479. Charles Reiffel (American, 1862-1942), "Squatter's Farm", c.1930; oil/board, 14" x 14", signed, exhibition
label verso. Reiffel moved to San Diego in 1925. William Gerdts, in the book,
All Things bright and Beautiful, California Impressionist Paintings from the Irvine
Museum, discusses Reiffel's unusual style of painting,
"Reiffel deliberately sought out scenes bounding in irregular surfaces and contrasting natural forms... His subject
matter was... the richly colored mountains that guard San Diego on the North and East. Critics note the impact
of European Modernism on his art, especially the planar concerns of Paul Cezanne and the nervous flow of
Vincent Van Gogh." 7000-9000
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