This is a lovely and refined Antique Old Plein Air Impressionist California Mission Oil Painting on canvas, depicting what is likely the old San Juan Capistrano mission, and a robed Benedictine monk in the foreground. This tranquil scene shows the old stone structure of the Spanish mission and is dappled with colorful pink, blue, and lavender wildflowers in a thick impasto. Signed in the lower right corner: "Annette Perry", who was a renowned early California landscape painter and educator. This piece approximately dates to the 1940's. Good condition for age, with some spots of mild paint loss, craquelure and a few shallow dimples to the canvas (please see photos.) Approximately 27 1/4 x 37 1/4 inches (including frame.) Actual artwork is approximately 20 x 30 inches. Acquired from an old home in San Gabriel Valley, California. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks!

About the Artist: 

Born in Patch Grove, WI on Jan. 6, 1872. Perry studied at the Newcombe School of Art in Minneapolis and with M. DeMandeville in Paris. After settling in Los Angeles in 1912, she established the Perry Art Studio and became successful as an art teacher for members of the film industry. The wife of Fred Eugene Perry, she died in Los Angeles on Aug. 25, 1965. Exh: Barker Brothers (LA), 1928; Rampart Hotel (LA), 1954; Lafayette Park Place (LA), 1957.

Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"