Since 1985, Edenhurst Gallery has represented fine American paintings with a particular focus on the Early California Impressionists and Modernists (1890 to 1950).  With showrooms in Los Angeles and Palm Desert and a total viewing area of over 4,000 square feet, Edenhurst Gallery caters to a clientele of beginning to advanced collectors. The gallery routinely displays fine examples by well-recognized historic California painters such as William Wendt, Guy Rose, Granville Redmond, Edgar Payne, Elmer and Marion Wachtel, John Frost, Franz Bischoff, Alson Clark, Colin Campbell Cooper, Joseph Kleitsch, and many others. Additionally, there is a strong focus on artists of the Southwest, such as Birger Sandzen, E. Martin Hennings, Frank Tenney Johnson, Maynard Dixon, Kathryn Leighton, E.I. Couse, and Joseph Henry Sharp.

In the early years of the 20th century, artists from around the world came to California in search of new and invigorating subject matter that brought them visually afar from the confining subject matters of their native lands. Many who came here initially trained in the ateliers of the great European art centers and in American studios with well-recognized East Coast masters. The year-round clement weather in California allowed them more freedom to paint out of doors, and the term plein air (French for “open air”… or “outdoors”) painting was adopted. 

From the unspoiled coastal vistas of the Pacific to the intimate canyons of the Sierra Madre and the deserts of the Coachella Valley to the grandeur of the High Sierra, these artists interpreted the land with an élan only matched by the great Hudson River painters of the east who came west in the mid-to late 19th century. These Early California painters left a large and beautiful legacy to the people of the state, and these works have gained serious attention both nationally and abroad.

Edenhurst takes great pride in the consistently high quality of its inventory, as well as in its expertise, scholarship, and deep level of commitment to the art market and to its clientele. The gallery has been instrumental in building some of the finest collections in the state of California.

Please visit the showrooms at 73-655 El Paseo in Palm Desert and 8920 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday- Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Telephone: (310) 247-8151 and (760) 346-7900.  New locations in Carmel and Laguna Beach in 2006.

Edenhurst Gallery
73-655 El Paseo
Palm Desert, California 92260
(760) 346-7900
 
8920 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90069
(310) 247-8151