ARTIST: Angel De Service Espoy (Spain, California, 1879 - 1963)
TITLE: Landscape - The East Pasture
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Missing a few flakes of paint. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame.
ART SIZE: 26 x 36 inches / 66 x 91 cm
FRAME SIZE: 32 x 42 inches / 81 x 106 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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BIOGRAPHY:
Angel De Service Espoy was a Spanish American painter. He was best known for his paintings of the California seascapes and landscapes of poppies and lupines. His landscapes and marine art were exhibited at the Los Angeles City Hall, Oakland Museum of California, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and Loyola University. His style was influenced by the Barbizon school of painters.Espoy moved to San Francisco in 1914 where he made cartoons for movies for seven years and painting on weekends with artists Manuel Valencia, Carl Jonnevold and John Califano. Espoy worked at the Animated Film Corporation in San Francisco, of which, Byington Ford, was director along with Tack Knight and Pinto Colvig. The endeavor ended with the entry of the U.S. into World War I.In 1922, Espoy moved to Southern California where he sold his paintings. He was a member of the Los Angeles Art Association and exhibited at Barker Bros. Galleries in Los Angeles. His landscape and marine works were held at the Los Angeles City Hall; Oakland Museum of California; Loyola University. The painting The Full Rigged Ship was exhibited at the Laguna Beach Art Gallery.In March 1938, Espoy's California wildflower landscapes and marine art were exhibited at the Frances Webb Gallery in Los Angeles. His style was influenced by the Barbizon school of painters. In October 1938, he exhibited twelve oil paintings of landscapes and marine art, including California in Bloom and Poetic Monterey, at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery.