Jay Schmidt Antique California Plein Air Landscape Oil Painting Old Western 1950

GREAT ANTIQUE CALIFORNIA PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON BOARD BY REVERED LANDSCAPE PAINTER JAY SCHMIDT. THIS WORK CAPTURES A QUINTESSENTIAL CALIFORNIA RANCH, EMPHASIZING THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND QUIET RESILIENCE OF RURAL LIFE. IN THE FOREGROUND, A DIRT PATH CURVES GENTLY TOWARD A WEATHERED WOODEN BARN, ITS ROOF PARTIALLY RUSTED YET STILL STANDING STURDY. THE BARN IS SURROUNDED BY GOLDEN FIELDS EVOCATIVE OF LATE SUMMER OR EARLY AUTUMN AND BORDERED BY A WOODEN FENCE THAT SEPARATES IT FROM A GROVE AND OAK TREES. IN THE DISTANCE, ROLLING HILLS BATHED IN SOFT SUNLIGHT RISE TOWARD A HAZY STREAKY SKY, SUGGESTING A TRANQUIL EVENING OR MORNING ATMOSPHERE. THIS PAINTING IS SIGNED BY JAY SCHMIDT.

IT DATES AROUND THE 1950s. DIMENSIONS INCLUDING THE FRAME: 26" H x 32" W. DIMENSIONS WITHOUT THE FRAME: 19" H x 25" W.

Jay Schmidt (Born 1929) is active/lives in California. Jay Schmidt is known for Sea-landscape, western genre, religion. Assistant pastor at the First Baptist church of Yucaipa, California, Jay Schmidt combines his love of art with his ministry, often illustrating his sermons. Many of his oils have Biblical themes.

He studied on a scholarship at the California School of the Fine Arts. Source: TREASURY OF LIVING ART, The Desert Art Center, Palm Springs, CA 1970.

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