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Image of Desert from Vallecitos Point, Laguna Mountain Resort

Bookmark: https://collection.sdmart.org/objects-1/info/345

Desert from Vallecitos Point, Laguna Mountain Resort

Charles Arthur Fries (AKA C. A. Fries), American, (August 14, 1854–December 15, 1940)

Creation date: June 1928
Creation place: United States

Other Information

Type: Oil Painting
Medium and Support: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of the San Diego Art Association
Accession Number: 1928.83
State/Province: California
Dimensions: 24 7/8 in. x 34 7/8 in. (63.18 cm x 88.58 cm)
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Provenance

Charles Arthur Fries, San Diego, California ( - )

San Diego Art Association, San Diego, California ( - )

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California ( - )

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Of Sea and Sand
April, 2021

Charles Fries studied with Frank Duveneck at the Cincinnati Art Academy. After working in New York and travelling in Europe, Fries moved to California, and was deeply inspired by the local landscape. He initially lived in San Juan Capistrano, where he stayed in the mission, and eventually settled in San Diego in 1897. Desert from Vallecitos Point, Laguna Mountain Resort demonstrates the artist’s interest in combining softer pastel hues with rapid brushwork.
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Charles Fries studied with artist Frank Duveneck at the Cincinnati Art Academy. After working in New York and studying in Europe, Fries moved to California, where he became inspired by the region’s topography. Fries first moved to San Juan Capistrano, where he stayed in the town’s mission building for a period of time, but he eventually settled with his family in San Diego in 1897. Desert from Vallecitos Point, Laguna Mountain Resort demonstrates the artist’s interest in pastel hues and the influence of Impressionism. The painting is inspired by the Laguna Mountains in the Cleveland National Forest, located in the eastern portion of San Diego County. In 1935, at eighty years of age, Fries began to write his memoirs entitled, Memories I have heard, seen, suffered and enjoyed.

"San Diego Plein Air Painting" August 13, 2014, Gallery 6
Charles Arthur Fries
American • 1854–1940
Desert from Vallecitos Point, Laguna Mountain Resort
Oil on canvas • 1928
Born in Ohio, Fries apprenticed as a lithographer before studying at the Cincinnati Art Academy, one of the leading art schools in the United States at the time. After achieving success as an illustrator and portrait painter in New York, Fries moved to Southern California in 1896 and settled in San Diego the following year. He devoted himself to capturing the natural beauty of the area’s mountains and deserts with their subtle tones revealed by bright natural sunlight. Fries, dubbed the 'Dean of San Diego Painters,' was an influential force in the artistic life of the region as a teacher and a founding member of the San Diego Art Guild in 1915 and San Diego Contemporary Artists in 1929.
Gift of the San Diego Art Association 1928.83
Charles Arthur Fries
Estadounidense • 1854–1940
Desierto de Vallecitos Point, Laguna Mountain Resort
Óleo sobre lienzo • 1928
Nacido en Ohio, Fries se inició como aprendiz de litógrafo antes de estudiar en la Cincinnati Art Academy, por entonces, una de las escuelas de arte más afamadas de Estados Unidos. Después de alcanzar el éxito como ilustrador y retratista en Nueva York, Fries se mudó al sur de California en 1896, y se estableció en San Diego al año siguiente. Concentró su atención en captar la belleza natural de las montañas y desiertos en la región, con sus tonos sutiles revelados bajo la brillantez de la luz natural del sol. Fries, llamado el " Decano de los pintores de San Diego", fue una fuerza que influyó en la vida artística de la región, lo mismo como maestro que como miembro fundador del San Diego Art Guild en 1915, y de San Diego Contemporary Artists en 1929.
Obsequio de la San Diego Art Association 1928.83

Last Updated: 6/17/2021

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Contemporary Artists of San Diego Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego , 2/3/1930 - 3/3/1930

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

Charles Arthur Fries Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego , 8/14/1934 - 10/14/1934

Official Art Exhibition of the California Pacific International Exposition Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego , 5/29/1935 - 11/11/1935

Charles Arthur Fries Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego , 12/3/1941 - 12/31/1941

California: The State of Landscape, 1872-1981 Orange County Museum of Art , 3/13/1981 - 9/6/1981

The Golden Land San Diego Museum of Art , 11/22/1986 - 1/18/1987

The Art in Embassies Program , 1/1/1989 - 1/1/1991

Second Nature: Four Early San Diego Landscape Painters San Diego Museum of Art , 6/1/1991 - 8/18/1991

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

Art of the United States from the San Diego Museum of Art The San Diego Museum of Art , 11/6/2010 - 2/9/2011

San Diego Plein Air Painting The San Diego Museum of Art , 8/13/2014 - 00/00/00

Art Colony: The Laguna Beach Art Association, 1918-1935 , 6/24/2018 - 1/13/2019

Of Sea and Sand: Highlights of California Paintings , 6/26/2021 - 00/00/00

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Mr. Martin E. Petersen. Second Nature: San Diego Museum of Art/Prestel-Verlag. San Diego, California/Munich, Germany, 1991
Page Number: 169, Figure Number: 20

Mr. Reginald Poland. A Catalogue of European Paintings, 1300-1870 San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1947
Page Number: 11

Mr. Martin E. Petersen. Impressions of California: The Irvine Museum. Irvine, California, 1996
Page Number: 137, Figure Number: 137

A. B. Titus. The Official Art Exhibition of the San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1935
Page Number: xxi, Figure Number: 186

A. B. Titus. Illustrated Catalogue: Official Art Exhibition of the San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1935
Page Number: xxi, Figure Number: 186

Illustrated Catalogue: Official Art Exhibition of the San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1935
Page Number: 11, no. 186

California: Orange County Museum of Art. Newport Harbor, California, 1981
Page Number: 35, 99, Figure Number: 26

Exhibitions: Santa Barbara Public Library. Santa Barbara, California, 1932
Page Number: cat. no. 10

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1930
Page Number: cat. no. 12, Figure Number: 12

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: 13

Mr. Martin E. Petersen. Plein Air Painters of California: Wetphal Publishing. Irvine, California, 1982
Page Number: 196, Figure Number: 196

Mr. D. Scott Atkinson. Plein Air Past and Present: Lux Art Institute. Encinitas, California, 2007
Page Number: 32, Figure Number: 19

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