🔥 Fine Antique Roaring 20s Impressionist Portrait Painting, Matteo Sandona '27

Description: This is an important and masterfully rendered Fine Antique Roaring 20s Impressionist Flapper Portrait Painting, pastels on paper, by renowned early California Impressionist painter, Matteo Sandona (1881 - 1964.) This piece depicts the dignified portrait of a beautiful young blond and blue-eyed woman, with a fashionable short, bobbed haircut, a string of pearls, and a fur shawl. The subject stares slightly away from the viewer's gaze and exhibits shyness in her demeanor. Signed and dated: "Sandona 1927" in the lower right corner. Approximately 24 1/4 x 34 1/4 inches (including frame.) Actual visible artwork is approximately 18 x 27 1/2 inches. Very good condition for age and storage, with some light water damage in the lower right corner. Additionally, there is some moderate spots of scuffing and wear to the original period gilded frame (please see photos.) Acquired from an affluent old estate in Pasadena, California. Sandona painted portraits of the Hawaiian royal family, Mary Pickford, and other early Hollywood elites during his early years as an artist. His artworks are in the permanent collections of the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Oakland Museum of California, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Springville Museum of Art, Utah, and in many prominent public and private collections. Priced to Sell. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! About the Artist: Matteo Sandona Born: 1881 - Schio, ItalyDied: 1964 - San Francisco, CaliforniaKnown for: Portrait, figure, still life, etcher Matteo Sandona, a California portrait, still life and figure painter and etcher, was primarily known for his portraiture. He was born in Schio, Italy, in 1883 and was raised in the Alps. As a child he showed talent in drawing and modeling, and his parents encouraged his creative desire. Seeing the potential of his son, Francesco Sandona moved to the United States in 1891 to pave the way for a better life for his family. He later sent for his family, and settled by 1894, the children began parochial school attendance at the Sacred Heart Academy.Young Matteo Sandona's teachers soon recognized his artistic skill, and at the age of twelve, he was chosen to teach art to his classmates. Realizing after two years in New Jersey a missed opportunity for his son to study in the great art schools of Venice and Verona, Mr. Sandona sent Matteo back to Italy to study with masters.In Verona, Matteo studied for four years at the Verona Academy and in Paris under Napolean Nami and Moses Bianci. He returned to his family living in Hoboken, New Jersey, and then took further training at the National Academy of Design. In 1901, he and his father settled in San Francisco, California, a climate that was much better for Matteo's father, who suffered from rheumatism. That same year, reacting against the conservatism of the San Francisco Art Association, Sandona co-founded the California Society of Artists with Gottardo Piazzoni, Xavier Martinez, Charles Peter Neilson and William Bull.In San Francisco a man by the name of Piero Rossi agreed to pay Matteo Sandona a salary and give him a studio in return for all of the artwork he produced, and this arrangement was helpful in Sandona's establishment as a portrait painter. Eventually portrait commissions led him to travel including to Hawaii and Santa Barbara.He opened his own studio and exhibited at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art in 1902 and 1903, and frequently showed at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. After losing his studio on Clay Street in the 1906 earthquake and fire, he rebuilt the home at 471 Buena Vista East, and he designed and decorated it to resemble an Italian villa. He placed his studio at the front of the structure with a view of the bay. There were four floors behind a Queen Ann façade with a double level studio facing east and south that was his studio. The living quarters were on the lower two floors. In 1922 the home was remodeled again. The Original façade was removed and a studio was built at the front of the building, facing north. The new studio was designed to resemble an Italian villa with Italianate relief accenting the front of the structure. Matteo named his home Villa il Cipresso.After losing his studio in the 1906 earthquake and fire, Matteo traveled to Europe with his parents, leaving them in Italy while he went to Paris to study. After he spent a year in Paris they returned to California. Sandona himself moved to Santa Barbara in 1911 and married in 1913 to Gertrude Unger.He exhibited in many one-man exhibitions between 1919 and 1923. Memberships included the San Francisco Art Association, Carmel Art Association and the Bohemian Club, where he was listed in the 'List of 50'.Matteo continued to live at Villa il Cipresso painting in his studio until his death in 1964. Among those portraits he painted were actresses Olivia DeHaviland and Mary Pickford, and soprano Dame Nelie Melba.Source:Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"Deborah m.w. Stratmann Matteo Sandona was born in Schio, Italy on April 15, 1881. Sandona was raised in the Alps and began drawing and modeling as a child. In 1894 he immigrated with his family to Hoboken, NJ where he was educated at the Sacred Heart Academy. Two years after arriving in the U.S., he returned to Italy to study art for four years at the Verona Academy (where he won medals and highest honors), and in Paris with Nani and Bianchi. Upon returning to the U.S., he had further training at the NAD before settling in San Francisco in 1901. In that year he cofounded the California Society of Artists with Piazzoni, Martinez, B. R. Campbell, C. P. Neilson and W. H. Bull as a reaction to the conservative attitudes of the San Francisco Art Ass'n. Early in the century he bought a home in San Francisco at 471 Buena Vista East which he remodeled into a unique Italian villa with a studio dominating the front of the home and a view of the bay. Sandona was a member of the Int'l Jury of Awards at the PPIE of 1915. His portrait commissions took him to Santa Barbara and Hawaii. He was active in the local art scene until his death on Nov. 7, 1964. Primarily a portraitist, Sandona also painted still lifes and figure studies.Exh: San Francisco Art Association, 1901-25; Bohemian Club, 1904-22; NAD, 1905 (gold medal), 1927; Lewis & Clark Expo (Portland), 1905 (silver medal); PPIE, 1915; Oakland Art Gallery, 1916-26; Calif. State Fair, 1917 (silver medal), 1926 (1st prize), 1929 (2nd prize); PAFA, 1926; CPLH, 1926-36; Santa Cruz Art League, 1932 (2nd prize); Calif.-Pacific Int'l Expo (San Diego), 1935; GGIE, 1939; SWA, 1954 (prize). In: CHS; NMAA (Mary Pickford); De Young Museum; Punahou College (Honolulu); Mills College (Oakland); CPLH; Peninsula Hospital (San Mateo); Women's City Club (SF); Bohemian Club; UC Davis; SFMA; Orange Co. (CA) Museum.Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940"AAA 1913-33; WWAA 1936-62; Ber; Fld; CAR; WWC 1942; SF Chronicle, 11-12-1964 (obit). Matteo Sandonà1881-1964Born in the province of Vicenza in northern Italy, Matteo Sandonà immigrated to the United States in 1891. The young Sandonà expressed an interest in and talent for drawing, and, in 1896, his father sent him back to Italy, where he enrolled at the L’Accademia di Pittura e Scultura di Verona, now called Accademia Cignaroli. One of his teachers there was the renowned realist artist Mosè Bianchi (1840–1904). In Venice, Sandonà likely saw the work of Giovanni Boldini (1842–1931) and John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), both consummate portrait painters. Returning to the United States in 1900, Sandonà furthered his education with classes at the National Academy of Design in New York. In 1901, he moved to San Francisco where he became associated with artists Xavier Martinez (1869–1942), Gottardo Piazzoni (1872–1945), and Charles Peter Neilson (1867–1937). In 1902, they and other progressive artists founded the California Society of Artists, which stood in opposition to the more conservative San Francisco Art Association.Sandonà established his reputation as a portrait artist, painting in the modern bravura style inspired by Boldini and Sargent. He received commissions from notable people from San Francisco to Los Angeles, among them actress Mary Pickford and soprano Dame Nellie Melba. In 1903, he made the first of several trips to Hawai’i, having been commissioned by prominent families there, among them Sanford B. Dole, first territorial governor (1900–1903) and Anna Rice Cooke, founder of the Honolulu Academy of Arts. After losing his studio during the 1906 earthquake and fire, Sandonà went to Europe for a year. Upon his return, he became active again in the San Francisco art scene, including the San Francisco Art Association. In 1915, he served on the International Jury of Awards at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. Matteo Sandona(Schio, Italy, 1883 - 1964, San Francisco, CA)Born in Schio, Italy, Matteo Sandona was a painter well known for his impasto style portraits of society. Sandona was raised in the Alps but in his teenage years moved with his family to New Jersey. Just two years later he returned to Europe to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Verona for four years, and then in Paris under Napoleon Nami and Moses Bianci. He then returned to the United States and attended the National Academy of Design. In 1901, Sandona moved with his father to San Francisco, where he co-founded the California Society of Artists. Two years later he made his first trip to Hawaii, where he painted the elite. He would make many similar trips in the following years. The Honolulu Academy of Arts, The Oakland Museum of California, and the Springville Art Museum are among the public collections holding Matteo Sandona's works. Matteo Sandonà (1881–1964) was a painter born in Schio, Italy and raised in the Alps. He immigrated with his family to New Jersey in 1894. Two years later he returned to Europe for four years of study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Verona and in Paris under Napoleone Nani and Mose Bianchi. After returning to the United States, he took further training at the National Academy of Design. In 1901, he and his father settled in San Francisco. Sandonà co-founded the California Society of Artists in 1901. In 1903, he made the first of several trips to Hawaii, where he painted portraits of the territory’s elite.Sandonà is best known for his luxurious thickly impastoed society portraits. The Honolulu Museum of Art, the Oakland Museum of California (Oakland, California), the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and the Springville Museum of Art (Springville, Utah) are among the public collections holding work by Matteo Sandonà. In 1903 he painted various members of the Kawananakoa family, princes of Hawai'i.

Price: 6500 USD

Location: Orange, California

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