John O'Shea (1876-1956)
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<br>"Seascape and Rocks - Point Lobos" is a forcefully executed canvas representing the best of his early work off the coast near Carmel. O'Shea employs loaded brushwork, deep saturated colors, and bold rhythmic patterns to create a work reminiscent of the powerful canvases of his peers - George Bellows, Armin Hansen and William Ritschel.
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<br>This painting is a rare early work of Point Lobos, of exhibition size, and the finest O’Shea we have owned and one of the best he has ever painted of the California coast.](/Art_Images/Medium/1742.jpg)
Title:
"Seascape and Rocks, Point Lobos"
Date:
c. 1921
Size:
30" x 36"
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Signed:
Signed L.L.
Signed lower left
"Seascape and Rocks - Point Lobos" is a forcefully executed canvas representing the best of his early work off the coast near Carmel. O'Shea employs loaded brushwork, deep saturated colors, and bold rhythmic patterns to create a work reminiscent of the powerful canvases of his peers - George Bellows, Armin Hansen and William Ritschel.
This painting is a rare early work of Point Lobos, of exhibition size, and the finest O’Shea we have owned and one of the best he has ever painted of the California coast.
"Seascape and Rocks - Point Lobos" is a forcefully executed canvas representing the best of his early work off the coast near Carmel. O'Shea employs loaded brushwork, deep saturated colors, and bold rhythmic patterns to create a work reminiscent of the powerful canvases of his peers - George Bellows, Armin Hansen and William Ritschel.
This painting is a rare early work of Point Lobos, of exhibition size, and the finest O’Shea we have owned and one of the best he has ever painted of the California coast.