and, later, with Dwight Miller at Stanford. A colorful Expressionist-s...

Signed verso "Canete" for Robert Canete (American, born 1948) and painted in 2015. A lyrical, oil seascape showing a small sailing boat on the limpid turquoise waters of the Pacif...

Untitled (Cityscape) is an oil on canvas created by Gregory Kondos (American, b. 1923), one of the world's most prominent California landscape artists. The artwork is signed in the lower right corner and was created circa 1950. The canvas size is 24 x 47.75 inches. Overall in good condition. Framed in a gold wooden frame. The size including frame is 33 x 56.75 inches. Gregory Kondos has spent decades depicting California’s unique, majestic beauty, from its rolling farmland to its varied coastline, to the forests and peaks of Yosemite, where he has often served as artist-in-residence. He has been drawn as well to the deserts around Santa Fe, and to Europe, especially Greece, the country from which his parents emigrated. Now in his nineties, he is celebrated as one of the world’s foremost landscape painters, known for his light-filled palette and intuitive, organic forms that seem like effortless extensions of nature. Kondos describes his paintings as possessing a sense of quietude and cleanliness while maintaining a necessary lonely quality: “Less is more…and what is left out makes the picture more understandable.” His distilled images tend to feature a solitary element—a lone boat, a mountain peak, a house standing away from the others—that projects a contemplative sense of being alone in thought. His simple yet lively palette and elegant lines, influenced by artists like Willem de Kooning, Cezanne, and Gauguin, allow us to place ourselves within the space of the painting. Chief curator and associate director at Sacramento’s Crocker Art Museum, Scott A. Shields, who organized “A Touch of Blue: Landscapes by Gregory Kondos” at the museum in 2013, remarks: “His paintings simultaneously celebrate the terrain's inherent formal, abstract properties, as well as the beautiful possibilities of the paint itself." Kondos’ lifelong achievements place him in the great tradition of American landscape painters such as Albert Bierstadt, Edward Hopper, and Georgia O’Keefe. He has won numerous prizes and awards, including a lifetime achievement award from International Bienniale in Florence, Italy, and has been elected to the National Academy of Design in New York. Collections of Kondos’ work are displayed in museums around the world, including the Shanghai Art Museum in China, the Phoenix Art Museum, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The gallery at Sacramento City...

Vivian Cornwall 1925-2012 Texas, California Artist Size: 12 x 16 Medium: Oil on Board Signed "Fisk Hopper Grotto" Fisherman's Wharf Monterey, Calif. Old Fisherman's Grotto was founded in 1950 by restaurateur Sabu Shake, Sr. Originally from Karachi, Pakistan, Shake moved to the Monterey area, with his wife Isabella, in 1954, where the couple raised their six children, all boys. Shake worked as a dishwasher at a restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf. He eventually became a cook before quitting in 1958 to purchase a small restaurant on the Wharf, which would become Old Fisherman's Grotto. During his time as owner and operator of the restaurant Mother Teresa, Jim Carrey, and Benazier Bhutto dined at the restaurant. Shake worked directly with local fisherman and cattlemen, and Salinas Valley produce growers to ensure the restaurant provided local menu items. Shake died on December 5, 1998, of cancer. Today, the restaurant is owned and operated by Shake's son, Chris Shake. In 2016, Chris Shake requested to demolish the restaurant when the lease expires in 2021. According to Shake's lawyer, the rationale behind the request was because the city of Monterey was unable to secure a long-term lease for the restaurant. Shake wants to extend the restaurant's lease to 2041. Vivian Cornwall1925-2012 Vivian Cornwall was an American artist known for her plein air paintings, capturing the beauty of the Monterey County landscape. Born September 26, 1925, in Dallas, Tx. she moved to California in 1972 and later to Carmel, where she began her art career. Cornwall studied with notable California watercolorists and oil painters, and her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries across California. She was also involved in interior design and served on the board of the Venture Gallery in Monterey. Her art, including "View of Carmel Mission, California" are great representations of the Carmel area, reflecting her significant contribution to the world of art. September 26, 1925-May 22, 2012 CARMEL, CA - Carmel artist, Vivian Cornwall, passed away at her home with her family at her side on May 22, 2012. Born on September 26, 1925 in Dallas, TX, she was the second of five children born to Charles Little...

Title: French Outdoor Market Scene with Figures and Parasols by Fanch Lel by Fanch Lel Size: 21.25 x 25.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed Condition: Good ove...

Title: French Market Day with Figures and Cafe Awnings in Sunlit Street by Fanch Lel by Fanch Lel Signed: Lower left corner Size: 19.5 x 24 inches (height x width) Oil painting on bo...