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The Madrone
192120th Century
34 7/8 in. x 40 3/4 in. (88.58 cm x 103.51 cm)
John O’Shea, American, (1876–1956)
Object Type:
Paintings
Creation Place:
North America, United States, California
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Gift of Albert M. Bender, Conservation Treatment Sponsored by Mark Hoffman
Accession Number:
1925.165
John O’Shea was a figurative and landscape painter known for his bold and colorful work. His powerful interpretations of the landscape, particularly those depicting locales around his Monterey Peninsula home, brought a new sense of modernism to the region’s long tradition of landscape painting. In 1913, he moved to Pasadena, California, and began painting impressionistic pictures of Southern California filled with vibrating light and color, before moving permanently to the Monterey Peninsula.
This painting depicts a grand Madrone tree, native to the coastal ranges of the Pacific Northwest. With its distinctive peeling bark and orange berries, Madrone trees have historically been used in traditional Native American medicine.
This painting depicts a grand Madrone tree, native to the coastal ranges of the Pacific Northwest. With its distinctive peeling bark and orange berries, Madrone trees have historically been used in traditional Native American medicine.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- California Paintings of the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries Mills College Art Museum , 3/24/1963 - 4/14/1963
- Shifting Terrains Mills College Art Museum , 9/10/2022 - 2/18/2023
Dimensions
- Sheet Dimensions: 25 1/4 in. x 29 1/4 in. (64.14 cm x 74.3 cm)
- Frame Dimensions: 34 7/8 x 40 3/4 in. (885.83 x 1035.05 mm)
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