AW802: Norton Bush "Tropical Lagoon" 19th Century Oil on Canvas

Norton Bush American - California, 1834 - 1894) "Tropical Lagoon" 19th Century Oil on Canvas. Relined and Restored. 

Dimensions: Sight 19 1/4" x 29"

Comments: Norton Bush was born in 1834 in Rochester, New York and died in 1894 in Oakland California. He was known primarily for his tropical views of South and Central America and was also one of the West Coast's earliest landscape painters - especially of Sierra Nevada mountain scenes. He arrived to California in 1853 and established a studio in San Francisco, and remained there excepting for a few years in Sacramento and several trips to Latin America.

His tropical landscapes were highly exotic subject in those days and first resulted from his trip around Cape Horn, sailing from New York to California. His South American subjects brought him patronage from wealthy Californians William Ralston and Henry Meiggs, and their financial support for projects promoting their businesses allowed him to make subsequent trips to South America.