Ernest Browning Smith Oil On Canvas High Sierras Landscape
Though he sought training later in life, Ernest Smith was essentially self taught. This gives all his work the power of the outsider artist, which never deserted him, in spite of his technical skill. Whether his work is classifiable as folk art or fine art is a very fine point indeed: his importance as a California painter is acknowledged. His landscapes, like those of other American originals (one thinks of Charles Pinkham Ryder), are always to some degree visionary as well as realistic, they simply can’t help it. There is a lot to look at in this picture, and also a lot to sense and feel, the invisible becoming visible.

Provenance: Pasadena estate
Measurement: Unframed 40? x 32?.

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