Northern California Orchard by early California artist Rinaldo Cuneo (1877 - 1939), original oil painting on board. Unframed height 15 inches, unframed width 18 inches. Wood Gold Leaf frame. Signed by the artist, lower right. Born in San Francisco to a family of artists, Cuneo studied at the Mark Hopkins Institute with Arthur Mathews before attending the Academie Colarossi in Paris from 1911-1913. Upon his return to California, Cuneo’s works were well received at the Panama Pacific International Exhibition in 1915. From 1916 to 1939, Cuneo was the subject of numerous one-man shows in various cities on both sides of the Atlantic including Rome, Los Angeles, London, and Paris. Called “the Painter of San Francisco,” at the inaugural exhibition of the San Francisco Museum of Art in 1935, Cuneo had the most number of paintings displayed by any early California artist. In that same exhibition, his painting, "California Hills" won the Museum’s Purchase Prize award. A pure impressionist early in his career, Cuneo’s style constantly evolved throughout his life as he was always seeking out and assimilating the various innovations of representation.

Good condition.