Bidspirit auction | Eugene Kinsey Towne (California, 1907-1985),

Eugene Kinsey Towne (California, 1907-1985), Stop Light, Watercolor On Paper - Eugene Kinsey Towne (California, 1907-1985), Stop Light, Watercolor On Paper. Signed lower right. Titled, with artist and medium on Carmel Art Association label, verso. Label dated ”1/379.” Eugene Kinsey Towne was a California watercolorist known for landscape and seascape subjects. Born in San Francisco, he studied with several important watercolor teachers including Eliot O Hara, George Post, Tom Elliott, and Jade Fon, and became associated with the Monterey Peninsula art community. Towne was a longtime member of the Carmel Art Association and is noted as a pioneer of California Style watercolor. Frame approximately 20.25H x 22.25W x 0.75D in. Sight approximately 12.0H x 14.0W in.