Dimensions: Approx. 21" L x 25" H
 
Ellwood Graham
American, 1911-2007
Joined Carmel Art Association in 1934.
Ellwood Graham attended the School of Fine Arts, Washington University, in St.
Louis. His first commission, after completing his art training, was a post
office mural. He has received 68 awards; as a result his paintings are in the
permanent collections of prominent museums in New York, Chicago, Los
Angeles, and San Francisco.
After building a home and studio in Monterey, he was commission by John
Steinbeck to paint in Mexico. Later steinbeck asked him to paint his portrait
while writing Sea of Cortez in his studio.
He gained early critical success as the first Abstract Impressionist in the
West and national prominence as the first modern pictographer.