Description: Joane Cromwell (American, 1895-1969) This oil on panel of a Desert Landscape by Joane Cromwell measures 8" x 10" or in the period gesso frame dimensions of 11-1/2" x 13-1/2" and signed lower right, Joane Cromwell. The painting appears circa 1930's to 1950's and is good overall condition. In the late 1920's/early 1930's Cromwell began focusing on painting desert landscapes such as this painting for what she became best known, making this a quintessential representation of her work during this period. Biography: Joane Cromwell was born Catherine Joane Strode on November 22, 1895, in the village of Bernadotte, Illinois, near Lewiston. The daughter of Dr. William Smith and Julie (Brown) Strode, she grew up in Lewiston and graduated with honors from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1916. She married Leslie A. Blakely in 1917. The couple divorced in 1922. That same year she became a resident of Laguna Beach, California. During her early years in California, she exhibited under the name Catherine Strode or Catherine Strode Blakely. After adopting the name Joane Cromwell professionally, she moved to Los Angeles and enrolled at the Otis Art Institute, graduating in 1929. In 1930, she married Joseph W. Skidmore. In December 1932, she was listed in "California Art & Architecture" magazine's artist directory as a resident of Los Angeles. In 1938, Joseph Skidmore died; in 1942, she married Andrew Christian, whom she divorced in 1948. During her career, she studied with a number of noted artists, including Anna Hills, Edgar A. Payne, George DeMont Otis, and Jack Wilkinson Smith. For a number of years, she also maintained a studio in the desert near Palm Springs. Joane's early focus was largely on Laguna landscapes. By the late 1920s and early 1930s, she added to her themes, with desert landscapes dominating. Also a muralist, she executed works for the Santa Anita Race Track, Arcadia, California, in 1939, and for the Hollywood Park Race Track, Inglewood, California, in 1942. In 1957, she married Morris D. Liddle to whom she was married until her death on December 23, 1969, in Santa Ana, Californi
Price: 625 USD
Location: Dubuque, Iowa
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Artist: Joane Cromwell
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Signed By: Joane Cromwell
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Date of Creation: 1900-1949
Item Length: 10 in
Region of Origin: US
Framing: Framed
Personalize: No
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Year of Production: circa 1930's to 1950's
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 2 in
Style: Impressionist
Painting Surface: Panel
Features: Framed, Signed
Item Width: 8 in
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 1925-1949
Signed: Yes
Period: Post-War (1940-1970)
Title: Smoke Tree High Sierras
Material: Oil
Subject: Landscape
Type: Painting
Theme: Desert Smoke Trees
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
