Evelyn McCormick
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Title:
"Casa Bonifacio" - Monterey
Date:
c.1930
Size:
36" x 48"
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Signed:
Signed L.L.
Signed lower left
Illustrated: A Bohemian Life-Evelyn McCormick/American Impressionist (1862-1948) by Nelda Hirsh, 2013. Page 197.
This commanding canvas illustrates one of the most famous homes in Monterey, built in 1835 on Alvarado Street. It was named, as legend goes, from the planting of a rose by General Sherman for Senorita Maria Bonifacio.
Arriving in Monterey in 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson was often a visitor at Casa Bonifacio while courting his future wife Fanny Osbourne, residing there at the time.
In 1922 it was moved brick by brick and was re-built by the renowned artist, Percy Gray, as their residence a few miles away on Mesa Road, where it stands today in all it beauty.
Illustrated: A Bohemian Life-Evelyn McCormick/American Impressionist (1862-1948) by Nelda Hirsh, 2013. Page 197.
This commanding canvas illustrates one of the most famous homes in Monterey, built in 1835 on Alvarado Street. It was named, as legend goes, from the planting of a rose by General Sherman for Senorita Maria Bonifacio.
Arriving in Monterey in 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson was often a visitor at Casa Bonifacio while courting his future wife Fanny Osbourne, residing there at the time.
In 1922 it was moved brick by brick and was re-built by the renowned artist, Percy Gray, as their residence a few miles away on Mesa Road, where it stands today in all it beauty.
