William Krehm

William Krehm (American, 1901–1968)

This work is sold unframed.

A period oil painting showing a mountainous, desert landscape at dusk, most likely a view of a Santa Ana River tributary in Southern California's Inland Empire, painting the hills and stream in variegating tones of rose, lilac and dusty pink.

Born in Kansas, William Krehm moved to California in the early part of the 1930s, where he established himself as an art teacher in Banning and studied under Dana Bartlett, William T. McDermitt, Jack Wilkinson Smith and James Swinnerton. Krehm exhibited widely and with success, including at the Golden Gate International Exhibition (1939), Los Angeles County Museum of Fine Art (LACMA, 1944), the Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles (1944, 1945, 1947) and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor (1945). He was the recipient of numerous awards, including from the Painters & Sculptors Club (1944, 1947), Artists of the Southwest (1946, 1947) and the Traditional American Art Club, Los Angeles (1947). William Krehm was a member of the Society for Sanity in Art, the Desert Art Center, Palm Springs (California), the California Art Club, Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles and the Artists of the Southwest. His work is held in private and public collections, including California's Historical Society.

Signed lower right recto

Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, p. 1904.

Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 1, p. 645.

Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)".