Description: For your consideration is this Taos Adobe Courtyard painting by the well listed American artist Norman Stiles Chamberlain (1887-1961). This painting on board measures 18.5” by 22.5”, and 24.75” by 28.75” as framed. The painting is signed in the lower right corner. Chamberlain lived briefly in Taos, NM before moving to Laguna Beach, CA. I believe this painting to be from the late 20’s when he lived in Taos. The subject matter and frame are consistent with Taos. The painting and frame are in excellent, vintage condition. Please let me know if I might provide additional details and/or images. The following is some biographical information regarding Norman Stiles Chamberlain: Born in Grand Rapids, MI on March 7, 1887. Chamberlain began his art training in his early teens in Grand Rapids under Mathias Alten, and beginning in 1910 spent two years in the Hague observing and studying the works of the early Dutch painters. About 1920 he moved to Los Angeles and began studying with Alson Clark and exhibiting locally. In California success came almost immediately through the patronage of Mrs. Henry Huntington. After traveling in Mexico and spending one year in France, he lived briefly in Taos, NM in the late 1920s, but then returned to southern California where he lived for his remaining years. He exhibited in southern California until 1934 and during the remainder of the 1930s was employed by the WPA. Under their auspices he painted murals in Riverside High School, the First Nat'l Bank in Pasadena, and the Huntington Park Post Office. Little is known of his activities after 1940. Chamberlain died in Orange County, CA on July 17, 1961. Exh: Painters & Sc Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" So. Calif. Artists, 1890-1940; Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); American Art Annual 1919-33; California Arts and Architecture list, 1932; Who's Who in American Art 1940.
Price: 4350 USD
Location: La Jolla, California
End Time: 2024-03-18T21:29:41.000Z
Shipping Cost: 95 USD
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Artist: Norman Stiles Chamberlain
Signed By: Norman Stiles Chamberlain
Size: Medium
Signed: Yes
Period: Art Deco (1920-1940)
Region of Origin: Taos, New Mexico
Framing: Framed
Subject: Landscape, Architecture
Type: Painting
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 18.5
Theme: Architecture, Nature
Style: Impressionism
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Item Width: 22.5
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 1925-1949
