Arthur Beckwith

Arthur Beckwith (American, 1860-1930).

This work is offered unframed.

Born in London, Arthur was the son of noted watercolorist, Benjamin Beckwith. He first studied with his father and, later, at London's South Kensington School before moving to San Francisco in 1884. For the next 20 years, he painted prolifically and created a large body of work, much of which went up in flames in the 1906 fire. Moving across the Golden Gate to Greenbrae, he then commuted by ferry to paint in his studio in San Francisco in the old "Monkey Block," now the Transamerica Pyramid. Beckwith exhibited widely and with success and was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards. He was an elected member of prestigious artist organizations including the Bohemian Club, San Francisco's Sequoia Club, the Marin County Art Association and the San Francisco Art Association. Arthur Beckwith's works are held in private and public collections, including the permanent collections of the de Young Museum, the Bohemian Club and the Sequoia Club, among others.

Signed 'Arthur Beckwith' lower right

Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 1, p. 86

American Art Annual 1919-30; E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 1, p. 954

California & Californians, v.3 (1932); SF Chronicle, 9-7-1930 (obit); et al.