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In the San Felipe Valley

Charles Reiffel, American, (April 9, 1862–March 14, 1942)

Creation date: 1927

Creation place: United States

Other Information

Type: Oil Painting

Medium and Support: Oil on canvas

Credit Line: Purchased by the Fine Arts Society: Purchase Prize, 2nd Annual Southern California Exhibition

Accession Number: 1927.41

State/Province: California

Dimensions: 34 in. x 37 1/8 in. (86.36 cm x 94.3 cm)

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Provenance

Charles Reiffel, San Diego, California (ca. 1927 - July 9, 1927)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (July 9, 1927 - )

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Reiffel’s precise destination when he set out from Silvermine in 1925 remains
shrouded in mystery. Whatever the cause for his arrival in California, it was here
in San Diego that he and his wife made their home and settled for the remainder
of their lives. The Reiffels’ first address was in Beck Ranch, in East San Diego,
an area that afforded splendid views of both the bay and the mountains, which
Reiffel immediately set to painting. In the San Felipe Valley depicts the landscape
immediately northeast of Julian, in San Diego County. In 1927, Reiffel was awarded
the P.F. O’Rourke Purchase prize for this painting at the Annual Exhibition of
Southern California Artists of the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego (now The San
Diego Museum of Art).
Last Updated: 11/27/2012

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Second Annual Exhibition of Artists of Southern California Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego , 6/10/1927 - 8/31/1927

Works of San Diego Artists Santa Barbara Public Library , 9/3/1932 - 9/25/1932

Charles Reiffel, A Memorial Exhibition of His Paintings Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego , 6/1/1942 - 6/30/1942

Contemporary Artists of San Diego Serra Museum , 11/1/1970 - 1/31/1971

The Art Embassies Program of the US State Department , 1/1/1987 - 1/1/1989

Plein Air Past and Present: A Collaboration Between SDMA and the Lux Art San Diego Museum of Art , 2/2/2008 - 4/27/2008

Charles Reiffel: An American Post-Impressionist San Diego Museum of Art , 11/10/2012 - 3/31/2013

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Exhibitions: Santa Barbara Public Library. Santa Barbara, California, 1932
Page Number: cat. no. 27

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1930
Page Number: on back cover, Figure Number: on back cover

Dr. Reginald H. Poland. Catalogue of the Paintings and Tapestries in the Permanent Collection San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, December 28, 1927
Page Number: 7

Dr. Reginald H. Poland. Catalogue of the Paintings and Tapestries in the Permanent Collection San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, December 28, 1927
Page Number: 11

Catalogue of the Paintings and Tapestries in the Permanent Collection San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, December 28, 1927
Page Number: 22, no. 26, 23, Figure Number: 26

Mr. Martin E. Petersen. Plein Air Painters of California: Wetphal Publishing. Irvine, California, 1982
Page Number: 207, Figure Number: 207

Mr. D. Scott Atkinson. Plein Air Past and Present: Lux Art Institute. Encinitas, California, 2007
Page Number: 32, Figure Number: 18