ALICE BEAMISH

(American, 1922-2011)

COASTLINE

Oil on Canvas

20 x 24 Inches

Signed Lower Right

Provenance: The Vincent Price Collection

 

Alice Beamish first studied with Hans Hofmann at the University of California at Berkeley, receiving an M. A.and B. A., followed by extended study with Hoffman in Europe, North Africa and the United States. She completed a fellowship at Huntington Hartford Foundation receiving a residence, studio and full stipend. Beamish was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and purchase awards and exhibited at De Young, Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles County Museums. She served as president of the Central California Art League and was also a teacher and a widely-published poet and author. She was a member of the National League of American Pen Women and the California Federation of Chapparal Poets.