Buttresses of the Land, 1938

by Standish Backus Jr.

Buttresses of the Land, 1938  -  14.5 x 21.5 inches, Signed l/l

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More About This Painting

Exhibited: "California Style 1930s and 40s" A traveling show that started at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts from August 21st through September 28th, 1997. It then traveled to the Orange County Museum of Art from December 13th, 1997, through March 22nd, 1998. The show ended at the Ventura Museum of History and Art from April 3rd through June 14th, 1998.

Everyday Life in California, Regional Watercolors, 1930-1960 at the California Heritage Museum May 15 through November 14, 2004.

Literature: As seen in "California Watercolors 1850-1970", by Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. An illustrated history and biographical dictionary. This book can be found in the "Art Books" section of our site.

About Standish Backus Jr.

Standish Backus, Jr. (1910-1989) Born: Detroit, MI; Sudied: Princeton University, University of Munich (Germany); Member: American Watercolor Society, California Water Color Society. Standish Backus, Jr. grew up in Michigan and first started painting with watercolors while studying architecture at Princeton University. He continued his art education in Europe and then settled in Santa Barbara. For a brief period in the mid-1930s, he took further instruction in watercolor painting from Eliot O’Hara and then opened a studio and painted full time.   (Read More)

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