Lot of seven framed drawings by George Mathis of Mother Lode scenes. Sierra City; Grass Valley's Boston Ravine 1852; Methodist Church, Nevada City, 1864; 3 Mile House, Placerville; Mountaineer House; "Antelope", river boat to the mines; Morse Building, Sacramento in the 1880s. Frames are 14 x 11 inches, all black. George Mathis (1909-1977) was born in Seattle, Washington. He attended Washington State University, where he majored in art, and studied under William T. McDermott (1884-1961), who became a well-known western landscape painter. After graduation from WSU in June 1932, he moved to California and worked as a commercial artist and art teacher for a number of years. After living for a few years in the Bay Area, the Mathis family relocated in 1948 to Nevada City, California, the Mother Lode country. The primary motivation for this change was George's growing urge to pictorially recreate western history. Around 1960 they moved to Coloma, another Mother Lode town, where they completely remodeled a Victorian-style house dating to the Gold Rush era. Here they both lived and operated an art gallery and studio where they sold many products of lithography and George's numerous historical drawings and sketches. George became generally and affectionately known as the "pictorial historian of the Mother Lode."Date: Country (if not USA): State: CaliforniaCity: Mother LodeProvenance: