Early 20th Century California Art & Jewelry Auction Closed (#9194960)

William Otto Emerson Original Oil On Canvas
Still Life, Dated 1895
Signed Lower Right

About the Artist:
Painter, pastelist. Born near Chicago in Union, IL on March 2, 1856. Emerson joined a wagon train to California in 1870. After a few years in Placerville, he moved to San Francisco where he studied with Virgil Williams at the School of Design. Following the trend for serious art students of this period, he continued at Académie Julian in Paris under Bouguereau and Lefebvre. While there, he appears to have spent an extended period in Holland and brought back several paintings of his visit. During the latter part of his life Emerson lived in the San Francisco Bay area cities of Oakland and Hayward. He died in the latter on Dec. 24, 1940. He was a highly skilled painter of California landscapes, still lifes, Dutch and French scenes. As well as a painter, he was also a noted ornithologist; his collection of 6,000 species of western birds is in the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. Exh: Mechanics' Inst. (SF), 1883; American AA of Paris; Calif. State Fair, 1884, 1894, 1895; San Francisco Art Association, 1893-95; Calif. Midwinter Intl Expo, 1894. In: CSL. CD; California & Californians, 1926; CSL; DR.

Condition:
Good, See Photos

Size:
Overall: 15" x 35"
Visible: 11.5" x 31.5"