Society of Six
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The Society of Six was a group of artists who painted outdoors, socialized, and exhibited together in and around Oakland, California in the 1910s and 1920s. They included Selden Connor Gile, August Ga
Selden Connor Gile, Joaquin Miller Home, 1915, oil on canvas, Oakland Museum of California
Louis Siegriest, Gile's House, 1921, oil on canvas, Oakland Museum of California
E. Charlton Fortune
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Euphemia Charlton Fortune was an American Impressionist artist from California. She was trained in Europe, New York and San Francisco. She painted many portraits as well as landscape views of Californ
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…Francisco Art Association), he developed a second career as a fine furniture craftsman and was invited to join the Monterey Guild, which was founded by E. Charlton Fortune for the purpose of making ecclesiastical furnishings. In the 1930s he created on the Monterey Peninsula several federally and privately funded murals…
Monterey Bay, 1916, 30 x 40 inches, Oakland Museum of California
Hall of Flowers, Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1915, oil on canvas, 12 x 16 inches (Bonhams auction April 2014)
Hatton Ranch, 1920, oil on canvas, 38 x 48 inches (Monterey Museum of Art)
The Señora's Garden, ca. 1918, oil on canvas, 30 x 26 inches (Bonhams auction June 2011)