Oil on Canvas Painting Southern California impressionist Los Angeles Country Scene Windmill by Ben Abril 1955 Redo the body of the basket

the body of the basket is engraved with geometric devices and stylized floral designs

Fawkes taught drawing and painting at the Pacific Northwest College of Art

it portrays a lavish interior with a beautiful young woman in period costume holding a colorful parakeet in a cage which is being curiously inspected by her trusty greyhound dog

A good 19th century Italian 'Florentine' or 'Lucerne' 4 burner brass oil lamp

Oil on Canvas Painting Southern California impressionist Los Angeles Country Scene Windmill by Ben Abril 1955 Redo the body of the basketSOLD A very good & large oil on canvas painting by California artist Ben Abril (1923 1995), Southern California, Los Angeles circa 1950. The artist a California native documented the city of Los Angeles and scenes of the California countryside now vanished, (please see biography below) . This large and impressive painting exemplifies the work of the artist, a impressionistic view of an old farmstead nestled at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains,