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Arthur Beaumont

Arthur Edwaine Beaumont (1890 - 1978) was active/lived in California.  Arthur Beaumont is known for Watercolor ship and harbor scene painting, military artist.

Born in Norwich, Norfolk, England, Arthur Beaumont became known for his watercolor paintings of ships and harbor scenes, although he also painted scenes of landscapes, figures, and portraits.  He became a World War II war artist, documenting naval battles that were published in "National Geographic".  After the war, he did watercolors of naval actions in Japan, China, Guam, Vietnam and the Antartic.  In 1989, a book, Arthur Beaumont, Naval Artist was published, and it was a documentation of his life and art.

He was raised in England and then went to Saskatchewan, Canada at the age of 19.  He worked as a ranch hand for a few months and then moved to California where his earliest paintings show his experiences on cattle farms in the San Joaquin Valley.

In his early 20s, he studied at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute, the University of California at Berkeley and the Los Angeles School of Art and Design.  He also studied in P   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4431 characters.]  Artist bio

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20 Book References for Arthur Beaumont
Year Author Title Pages Color
2015 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Art Exhibition Index, First through Twenty-Seventh, 1928-1957 (Publications in California Art, No. 12) 547 No
2011 Stern, Jean and Molly Siple (Skira Rizzoli Publisher) California Light: A Century of Landscapes Paintings of the California Art Club 276 Yes
2009 Katlan, Alexander W. Salmagundi Club Painting Exhibition Records 1940-1951 and Water Color Exhibition Records 1900-1951 623 No
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
2002 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary 231 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media 560 Yes
1991 Moure, Nancy D.W. Scenes of California Light, 1930-1950 (Todd Madigan Gallery)
(Exhibition catalog)
70 Yes
1991 Todd Madigan Gallery Scenes of California Life 1930-1950
(Exhibition catalog)
69 Yes
1989 Editor, Laguna Art Museum Arthur Beaumont, Naval Artist
(Exhibition catalog)
0 Yes
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay Last The California Style Watercolor Artists 1925-1955 259 Yes
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)
600 No
1984 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Southern California Art Publication 3, Dictionary 291 No
1980 Archibald, E H H Dictionary of Sea Painters 455 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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