Complete Catalog of Drawings: page 6
LESTER, Leonard (1870-1952) paintings / watercolors
San Diego Painter
Born in England, in the early 1890s Lester moved from Canada to the US, settling in Pasadena. After having studied at the National Academy of Design, the Art Student's League and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1894-96, he returned to California where at various times he had studios in Los Angeles, Pasadena, Santa Barbara, Montecito and Redlands. From 1900-02 he traveled and painted in Europe, studying in Munich and Dresden. Known for his atmospheric paintings and ethereal style, Lester, like fellow San Diego artist Maurice Braun, was a life-long Theosophist. From 1907-10 he taught art at the Raja Yoga Schools in Cuba, returning to Point Loma and "Lomaland" in 1916. In 1929 he established a studio in Alpine where he painted in the mountains of that area, and a final studio in Grossment, California, a small community like Alpine, east of San Diego.
E039-ARCH OF TITO MOONLIGHT
Pencil on paper, 10 x 11.5"
Inscribed lower left: Arch of Tito/Moonlight/Palatine Hill/behind...
Date: 1901
Provenance: Marian Lester estate
Frame: Burl facing
E040-BRIDGE NEAR SAN DOMENICO
Pencil on paper, 10.5 x 13.5"
Inscribed lower left: L. Lester/Bridge nr San Domenico
Date: 1901
Provenance: Marian Lester estate
Frame: Burl facing
E082-FORTRESS AT ASSISI
Pencil on paper, 10 x 12"
Inscribed: lower bottom edge
Date: 1901
Provenance: Marian Lester estate
E084-TOSI AMONG CHESTNUTS
Pencil on paper, 8 x 10.5"
Inscribed lower right: Tosi on road toVallombroso/chestnut grove/June 26/01
Date: 1901
Provenance: Marian Lester estate
E184-SEATED MALE NUDE (Life study)
Charcoal on paper, 24 x 18"
Signed lower left: Fred Mitchell 1920
Date: 1920
Note: Academic study (Pennsylvania Academy)
E186-WATERBEARER (Copy from Antique)
Charcoal on paper, 24 x 18"
Signed lower right: Fred Mitchell
Date: c1920
Note: Academic study (Pennsylvania Academy)
EX038-STANDING FEMALE NUDE (Life study)
Charcoal on paper, 24 x 18"
Signed lower left: Fred Mitchell
Date: c1920
Note: Academic study (Pennsylvania Academy)
Reference: Kamerling, Bruce, Sunlight and Shadow, 1988 (p. 12)
EX039-STANDING MALE NUDE (Life study)
Charcoal on paper, 24 x 18"
Signed lower right: Fred Mitchell
Date: c1920
Note: Academic study (Pennsylvania Academy)
Reference: Kamerling, Bruce, Sunlight and Shadow, 1988 (p. 12)
EX040-MICHELANGELO'S DYING CAPTIVE
Charcoal on paper, 24 x 18"
Signed lower right: Alfred R. Mitchell
Reverse: Fred Mitchell/Feb. 1920
Note: Academic study (Pennsylvania Academy)
Reference: Kamerling, Bruce, Sunlight and Shadow, 1988 (p. 12)
Southern California Artist
Born in Nevada, Nutting studied at the Boston Museum Fine Arts School, Art Student's League in NYC, and in Paris at Academie Julian and the University of Paris. After moving to Southern California in the 1930s, he was an instructor at the Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles. Painter, muralist, watercolorist, portraitist, among his portraits are those of James and Nora Joyce, Nutting, a Los Angeles artist, paints in an expressionistic style using brilliant colors and bold brush techniques.
E156-LIFE STUDY (Female Nude)
Conte crayon, 9 x 12"
Date: c1940
Provenance: Estate of artist
E219-DESERT AFTERNOON
Charcoal drawing on paper, 6 x 7" (sight)
Signed lower right: Charles Reiffel
Date: circa 1935
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