Cressey, Herbert

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Cressey, Herbert

Herbert "Bert" Chester Cressey

Happy Days, Calif. (Point Fermin, Palos Verdes) by Herbert "Bert" Chester Cressey (1883-1944)

36" x 40", Oil/canvas, Signed

Est.: $12,000 - $18,000
Sold by John Moran Auctioneers for $13,800 on 6/24/2008
ARTISTS WORLD RECORD!

A painter, Herbert (Bert) Cressey was born on a ranch near Compton, California on June 10, 1883. Bert" Cressey studied at University of Southern California under Wm Lees Judson, Art Students League of Los Angeles under -Warren Hedges, National Academy of Design under Robert Henri, and in Spain, England and France.

He painted and maintained a studio on the family ranch in Compton until 1920. He then built a studio-home in Hollywood. At the outbreak of WWII he began working in a movie studio where a work-related accident was the cause of his death on Aug. 18, 1944.

An exponent of modern art, his style was broad and decorative. The Cressey ranch was given to the city of Compton and is now known as Gonzales Park.

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