John O'Shea (artist)

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John O'Shea
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John O'Shea (1876-1956)
Born
John Garret O'Shea [1]

1876 (1876)
Waterford, Ireland
Died29 June 1956(1956-06-29) (aged 80)
Carmel Highlands, California, U.S.
Occupation Painter
Known for landscape painting
Spouse
Mary D. Shaughnessy
​
(m. 1922)​
Awards California State Fair, 1941 (1st prize)

John O'Shea (1876 - April 29, 1956) was a California painter. His works are held in the permanent collections of several locations, including the Harrison Memorial Library, [2] Monterey Museum of Art, [3] Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, [4] and the Bohemian Club. [5]

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Early life

John O'Shea was born in 1876 in Ballintaylor, near Waterford, in southern Ireland. [6]

Career

Carmel-by-the-Sea Seascape by John O'Shea (1927). Carmel Seascape by John O'Shea.jpg
Carmel-by-the-Sea Seascape by John O'Shea (1927).

In 1913, O'Shea moved to Pasadena, California where he began his artistic career and began to exhibit his work. [7] [8] In 1921, O'Shea exhibited about 28 watercolors and oils in New York. [4]

On May 25, 1922, O'Shea and Mary "Molly" D. Shaughnessy of Terre Haute, Indiana, were married in New York City. [9] The couple then moved to Carmel, California where Molly had inherited 10-acre (0.040 km2). [10]

In 1926 and 1927, O'Shea made trips to Arizona with a close friend and artist Theodore Criley. Paintings from these excursions, like the Grand Canyon, resulted in art showings in Pasadena, Tucson, and San Francisco. [10] In 1928, the O'Sheas traveled to Tahiti in the South Pacific where he painted landscapes and seascapes. He went to New Mexico in 1930, and painted places around Taos. [11] O'Shea's wife died on October 8, 1941, at St. Luke's Hospital in San Francisco after a long illness. [12]

The California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, exhibited 36 of O'Shea's paintings in April and May 1934. [13] [14]

In November 1939, at the Bay Region Art Association's annual at the Oakland Art Gallery, he won first prize for a watercolor called "Old Trees, Monterey." [15] [16] In 1942, O'Shea had a solo show at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. [17]

Death

O'Shea died at home on April 29, 1956, at age 80. [18] [6]

References

  1. ↑ "John (Shawn) Garret O'Shea" (PDF). www.tfaoi.org. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  2. ↑ Dramov, Alissandra (2019). Historic Buildings of Downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California: Arcadia Publishing. p. 12. ISBN   9781467103039 . Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  3. ↑ "John O'Shea". Monterey Museum Of Art. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  4. 1 2 Nelson-Rees, Walter A. (1985). John O'Shea, 1876-1956 The Artist's Life as I Know it, With a complete catalogue of the artist's known works. VIM. pp. 11, 33. ISBN   9780938842057 . Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  5. ↑ Hughes, Edan Milton (2002). Artists in California, 1786-1940: L-Z. Crocker Art Museum. pp. 838, 1247. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  6. 1 2 "Death Notices". The Terre Haute Tribune. Terre Haute, Indiana. 4 May 1956. p. 26. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Arts and Artists. John O'Shea". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. 14 Dec 1913. p. 30. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  8. ↑ "O'Shea Paints From Trail, Tramps 110 Miles To Work". Los Angeles Evening Express. Los Angeles, California. 5 Sep 1914. p. 11. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  9. ↑ "John O'Shea, Artist, to Marry". The New York Times. New York, New York. 26 May 1922. p. 19. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  10. 1 2 Lawrence Jeppson (26 May 1922). "O'Shea Can You See". Nauvoo Times. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  11. ↑ "O'Sheas Sail For Tahiti". San Francisco Bulletin. San Francisco, California. August 9, 1928. p. 4. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Mrs. Mary O'Shea, Artist's Wife, Dies". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 9 Oct 1941. p. 19. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  13. ↑ "O'Shea Work On View at Palace". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. April 29, 1934. p. 56. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  14. ↑ H. L. Duncan (April 29, 1934). "John O'Shea Holds Exhibition Of Water Colors, Drawings and Oils at the Legion of Honor". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. p. 34. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Todhunter Wins Guest of Honor Prize". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. 26 Nov 1939. p. 25. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Prize Winners Announced For State Fair Exhibit". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. 31 Aug 1941. p. 40. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Novelty Oils In Bohemian Club Exhibit. Carmel's John O'Shea, Other Good Artists Enliven Show". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 15 Mar 1942. p. 41. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  18. ↑ "O'Shea". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 4 May 1956. p. 51. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
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