Vernon Jay Morse (New Mexico, 1898-1965), untitled American Southwest landscape painting, ca. early 20th century CE. A lovely oil on board painting of a charming New Mexican scene including an adobe house with four ristras (pepper garlands) hanging outside to dry in the sun on the right, the corner of another adobe house on the left, lovely desert cacti in the foreground, more desert plants in the middle ground, and a picturesque mountain range in the distance. Size: 6" W x 4" H (15.2 cm x 10.2 cm); 7" W x 4.875" H (17.8 cm x 12.4 cm)

Born in Benton Harbor, Michigan on September 9, 1898 - Vernon Jay Morse would become an accomplished painter, printmaker, and illustrator. While living in San Francisco from 1919 to 1925, Morse studied with Spencer and Constance Macky at the CSFA. By the late 1920s, he was active in Pasadena resided in Sierra Madre, California by the late 1930s. He passed away in Burbank, California on March 5, 1965. Morse was a member of the following art organizations: Laguna Beach Arts Association; Oakland Art League; and California Watercolor Society. He exhibited at Oakland Art Gallery, 1927, 1934; Painters and Sculptors of Los Angeles, 1929-37; California State Fair, 1930; SFMA, 1935; Academy of Western Painters (Los Angeles), 1935-38; Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, among others.

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-John P. Richardson collection, Massachusetts, USA

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Painting shows normal wear commensurate with age but is generally very good. Frame is in nice shape. J.F. Collins Company, Santa Fe, New Mexico label on verso. Losses to gallery paper on verso.