Robert Wood (Americ.), VTG c. 1960's Textured Oleograph Majestic Peaks, Signed

  

1950 Large Textured Hand-Colored Oleograph Print On Mazonite "Majestic Peaks" By Robert William Wood, American! Born: March 4, 1889, Sandgate, Kent, England. Died : March 14, 1979 (age 90), Bishop, California, United States.

Movement: California Plain-Air Painting, American Impressionism. Robert William Wood was born in Sandgate, Kent. England, near the White Cliffs of Dover. Wood, was a renowned home and church painter who recognized and supported his son's talent.

He forced his son to paint by keeping him inside rather than letting him play with his friends. At age 12, Wood entered the South Kensington School of Art in nearby Folkestone. While in school, Wood won four first awards and three second awards for his paintings.

After emigrating from England in 1910, he roamed the United States from Maine to California in search of landscape subjects. He eventually settled in Laguna Beach, CA in.

Wood's work was widely published by a number of publishers, the most prolific being Donald Bonnist's Donald Art Company, which distributed more than one million copies of. Wood's most popular print, in less than two years. Wood was at the peak of his fame in the 1950s through 1970s when his scenes of the Catskill Mountains. In New York, the California Coast, the Grand Tetons, the Rocky Mountains, the Texas Hill County, and the Cascades w.

His popularity made him a household name in America. Millions of his reproductions were printed in large editions by a number of publishers. Are found in homes across North America. A type of color lithograph designed to resemble oil paintings.

Often using multiple stones to create a print with a range of colors and textures that mimic oil painting techniques. Produced by preparing a separate stone by hand for each color to be used and. One color in register over another. The term is most often used in reference to commercial prints.

Sometimes as many as 30 stones were used for a single. The technique was pioneered in the 1830s but came into wide commercial use only in the 1860s. It was the most popular method of color reproduction until the end of the 19th century, when more efficient techniques rendered it obsolete.

By using the oleography techniques, the artwork becomes almost indistinguishable from the original work. This vintage circa 1960's textured oleograph print features a landscape titled Majestic Peaks.

This nature-themed artwork depicts scenic peaks in an American landscape, utilizing lithography production technique on mazonite material. It is signed by the artist and framed, showcasing Wood's impressionistic style. Its' impressive texture mimicking brushstrokes, the use of lithographic techniques to achieve a painterly effect, and the potential for a subtle dot pattern makes this piece very unique like many other high quality paintings. Artist's signature is in lower left, pictures ##1, 2, 4, 5, 7.

The image is 24" x 36". Framed in beautiful solid wood frame : 27-1/2" x 39-1/2". Condition: in EXCELLENT VINTAGE Condition.

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