Anders Aldrin - Paddle Steamer circa 1930s Oil On Board P2698

A vivid almost child-like impression of this most romantic of American conveyances but in no way a cliché: Aldrin was incapable of such a thing. What strikes one is the irrepressible gaiety of the image. One of the great California originals. Measures 14" x 11 3/4"

Anders Aldrin was an assiduous painter of his environment, of wherever he found himself, whether on a momentous return to his native Sweden, or during visits to wherever his children had settled, but the bulk of his attention as a painter was absorbed by Los Angeles, specifically by its Echo Park and Silver Lake and other Eastside neighborhoods. By the end of his life this courageous late starter had forged an entirely individual path and created a body of work that is coming to be recognized as truly important.