CHARLES A. FRIES (1854-1940)
Born in Ohio, painter and lithographer Charles Fries achieved great success and fame as a well-published illustrator and portraitist in NYC, before moving with his family to Southern California and settling in San Diego in 1896. The "Dean of San Diego Painters", Fries achieved great success and fame as a painter of atmospheric desert and back country landscapes.
DESERT PALMS
Oil on canvas, laid on board, ca 9.25" x 11.5"
Signed lower left: C. A. Fries
Date: circa 1933
MOUNTAIN RANCH NEAR MUZZEY GRADE
Oil on canvas, 18 x 24"
Signed lower right: C.A. Fries
Inscribed verso: #1408/A Mountain Ranch Near Muzzey Grade/ Feb 1930
AWAKENING EARLY MORN
Oil on canvas, 11-1/2 x 15-1/2"
Signed lower left: C. A. Fries
Inscribed verso: Awakening / #1314 Early Morn / Painted Canyon / 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 [price code]
Date: circa 1933
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