Granville Redmond
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Marin County
ca. 191520th Century
30 1/4 x 42 3/8 in. (77 x 108 cm)
Granville Redmond, American, (1871–1935)
Object Type:
Paintings
Creation Place:
North America, United States, California
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Gift of Albert M. Bender
Accession Number:
1926.64
Granville Redmond produced a body of work that captures California’s diverse topography, vegetation, and color. Representing both northern and southern parts of the state, his paintings range in style from contemplative, Tonalist works that evoke a quiet calm, to dramatic and colorful Impressionist scenes. Born in Philadelphia, he contracted scarlet fever as a toddler, which left him permanently deaf. Soon after, his family moved to California.
Today Redmond is best known for his colorful Impressionist oil paintings depicting the California landscape ablaze with poppies and other native flora. Silent film star Charlie Chaplin, Redmond’s friend and supporter, said of these paintings, “There’s such a wonderful joyousness about them all. Look at the gladness in that sky, the riot of color in those flowers. Sometimes I think that the silence in which he lives has developed in him some sense, some great capacity for happiness in which we others are lacking.” Today, Redmond is widely considered one of California’s top early artists.
Today Redmond is best known for his colorful Impressionist oil paintings depicting the California landscape ablaze with poppies and other native flora. Silent film star Charlie Chaplin, Redmond’s friend and supporter, said of these paintings, “There’s such a wonderful joyousness about them all. Look at the gladness in that sky, the riot of color in those flowers. Sometimes I think that the silence in which he lives has developed in him some sense, some great capacity for happiness in which we others are lacking.” Today, Redmond is widely considered one of California’s top early artists.
Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Paintings from the Mills College Art Gallery Collection , 9/20/1970 - 10/11/1970
- Impressionist Painting in California , 11/18/1973 - 12/9/1973
- California Paintings 1910-1940: Selections from the Mills College Art Museum Mills College Art Museum , 8/25/2003 - 3/6/2003
- Shifting Terrains Mills College Art Museum , 9/10/2022 - 2/18/2023
Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 22 1/4 in. (56.52 cm)
- Frame Dimensions: 30 3/8 in. x 42 3/8 in. (77.15 cm x 107.63 cm)
- Frame Dimensions: 30 1/4 x 42 3/8 in. (768.35 x 1076.33 mm)
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