{"product_id":"milford-zornes-hills-of-nipomo-oil-on-canvas-laid-to-board-1956","title":"Milford Zornes \"Hills of Nipomo,\" Oil on Canvas Laid to Board, 1956","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Hills of Nipomo,\" an oil on canvas laid to board by Milford Zornes, 1956. Rows of rounded, sunlit hills in gold, tan and olive roll back toward a band of gray clouds, with dark oak shadows tucked into the folds and a strip of russet grass along the bottom. Smooth, sculpted modeling with a clear regionalist feel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTitled \"Hills of Nipomo\" on the back. In a wide limed and streaked wood frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMilford Zornes grew up in Oklahoma, Idaho and California. He loved to travel, so at twenty years of age, he hitch-hiked across America, worked on the New York docks, and then shipped out for Europe. By 1930, he was back in Los Angeles studying art with F. Tolles Chamberlin at the Otis Art Institute. He became very interested in watercolor painting and took additional study in this medium from Millard Sheets at Scripps College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1933, he was exhibiting his watercolors and receiving awards. As a result of his art production for the P.W.A.P. Art Project, he was given a one-man show at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. One of his watercolors was selected by President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt to hang in the White House and an enormous amount of publicity followed. Within a very short amount of time, Zornes went from being a California watercolor student to being a nationally recognized artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the next few years, he concentrated on painting a number of high quality watercolors for exhibitions in California, Texas, Washington, D.C., Ohio, Kansas, New York, Illinois and other parts of America. When Larson P. Cooper formed the California Group traveling show in 1937, Zornes was one of the twelve artists picked to represent California watercolor painting. On the West Coast, he also became known as a gifted instructor of watercolor painting. Throughout this period, he was an active member of the California Water Color Society and was president of that organization in 1942.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen World War II broke out, he was drafted into the United States Army and was assigned to be an official war artist in the China, India, Burma theatre. For nearly three years, he painted on location in those countries and turned most of the art over to the War Department art collection housed at the Pentagon. He also had an art show in Bombay during this time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, he moved around California for a while, and eventually settled in Claremont. From there, he took a trip to Alaska and a series of trips to Greenland. All the while he was painting, teaching, and exhibiting nationally. Gradually, he developed the idea of traveling watercolor workshops. This combined his favorite things to do; travel, paint watercolors, and help others to enjoy the same. Zornes became one of the foremost watercolor instructors in America and traveled to nearly every part of the world at one time or another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClean and in good shape, with no flaking. The frame has some wear and small nicks along the edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDimensions: 30\"L x 22.5\"H\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"33","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67603373457729,"sku":"33-3200","price":3200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0955\/6475\/9361\/files\/zornes-01-straight-on.jpg?v=1790835261","url":"https:\/\/thebluedoorsb.com\/products\/milford-zornes-hills-of-nipomo-oil-on-canvas-laid-to-board-1956","provider":"The Blue Door","version":"1.0","type":"link"}