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Peter Tofft

Peter Petersen Tofft (1825 - 1901) was active/lived in California, Montana / England, South Africa, Denmark.  Peter Tofft is known for Landscape, marine, illustrator, historical views.

The following, submitted October 2005, is from Kristine Cummins, who wrote the article for her local newspaper in Napa, California.


Treasure Found At Napa Valley, California Salvation Army

 
"Nope, Doesn't Happen to Me"

Rummaging through stacks of tacky art and battered frames in a bin at the local Napa Salvation Army on December 29th, 2004, Karol and her daughter Kristine Cummins found a battered, framed picture of an old town.  Looking closely, it appeared to be a watercolor, but they weren't sure if it was an original.  Paintings of old towns wasn't quite what they were looking for - more like sailing art for a sneaky "While You Were Out" decorating session at brother John's house. John was happily driving down Baja with his son, while mom and daughter were being mischievous.  They thought that the painting could possibly be a nice addition, so they brought it home.  Heck, it's 1/2 off day sale - it's on   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 10321 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Peter Tofft

   Publications  Book References:  22
Magazine References:  0

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22 Book References for Peter Tofft
Year Author Title Pages Color
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
1995 Schwarz-Philadelphia One Hundred Paintings by American & European Artists
(Exhibition catalog)
60 Yes
1991 Schwarz, Robert D. (Editor) American Watercolors and Pastels: Schwarz-Philadelphia
(Exhibition catalog)
76 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three 396 Yes
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1988 Gerald Peters Gallery The West Explored The Gerald Peters Collection of Western American Art
(Exhibition catalog)
93 Yes
1988 Thrapp, Dan L Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography Volume Three (P-Z) 597 No
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1984 Broder, Patricia Janis The American West The Modern Vision 345 Yes
1983 Trenton, Patricia/P Hassrick The Rocky Mountains Vision for Artists in the 19th Cen 418 Yes
1979 Ballinger, James K Beyond the Endless River W American Drawings, W/C-19th Cen
(Exhibition catalog)
182 Yes
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1975 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Frontier America/The Far West
(Exhibition catalog)
232 Yes
1975 Smith, Bradley The U S A A History in Art 296 Yes
1972 Curry, Larry The American West Painters from Catlin to Russell
(Exhibition catalog)
198 Yes
1953 Taft, Robert Artists and Illustrators- Old West 1850-1900 400 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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