Lot 5
Guy Rose(1867-1925)Carmel Dunes 10 x 13 3/4in framed 17 x 21in
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Guy Rose (1867-1925)
Carmel Dunes
signed 'Guy Rose' (lower right)
oil on panel
10 x 13 3/4in
framed 17 x 21in
signed 'Guy Rose' (lower right)
oil on panel
10 x 13 3/4in
framed 17 x 21in
Footnotes
Provenance
William A. Karges Fine Art, Beverly Hills, California.
The John Janneck Collection, Beverly Hills, California.
Carmel-by-the-Sea and the surrounding Monterey Peninsula was already known as a stunning setting for plein air painting when Guy Rose made his first excursion. Artists had been making trips and depicting the locale from before the turn of the century. The community grew significantly with an influx of artists who resettled in Carmel and Monterey following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Additionally, well-known East Coast artists such as Childe Hassam and William Merritt Chase had completed painting trips to the area and returned with rave reviews. Guy Rose brought his unique skills to this inspiring place for the first time in the summer of 1918. Enthused by the landscape, it became the focal point of his mature years as a painter. He and his wife, Ethel Rose, spent the next three summers there.
Rose completed a number of paintings specifically focusing on the sand dunes and shoreline of the region, often revisiting locations and compositions. In this repetition of subjects, the obvious comparison is to Monet's techniques and explorations. Rose's association with the French master is well documented. During his years in Giverny, Rose likely had many opportunities to study Monet's variations of Haystacks, Rouen Cathedral and London's Houses of Parliament.
In this painting Carmel Dunes, Rose has created an intimate work that explores the magnificence of the Carmel coast with color and texture. Rose utilizes his classic combination of intense blue and green color to convey a lush, almost tropical feeling. In the distance, under clouds, the colors continue only slightly muted on the far shore. The composition is weighted on the right side with a stand of intensely green trees which is broken up by small areas of umber and dark blue in the lower right corner. The foliage is feathered and layered in many quick strokes. This contrasts with the muted and large brushstrokes in the lower left quadrant of purple tinted creamy colored sand dunes. The rise of the dune center midground has impasto that more closely corresponds to the shape of the topography. The very richness of Carmel Dunes illustrates the value of Rose's repeated interpretations of one of his favorite subjects.
