Manuel Valencia (1856-1935) American

Landscape with rocky stream, oil painting. A painter of California history and western landscapes, Manuel Valencia was born in Marin County, California. Valencia studied with artists including Jules Tavernier in the San Francisco area, where he lived his entire life. Early in his career, he was a commercial artist who designed calling cards. Valencia kept studios in Monterey and Santa Cruz, did landscapes in Tonalist styles including moonlit scenes that were similar to those of Charles Rollo Peters. He painted desert scenes of Arizona, New Mexico landscapes, and Yosemite. Valencia exhibited and lived in San Francisco for several years, until moving to Sacramento. Overall size: 27 x 42 1/2 in. Sight size: 19 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.