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John Marshall Gamble
(b. 1863, Morristown, NJ – d.1957, Santa Barbara)
POPPIES AND LUPINES
1912, Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches
Jonathan Art Foundation collection
Acquired with funding by members of the Jonathan Art Foundation Circles of Support
Influenced by French Impressionist painter, Claude Monet, John Gamble is known for his California floral coastal and landscape paintings, especially fields of poppies and lupines. From Santa Barbara, he was one of the leaders of the California plein-air painting movement, and he was also a successful portrait painter. Another favorite painting subject was coastal views of Pacific Ocean sunsets. One of his closest painting companions was Elmer Wachtel.