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The Light of Another Day - William Wendt - Oil Painting Wall Decor brings gallery-caliber art into everyday spaces. This fine art oil painting is a 100% hand painted oil painting on canvas, created for buyers who want genuine romantic canvas wall art instead of a mass-produced poster or paper print.
Oil on canvas
30 x 36 inches
Private collection.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, California was embracing an artistic evolution as very talented and academically trained artists from around the country and Europe came to the state. Artists such as Franz Bischoff, Alson Clark, Joseph Kleitsch, Edgar Payne, and William Wendt among many others, heard of the dramatic landscape and brilliant light of California and made the journey to investigate. Once captured by the pure beauty of the sun drenched land and realizing the artistic freedom that they had longed for, these artists made Southern California their permanent home and created a thriving artistic community that developed into their own distinct version of Impressionism.
Wendt was immediately immersed in the booming art scene in Los Angeles and was very generous with his time, encouraging and inspiring other artists. He worked tirelessly to build a stable community of those who appreciated the plein air style by raising the creative standard through frequent exhibitions. Because of his influence, he was called the Dean of California Impressionism and also the Father of the California Art Club and was its president from 1911-1917.
Wendt, above all, loved to explore the unsettled landscape, sometimes leaving for weeks at a time searching for inspiration for his compositions. "Wendt often took to the countryside, particularly seeking remote, untraveled natural settings, loving especially the rolling hills, spreading trees and carpets of grass and flowers to be found in California in the early spring. Here, this deeply religious man found inspiration. In a letter he wrote, 'Here, the heart of man becomes impressionable. Here, away from the soul-destroying hurly-burly of life, it feels that the world is beautiful; that man is his brother; that God is good.' This transcendent state of mind, usually evoked in the midst of some lovely natural setting, was fundamental to Wendt's work." (R. Westphal, Plein Air Painters of California: The Southland , Irvine, California, 1996, p. 172)
This love of nature is observed in the present work The Light of Another Day , which reveals the open and picturesque countryside of the Santa Ana Canyon covered with rich, verdant grassland and dotted with croppings of various trees. The rolling purple hills tower over the valley that unfolds in the foreground while the small dotted trees along the upper horizon lead the viewer deep into the picture plane. Wendt's composition in The Light of Another Day illustrates the grandeur of California, which is peaceful yet subtly powerful in its scale and varying colors, textures and topography. The foreground trees are deftly and boldly defined with varying strokes of green, purple and yellow, while the middleground hills of the canyon reveal a gentler hand of the artist, composed in thinner washes to emphasize the distance in the scene. In some select areas the bare canvas even shows through, reinforcing the spontaneity with which the landscape was painted and underscoring Wendt's mastery of painting en plein air . Here, Wendt captured the beauty of the untouched California landscape, which he knew to be rapidly changing.
Every hand painted oil painting in this fine art series is finished on artist-grade canvas and checked against the original before it leaves the studio.
Trained artists work in stages — underpainting, mid-tones, highlights, and detail — using traditional oils on canvas. Because nothing is printed, every hand painted oil painting has its own subtle texture and depth.
For living room wall decor that does not feel generic, a painted fine art canvas is hard to beat. It is a popular fine art oil painting pick for new homeowners and a durable alternative to seasonal poster art.
In short: The Light of Another Day - William Wendt - Oil Painting Wall Decor combines a romantic composition, a 100% hand painted oil painting process, and the flexibility of made-to-order canvas sizes — a dependable choice for fine art oil painting and living room wall decor.
| Size | Price |
|---|---|
| 20 X 24 in | $58.48 |
| 24 X 36 in | $91.98 |
| 30 X 40 in | $123.48 |
| 36 X 48 in | $176.98 |
| 48 X 72 in | $329.48 |
The sizes shown are the reproduction canvas sizes we paint to order. The dimensions given in a work's description refer to the original artwork and will differ from the sizes offered here. Not sure? Read the size guide or e-mail us.
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