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Coast View
Ferdinand Kaufmann
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Ferdinand Kaufmann Coast View Old Impressionist & Plein Air Oil Painting. There is also another painting on the back (double-sided painting) of the coast view by Kaufmann that depicts a forest landscape. Signed: Yes, lower right on the coast view side of the paintings. Framed: Yes. The 2.5" wide and 2" deep carved wood frame measures 16" by 20" and is in good, overall condition. The frame is not as old as the painting and I believe the paintings will look better in an arts and crafts styled frame.
Condition: Some surface dirt and a cleaning should bring out the paintings' colors and detain. Otherwise, good, overall condition. Please note that Kaufmann intentionally did not paint every speck of both paintings, as part of his plein air & impressionist technique. Ultraviolet Light Test: No inpainting.
"The following is from Linda Chase: My husband Jim recently found my great grandfather (Ferdinand Kaufmann) on your web site. I have 9 pictures of his hanging in my home that my Mother gave me. She has 3 in her home. My great grandfather adored my mother, and often took her with him to watch him paint his landscapes. His daughter Yvonne, is my mother's mother. I understand that he had a son that died. My mother told me he was a Baron from Bavaria, came to the US, and lost his money in the stock market. He did paintings for a living, and my mother told me that he had people paying him $250 to paint a painting-this before he had even painted any of it! My mother's mother gave away many of his paintings as gifts, and I always wondered where some of them are now.
Exhibited: Pasadena Art Institute, 1928, 1929 Laguna Beach Gallery, 1930 Academy of Western Painters, 1936. Source: Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940. Biography from William A. Karges Fine Art - Santa Monica "Ferdinand Kaufman was born in Germany in 1864, and studied art in Paris. Among his teachers was Edouard Manet. Kaufman left Europe to settle in Southern California in 1921, where he actively exhibited in Pasadena and Laguna Beach, two of the cities in which he lived. An Impressionist, he's remembered for his California landscapes and marine paintings."
Condition: Some surface dirt and a cleaning should bring out the paintings' colors and detain. Otherwise, good, overall condition. Please note that Kaufmann intentionally did not paint every speck of both paintings, as part of his plein air & impressionist technique. Ultraviolet Light Test: No inpainting.
"The following is from Linda Chase: My husband Jim recently found my great grandfather (Ferdinand Kaufmann) on your web site. I have 9 pictures of his hanging in my home that my Mother gave me. She has 3 in her home. My great grandfather adored my mother, and often took her with him to watch him paint his landscapes. His daughter Yvonne, is my mother's mother. I understand that he had a son that died. My mother told me he was a Baron from Bavaria, came to the US, and lost his money in the stock market. He did paintings for a living, and my mother told me that he had people paying him $250 to paint a painting-this before he had even painted any of it! My mother's mother gave away many of his paintings as gifts, and I always wondered where some of them are now.
Exhibited: Pasadena Art Institute, 1928, 1929 Laguna Beach Gallery, 1930 Academy of Western Painters, 1936. Source: Edan Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940. Biography from William A. Karges Fine Art - Santa Monica "Ferdinand Kaufman was born in Germany in 1864, and studied art in Paris. Among his teachers was Edouard Manet. Kaufman left Europe to settle in Southern California in 1921, where he actively exhibited in Pasadena and Laguna Beach, two of the cities in which he lived. An Impressionist, he's remembered for his California landscapes and marine paintings."
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| Sale Date | Auction House | Estimate | Sold Price |
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| Feb 4, 2019 |
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— | $2,103 |
