American 20th C. O / C - Southwest Landscape artist - Herbert Sartelle, Landscape painter born in Buffalo, NY on April 24,1885 ; died Oct. 15, 1955 in Los Angeles, Ca in Santa Cruz City. / He was born Earl Herbert Burdick Jr. He worked during his early life, starting at age 18, for Barnum & Bailey Circus and became an accomplished magician. During 25 years in show business he also worked as an avocational painter, and sketched and painted for his own pleasure. He left show business in 1928 and settled in Los Angeles, Ca. and changed his name to Herbert Sartelle by taking his mother's maiden name and adopting his middle name. He traveled southern California painting nature as he saw it while continuing to also book dates as a magician. He was a highly skilled landscape painter and his paintings include many desert scenes infused with light that capture the beauty of the Palm Springs and San Diego areas. He also derived inspriation from the area's purpulish mountains and rolling hills with poppies and lupines. frame - 32 1/2" x 44 1/2" / painting - 24" x 36"