California Dreaming Fine Art and Jewelry
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Lot 234
August Francois Gay (French American 1890-1948)
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
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August Francois Gay (French American 1890-1948) Watercolor on paper 'Stevenson House' 12 1/2in. x 11in. (31cm. x 28cm) Framed: 23in. x 21in. (58cm. x 53cm) Estate stamp l/r August Gay whose birth name was Auguste-François Pierre Gay (June 11, 1890 – 1948) was a French-born American painter and etcher. Gay co-founded the Society of Six with Selden Connor Gile, Maurice Logan, Louis Siegriest, Bernard von Eichman, and William H. Clapp, in Oakland, California. He painted California landscapes en plein air. For art historian Nancy Boas, Gay had "an instinctive understanding of picture making, an original sense of color. Bearing label verso; From the Estate of August Francois Pierre Gay Provenance: Estate of the Artist, to Donald R. Otto, his nephew.
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