Cooper, Astley David Middleton; Art; Paintings; Men;
Astley David Middleton "A. D. M." Cooper, pictured to the right, in his studio with some of his paintings and regalia. Cooper was certainly the most flamboyant and publicized of local artists and some of his work hangs in the famed...
Reitzel, Marques R.; Artists; Farm buildings; Landscape paintings; Trees
Reitzel was a prolific artist who produced illustrations and etchings, but was primarily a painter. His son Marques R. Reitzel described how his father would create "exhibition" paintings, typically 5' x 7'. "He first sketched his...
Animals; Cows; Landscape paintings; Paintings; Rivers; Streams; Hill, Andrew Putnam
These bucolic scenes of grazing cattle are not only beautiful, but create a visual historic record of the Santa Clara Valley landscape in the nineteenth century.
Mosquini, Mari, 1899-1983; De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961; Paintings; Record Players
Lee de Forest listening to records with his wife Marie knitting socks, in their Hollywood home. The large painting behind them is by Martin Kavel. This painting was awarded the Medaille d'Or at the 1922 Paris Salon, and was purchased at that time...
This landscape is perhaps one of the finest examples of the Hudson River School style. The Hudson River School refers to the first group of American landscape painters. They worked in studios near the mouth of the Hudson River between 1825 and...
Najar, Maria Ampara; Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito; Robles, Don Teodoro; Wedding rings; Women
Don Teodoro divorced his wife in 1855 over a mystery woman named Lola, and lost half of his share of Rancho Rincon de San Francisquito in the divorce. There is a marriage license for Maria Ampara Najar and Teodoro in the History San Jose Research...
