James Everett Stuart (California, Illinois, Maine, 1852 - 1941) Spring Valley Lake California painting. Oil on board. Inscribed verso. Oil on board. Signed lower left. Sight size: 11.5 x 17.5 inches. Stuart exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was a member of the San Francisco Art Association and the American Artists Professional League. His work may be found in the collections of the Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Alaska; the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama; the Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento; the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; the Fred Jones Jr Museum of Art, Norman, Oklahoma; the Golden Gate Park Museum, San Francisco; the Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, Moraga, California; the Joslyn Memorial Art Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska; the Kalamazoo Art Association, Michigan; the Los Angeles Museum of History and Science; the Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico; the Museum of Art at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; the Oregon Historical Society, Portland; the Southwest Museum, Los Angeles; the University of Southern California, Los Angeles; the University of Alaska Museum of the North; and the Washington State Historical Museum.