Name/Title
Lake Tahoe landscape by Richard de Treville, before 1929Entry/Object ID
1996.313.1Description
ACC. NO. 96.313.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: ARTISTS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1955
OBJECT: PAINTING
DESCRIPTION:
OIL PAINTING --- LANDSCAPE ON CANVAS --- IN CAST PLASTER FRAME, WITH ANTIQUE GILT FINISH. REVERSE SIDE OF PAINTING BEARS AN INSCRIPTION," TO GENEVIEVE, CHRISTMAS, 1955." SUBJECT OF PAINTING IS "LAKE TAHOE.".
SIZE: L 6-3/4" X W 7-3/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: THIS PAINTING WAS IDENTIFIED BY BETTE DE TREVILLE, DOCENT AT THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL MUSEUM, AS BEING PAINTED BY RICHARD De TREVILLE, HER FATHER. BETTE MARRIED DON MCKEAN. BETTE AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WERE ARTISTS; THEY CAME TO ALAMEDA IN THE EARLY 1920's. GENEVIEVE WAS WES PEASE'S MOTHER. PAT DE TREVILLE WAS WIDOW OF BETTE'S BROTHER.
BETTE DE TREVILLE MCKEAN PAINTED STILL LIFES, NOT LANDSCAPES. DAUGHTER OF RICHARD De TREVILLE. BETTE MARRIED DON MCKEAN. SHE CREATED MANY PAINTINGS AND PRESENTED THEM TO FRIENDS AS GIFTS. HER LARGE WORKS ARE CONSIDERED VERY VALUABLE. RICHARD De TREVILLE WAS A NOTED CALIFORNIA ARTIST.
ACQUIRED FROM:
WES AND FAY PEASE
DATE: AUGUST 31, 1996
