Edwin Deakin 1838 - 1923
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"B Street Oakland Waterfront" 1901 Oil on Linen on paperboard, 12 x 7.75 SOLD |
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Edwin Deakin was thirty-two years old when he came to California in 1870. He came to America at age 18, making his first American home in Chicago. There he established himself as a portrait painter, and during the Civil War and afterward, he did portraits of war heroes. Soon after the completion of the transcontinental railroad, Deakin made his way west to San Francisco. He painted landscapes and old architecture, and also genteel and romantic scenes of of his native Sheffield, England and Europe. In San Francisco, he was active in the local art community and a member of the Bohemian Club. He met with success in California, and in 1887 and in 1890, he exhibited his work at the Paris Salon. He made his home in Berkeley, a large tract of land where he built a mission style studio. He did three sets of paintings of the California Missions, two in oil and one in watercolor. His works a widely held, including the California Historical Society, the Oakland Museum, and the De Young Museum.
Source: Askart
