Santa Barbara

 

Bernard R. Von Dieck

 

c. 1930  

color linocut mounted to support sheet 

4 7/16 x 3 7/16" image and paper size 

color pencil monogram on support sheet, lower right 

not stated 

pencil titled on support sheet, lower left; artist's stamp on verso 

 

antique-white cardstock mounted to watercolor paper 

 

 

22096 

$100.00 

The 1930 census places Von Dieck in Los Angeles, having moved there from his Nebraska birthplace, and was employed as a representative for "art goods". Little else is known about him; however, it is clear that he had technical skill. This is a delicately rendered view of Old Mission Santa Barbara, the famed church and architectural landmark of Southern California, seen through what is likely the long branches of a eucalyptus tree.