Hanson Duvall Puthuff (American, 1875-1972). Rocks at the Shore. Oil on panel, signed 'H. Puthuff' (lower left), in good condition, framed. 12 x 16in. (30.5 x 40.5cm). 15 x 19in. (38 x 48.3cm/frame).
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972) "Quietude," 1922 Oil on canvas Signed lower right: H Puthuff; signed again and titled, verso, as well as on the remnant of an old exhibition label affixed to the frame's backing board; dated on the frame plaque
Hanson Puthuff (1875-1972) American, Landscape Oil on Board. Depicts an Impressionist tranquil brook in the woods. Signed bottom left. Framed. Frame: 17 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. Sight: 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. #3736 . Hanson Duvall Puthuff was born August 21st, 1875 in Waverly, Missouri. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago before moving to Colorado in 1889 to study at the University of Denver Art School. He traveled to Los Angeles in 1903 and for 23 years worked as a commercial artist painting billboards, painting landscapes in his leisure time. Puthuff was one of the cofounders of the California Art Club and the Laguna Beach Art Association. He won awards in 1909 from the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, a bronze medal at the Paris Salon in 1914, and two silver medals from the Panama-California Exposition in 1915. His works were exhibited at schools and fairs across Arizona, Missouri, and Utah, as well as in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Laguna Art Museum, Bowers Museum, and the UCI Langson IMCA. His exceptional dioramas backing many of the historical exhibits at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum are still prominently displayed to this day. Many of his works are also cataloged in the Smithsonian American Art Museum inventory. In 1926 he formally abandoned commercial art and devoted himself full-time to fine art and exhibitions. He became nationally famous for his lyric interpretations of the Southern California deserts. Puthuff died in Corona del Mar on May 12th, 1972.
Property from a Private Collection, United States Hanson Duvall Puthuff 1875 - 1972 Quietude signed H Puthuff- (lower right); signed H. Puthuff, titled and inscribed (on the reverse) oil on canvas 30 by 26 in. 76.2 by 66.0 cm.
Landscape depicting trail on rolling hills and distant mountain. Oil on canvas artist board. Signed lower left. Apperas in good unrestored condition with surface grime, some light wear, etc. Circa 1920's/ 30's giltwood frame with some age wear. Canvas board 16" x 20. Frame 19.5" x 23.5".
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972) "Sociable Solitude," circa 1930 Oil on canvas Signed lower right: H. Puthuff; titled on a gallery label affixed to the frame's foamboard backing
Hanson Puthuff (1875-1972) Shadow of the Oaks signed 'H Puthuff' (lower right) and titled (on an exhibition label) oil on canvas 20 1/4 x 26 1/4 in. framed 29 1/4 x 35 1/4 in.
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875 - 1972) Oil on Canvasboard, Signed Bottom Right, Measures (5 x 6.5 inches) w/frame (8 x 10 inches) Hanson Puthuff was born in 1875 in Waverly, Missouri. He is primarily remembered for his California landscapes and desert paintings, and his involvement in the Southern California art world in the early 20th century. His paintings of rolling hills, canyons, and atmospheric effects of Southern California, the Sierras, and desert scenes are widely admired. Puthuff childhood was filled with both uncertainty and strife. He was born to a struggling carpenter, Alonzo Augustus Duvall, and his wife, Mary Anne Lee. When Puthuff was two, his mother died and he was given to the care of her close friend Elizabeth Stadley Puthuff, a young Civil War widow who supported herself as a seamstress. She became his surrogate mother, and he later assumed her name. Puthuff remained close to her, with the exception of a period of eight years, when his father took him at age six to live with various relatives in Kentucky, and later with himself for a short time in Oklahoma.
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972) "Foreground and Mountains" Oil on canvas laid to board Signed lower left: H. Puthuff; titled on a label affixed verso
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972) "Sociable Solitude," circa 1930 Oil on canvas Signed lower right: H. Puthuff; titled on a gallery label affixed to the frame's foamboard backing
Hanson Puthuff (1875-1972) Mantle of Sunshine signed 'H. Puthuff' (lower left) and signed again and titled (on the reverse) oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. framed 32 x 38 in.
Hanson Puthuff (1875-1972) American, Oil Serigraph on Canvas Laid on Board. Depicting a California landscape. Signed in the lower left. Hanson Puthuff is known for Desert landscape, portrait and mural painting. Hanson Puthuff was born in 1875 in Waverly, Missouri. He is primarily remembered for his California landscapes and desert paintings, and his involvement in the Southern California art world in the early 20th century. His paintings of rolling hills, canyons, and atmospheric effects of Southern California, the Sierras, and desert scenes are widely admired. Overall Size: 14 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. Sight Size: 11 1/8 x 14 1/2 in. #5205 Location STAGE
HANSON PUTHUFF (1875-1972) THE CHIEF TO CALIFORNIA / CAJON PASS. Circa 1936. 41 1/2x27 1/2 inches, 105 1/2x70 cm. Condition B: restoration along creases and repaired tears at edges, some into image. Matted and framed. Puthuff, born in Missouri, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Denver Art School before settling in California. He made a career as a commercial artist - creating murals, billboards, theater advertisements and even museum dioramas for the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History. In 1926, he turned entirely toward fine art, exhibiting his signature landscape paintings in museums around the country and becoming involved in several art clubs and associations (http://collections.lacma.org/node/166744). Puthuff counted himself among the California Plein-Air Painters, mockingly coined "The Eucalyptus School," creating most of his mountain landscapes on location. Even though he had just decided to abandon commercial art, the Santa Fe Railroad commissioned him that same year to paint views of the Grand Canyon for advertising. The painting featured in this Santa Fe Railroad poster illustrates an Impressionistic and atmospheric view of a different landmark, the Cajon Pass - the mountains so monumental that the viewer may not even notice the Chief train chugging along in the middle ground.
Hanson Puthuff (1875-1972) Pasture Grounds signed 'H. Puthuff.' (lower right) and signed again and titled (on the reverse) oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. framed 30 x 36 in.
Signed 'H.Puthuff' lower right, oil on canvas 14 x 20 in. (35.6x50.8cm) Provenance Butterfields, Pennsylvania, Sale of June 17, 1999, Lot 01382. Estate of Mary L. Means, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Signed 'H. Puthuff' lower right, oil on panel 7 ⅛ x 8 ⅞ in. (18.1x22.5cm) Provenance George Star Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California. Estate of Mary L. Means, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Signed 'H. Puthuff' lower left; also titled verso, oil on board 12 x 16 in. (30.5x40.6cm) Provenance William A. Karges Fine Art, Beverly Hills, California. Estate of Mary L. Means, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Hanson Puthuff (American, 1875-1972) Foothill Orchard Signed 'H Puthuff' bottom left, oil on canvas 18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61cm) Provenance Goldfield Galleries, Los Angeles, California. Butterfield & Butterfield, sale of June 17, 1999, lot 1447. Acquired directly from the above sale. The Estate of Mary L. Means, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Hanson Duvall Puthuff · (American, (18751972) ) Oil on Masonite Board Desert landscape signed bottom left measures 15.9" x 18.4" (masonite in a 19.25" x 21.75" Frame
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (American, 1875-1972) Sunlit Valley Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61.0 cm) Signed lower right: H. Puthuff PROVENANCE: Private collection, Eagle, Idaho. HID01801242017
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972) "Sunlit Hills," 1914 Oil on canvas laid to artist board Signed lower left: H. Puthuff; signed again, titled, and dated in ink verso
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972) "Northern California Landscape" Oil on Masonite Signed lower right: H Puthuff; titled on a gallery label affixed to the frame; titled again and inscribed verso: Purchased 4-57
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972) "Clear Morning," 1916 Oil on artist board Signed lower left: H. Puthuff; signed again and titled in ink, and with the incised date verso
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875 - 1972) Oil on Canvasboard, Signed Bottom Right, Measures (5 x 6.5 inches) w/frame (8 x 10 inches) Hanson Puthuff was born in 1875 in Waverly, Missouri. He is primarily remembered for his California landscapes and desert paintings, and his involvement in the Southern California art world in the early 20th century. His paintings of rolling hills, canyons, and atmospheric effects of Southern California, the Sierras, and desert scenes are widely admired. Puthuff childhood was filled with both uncertainty and strife. He was born to a struggling carpenter, Alonzo Augustus Duvall, and his wife, Mary Anne Lee. When Puthuff was two, his mother died and he was given to the care of her close friend Elizabeth Stadley Puthuff, a young Civil War widow who supported herself as a seamstress. She became his surrogate mother, and he later assumed her name. Puthuff remained close to her, with the exception of a period of eight years, when his father took him at age six to live with various relatives in Kentucky, and later with himself for a short time in Oklahoma.
Hanson Puthuff (1875-1972) Sequestered Valley signed '-H. Puthuff-' (lower right) and signed again and titled (on the reverse) oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. framed 29 x 35 in.
Hanson Puthuff (1875-1972) Landscape with Foothills and Ranch House signed 'H. Puthuff' (lower right) oil on canvasboard 12 x 16 in. framed 14 x 18 in.
Hanson Puthuff (1875-1972) Verdugo Woodlands signed 'H Puthuff' (lower right) and titled (on the stretcher bar) oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. framed 29 x 35 in.
Title is Los Osos. 16" by 20" unframed, 20" by 23 1/2" framed. Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875 - 1972) was active/lived in California, Missouri. Hanson Puthuff is known for Desert landscape, portrait and mural painting. Hanson Puthuff was born in 1875 in Waverly, Missouri. He is primarily remembered for his California landscapes and desert paintings, and his involvement in the Southern California art world in the early 20th century. His paintings of rolling hills, canyons, and atmospheric effects of Southern California, the Sierras, and desert scenes are widely admired. Puthuff childhood was filled with both uncertainty and strife. He was born to a struggling carpenter, Alonzo Augustus Duvall, and his wife, Mary Anne Lee. When Puthuff was two, his mother died and he was given to the care of her close friend Elizabeth Stadley Puthuff, a young Civil War widow who supported herself as a seamstress. She became his surrogate mother, and he later assumed her name. Puthuff remained close to her, with the exception of a period of eight years, when his father took him at age six to live with various relatives in Kentucky, and later with himself for a short time in Oklahoma. After studying at the Chicago Art Institute, Puthuff and his foster mother moved to Colorado in 1889. She was responsible for his art training in 1893 at the University of Denver Art School and then the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Through friends and relatives she then helped him start a career in commercial art,-first as a mural painter in Peoria, Illinois, and later as a poster and sign painter for an advertising firm in Denver. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1903, as an established pictorial artist, and soon had a job at five dollars a day. He worked for the next twenty-three years as a commercial artist, primarily painting billboards as well as a theater scene painter. He also was a significant teacher of private art classes. His great love, however, was plein aire landscape painting, which he took up full time in 1926. Easel painting grew quite naturally out of his professional commercial work. When painting billboards, Puthuff would be transported by horse-drawn wagon out to a billboard and deposited for the day. When he and his helpers finished sign painting, they would often set up easels and sketch and paint while they waited for the return of the wagon. When Puthuff first came to California he had been mainly interested in figural painting, but he found this new land so paintable that he concentrated almost exclusively on landscapes from that time on. Shortly after leaving commercial art, the Santa Fe Railroad offered Puthuff one of his first commissions. He was asked to paint a series of different views of the Grand Canyon, which the railroad would use for advertising and promotional purposes. These works, Grand Canyon, were shown to the public in a 1927 exhibition in the offices of the railroad. They remained there for many years until their purchase by the Fleischer Museum. Puthuff also painted backgrounds for the Santa Fe Railroad model train exhibits in various cities. Living in La Canada and Corona del Mar, Puthuff painted desert scenes throughout California and frequently accompanied Edgar Payne on painting trips to Canyon de Chelly in Arizona. He loved the bright colors and open space of Navajo country. In addition to his lyrical landscapes, which he often painted along the coast south of Los Angeles, in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, and among the desert buttes of the Southwest, Puthuff was responsible for the backgrounds of the habitat groups at the Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science, and Art. This work led to a commission for Puthuff to paint backgrounds for the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial in the American Museum of History in New York. After weeks of work both at Roosevelt's Elk Horn Ranch in North Dakota and in New York, he completed three panoramic dioramas depicting the ranch. His work is often considered to be stylistically akin to that of William Wendt, although with a wider chromatic spectrum. Puthuff is also particularly identified with the depiction of eucalyptus trees, as are Jean Mannheim, Dana Bartlett, Edgar Payne, and Anna Althea Hills, and Paul Lauritz. In addition to his own artistic achievements, Puthuff was an activist in the art community. He was partly responsible for the formation of the two most important artists' organizations of the period, the California Art Club and the Art Students League of Los Angeles, which he helped found with Norwegian- born art writer and close friend Antony Anderson, art critic for the Los Angeles Times. Puthuff had introduced study from the nude in his private classes in 1903, and in 1906 these were transferred to the Blanchard building in Los Angeles, and the school later took the name the Art Students League of Los Angeles. He became associated with a group called the Garvanza Circle, named for the Garvanza district of eastern Los Angeles, which included such artists as Fernand Lungren, Carl Oscar Borg, Maynard Dixon, Granville Redmond, Elmer Wachtel, and others who were inspired by southwestern cultural heritage. Puthuff's private life spanned two thirty-year long marriages. The first began in 1910, when he married May Longest, a commercial artist and co-worker. They had five children, Lee and Duvall, identical twin boys, and later, Robert, Paul, and Matilda, and the family lived in the Los Angeles area. After May's death, Puthuff married Louise Ashbridge White in 1940, a relationship that lasted until his death thirty-two years later. He won numerous awards including a Diploma from the Alaska-Yukon Exposition in 1892 and Silver Medals at the Panama-California Exposition in 1915. He was a member of numerous clubs, including the California Art Club, the Laguna Beach Art Association, the Los Angeles Watercolor Society, the Pasadena Society of Artists, the Salmagundi Club of New York, the San Francisco Art Association, and the Southern States Art League.
Hanson Puthuff (1875-1972) Sierras signed 'H Puthuff' (lower right) and signed again and titled (on the reverse) oil on board 16 x 12 in. framed 18 x 14 in.
Hanson Puthuff (1875-1972) Lengthening Shadows signed 'H. Puthuff.' (lower right) and titled (on the stretcher bar) oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. framed 33 x 38 1/2 in.
Hanson Puthuff (American, 1875-1972) Clear Creek, Colorado oil on board signed lower right H. Puthuff, with gallery label to reverse Blanchard Hall Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 1906, titled to reverse
A Vintage oil painting on board of a mountain-lined desert landscape. En verso in handwriting is written "Peaking Mountains, H. Puthuff", and "Hanson Puthuff, 1875-1972". The Work is in excellent condition, and signed lower right. The Wood frame has some scuffing and chipping. The Painting measures 16" x 20". The Frame measures 18 1/2" x 22 1/4". Third-party shipping or personal pickup required.
A Vintage oil painting on board of a mountain-lined desert landscape. En verso in handwriting is written "Peaking Mountains, H. Puthuff", and "Hanson Puthuff, 1875-1972". The Work is in excellent condition, and signed lower right. The Wood frame has some scuffing and chipping. The Painting measures 16" x 20". The Frame measures 18 1/2" x 22 1/4". Third-party shipping or personal pickup required.
Hanson Puthuff (1875-1972) Wild Growth signed 'H. Puthuff' (lower right) and signed again and titled (on the reverse) oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. framed 31 x 37 in.
Hanson Puthuff (1875-1972) Massive Canyon Slopes signed 'H. Puthuff' (lower right) and signed again and titled (on the reverse) oil on canvas 18 x 24 in. framed 24 x 30 in.
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972) Desert landscape Oil on canvas board Signed lower left: H. Puthuff; faintly signed and partially titled verso 11.75" H x 15.5" W Provenance: William Karages Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA John Moran Auctioneers, Pasadena, CA, "Fine Art," February 28, 2006, Lot 23 The Estate of George David Sturges, acquired from the above Notes: In a Mayen Olsen framed, 1996
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972) "Early Snow" Oil on Masonite Signed lower right: H. Puthuff; titled verso 12.5" H x 15.5" W Provenance: Sold: John Moran Auctioneers, Pasadena, CA, June 16, 1998, Lot 148 The Estate of George David Sturges, aquired from the above
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972) "Winter Season" Oil on Masonite Signed faintly in pencil lower right: H. Puthuff; signed again and titled in pencil verso 12" H x 16" W Provenance: Sold: Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, CA, June 17, 1999, Lot 1415 The Estate of George David Sturges, acquired from the above
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972) "Taxco" Oil on canvas laid to Masonite Signed lower right: H. Puthuff; titled on a gallery label affixed verso 16" H x 20" W Provenance: George Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA
Hanson Duvall Puthuff (1875-1972) "Sunlit Arroyo" Oil on canvas Signed lower right: H. Puthuff; signed again and titled verso 34" H x 40" W Provenance: Private Collection, Piedmont, CA Sold: Clars Auction Gallery, May 14, 2011, Lot 6231
