Hanson Puthuff (1875-1972) American, Landscape Oil on Board. Depicts an Impressionist tranquil brook in the woods. Signed bottom left. Framed.

Frame: 17 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. 

Sight: 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. 

#3736 . 

Hanson Duvall Puthuff was born August 21st, 1875 in Waverly, Missouri. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago before moving to Colorado in 1889 to study at the University of Denver Art School. He traveled to Los Angeles in 1903 and for 23 years worked as a commercial artist painting billboards, painting landscapes in his leisure time. Puthuff was one of the cofounders of the California Art Club and the Laguna Beach Art Association. He won awards in 1909 from the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, a bronze medal at the Paris Salon in 1914, and two silver medals from the Panama-California Exposition in 1915. His works were exhibited at schools and fairs across Arizona, Missouri, and Utah, as well as in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Laguna Art Museum, Bowers Museum, and the UCI Langson IMCA. His exceptional dioramas backing many of the historical exhibits at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum are still prominently displayed to this day. Many of his works are also cataloged in the Smithsonian American Art Museum inventory. In 1926 he formally abandoned commercial art and devoted himself full-time to fine art and exhibitions. He became nationally famous for his lyric interpretations of the Southern California deserts. Puthuff died in Corona del Mar on May 12th, 1972.

Minor paint loss.