Bidspirit auction | JOHN ENGLEHART ”SIERRA STREAM AT

JOHN ENGLEHART ”SIERRA STREAM AT SUNSET” OIL PAINTING - Original oil painting on canvas by listed artist, John (Joseph John) Englehart (CA, IL, 1867 - 1915), signed lower left, dated 1907 & titled ”Sierra Stream at Sunset” (in California) on the verso. Features a peaceful landscape with lake in the foreground. Art measures 18” h x 10.5” w presented in a frame measuring 24.5” x 17.5”. Artist bio: Englehart is noted for his documentation of America's Northwest Frontier at the turn of the 20th century, and for his oil paintings of landmarks such as Yosemite Valley, Mount Hood and Crater Lake. With most of his paintings he consistently avoided effets de soir, choosing the midday light over the romantic quality of lighting effects of sunrise or sunset. His work is in the collection of the College of Notre Dame, Washington State Historical Society, De Young Museum, Nevada Museum, Society of California Pioneers and the Oakland Museum. He exhibited at the Lewis and Clark Expo (Portland), 1905.