John D. DeLane (1869-   ?   )

American School

WILDERNESS SUNSET, PACIFIC NORTHWEST, circa 1920

(#19601)

20 x 30 inches / 23 x 33 framed

Oil on board

Signed lower left in brown oil paint: “ DELANE”

Provenance:          Eloise Wolf McGowan, Vista, California, until circa 1945

               Private Collection, Wilmington, California

               Adamson-Duvannes Galleries, Downey, California,

                                             since August, 2022

     John DeLane was born in California, and painted scenes of Yosemite and Crater Lake in the 1890’s.  By 1919 he was living in Seattle, Washington, where he produced scenes of Mt. Rainer and the Olympic Mountains, which sold well to the tourist trade.  

John was active in both Seattle and British Columbia through the early 1920’s. He became best known for his striking paintings of northwest landscapes, some of which included animals and Indians.  A prolific oil painter, his composition and sense of color were excellent.