Frank Harmon Myers (Ohio/California, 1899-1956) oil on canvas impressionist landscape painting depicting a white house surrounded by large verdant trees and foliage. Signed "Frank Meyers" lower right. Housed in a gilt wood frame with velvet liner. Partial old art gallery label en verso. Sight: 11 1/2" H x 15 1/4" W. Framed: 17 1/8" H x 20 1/4" W. Biography: "Born in Cleves, OH, Frank Myers in 1917 became a pupil of Frank Duveneck and John E. Weis at the Cincinnati Art Academy followed by training at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and in France at the School of Fine Arts at Fontainebleau. While on summer vacation in 1926, he first visited the Monterey Peninsula where he painted scenes of the Pacific. He was a member of the faculty at the Cincinnati Art Academy for 23 years and active in Taos, New Mexico before making his final move to Pacific Grove, CA in 1940. There he built a studio-home on Crest Avenue. Early in his career he painted landscapes and portraits; after moving to California, his subject, except on rare occasions, was the ocean √° la Frederick Waugh. He was a vital force in the Monterey Peninsula art world for 16 years, teaching and serving on art juries." Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940".

PROVENANCE: The Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, Tennessee.

CONDITION: Both the painting and frame in overall good condition.