Lawrence Beebe Fine Art specializes in buying & selling fine Impressionist paintings from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries -- our interest ranges from American Impressionism to French Impressionism, we have a particular interest in the early California plein air school of art.
On this site you will find a partial inventory of paintings, historical information, artist biographies and helpful links we hope you enjoy and find useful -- please let us know if you have a painting or art collection you may wish to sell, or if you would like us to keep our eyes open for paintings by any of your favorite artists as they become available.
New Presentation: John Marshall Gamble
"Matilija Canyon" (Wild Buckwheat) Santa Barbara, California 18 x 24 inches, oil on canvas, excellent condition Status: Available
John Marshall Gamble
Featured Artist: Sven Birger Sandzen (1871-1954)
"Badlands of the Southwest" -- 10 x 14.25 inches, oil on canvas.
Excellent condition and provenance.
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Featured Artist: Colin Campbell Cooper (1856-1937)
"Tea Time, Santa Barbara" -- 36 x 46 inches, oil on canvas.
Excellent condition, museum quality!
Colin Campbell Cooper made his reputation as a premier American Impressionist painter, he saw beauty in the majestic skyscrapers of New York City, the monolithic architectural landscapes in America and abroad, and he captured poetic moments of women at leisure. "Tea Time, Santa Barbara" is resplendent with cascading flowers and is bathed in the opulent California sunshine. From a compositional point of view, Cooper seductively invites the viewer to join women for tea in this luxurious garden setting. The location of this painting is the Samarkand Hotel, Santa Barbara, California -- a vacation destination for celebrities, politicians, presidents, and the rich and famous of the teens and twenties, many of whom sought the temperate Santa Barbara climate as a refuge from the harsh winter climates of the north and east coasts. This snapshot back in time evokes memories of a time lost but not forgotten. As the supply of great American paintings steadily diminishes in the marketplace, this is a rare opportunity to grace your wall with a masterpiece from the Golden Age of American Impressionism.
Our Commitment is to help preserve the vanishing treasures of vintage art for the benefit of present & future generations of collectors, museums, scholars, students and art lovers. In that regard we can be a valuable resource tool for the research, evaluation, conservation, framing and care of your valuable painting...and, if you wish to sell we can find a good home for your painting, many of our buyers are always interested in knowing about new paintings in the marketplace.
