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Nocturnal Street Scene Charles Rollo Peters Early 20th century This is an oil painting on canvas that depicts a street scene at night. Light glows from a doorway at left and from a window and street lamp at right.	Horse Race Ernest Narjot n.d. NOTES: Handbook Selection, 1984. See card, "Chabot-Bocqueraz Collection ARTIST BIRTH: 1826 ARTIST DEATH: 1898
To-Tole (The Star) Grace Carpenter Hudson 1894 MOLLIE DUNCAN (c.1879-1931) Mollie Pettis Duncan was born in Potter Valley, the daughter of Frank and Kate Pettis. She spent her childhood at the Coyote Valley Rancheria, and while...	New Year's Day in San Francisco's Chinatown Theodore Wores 1881
The Shores of San Francisco William Keith Painting is of the San Francisco shores	Promise (Mt. Tamalpais) William Keith 1905 Mount Tamalpais is in the background of a composition that shows a meadow with two young girls gathering flowers. Both have brown hair. One stands tall and the other, who is wearing a white...
Wartime William A. Coulter	Pomo Walter Snelgrove 1971 Oil painting on canvas depicts a desert landscape. Round leafy trees, bushes, and scrub grass grow over tan rolling hills. Plants with clusters of white flowers appear in the foreground at right...
East Bay WILLARD DIXON 1979 ARTIST BIRTH: 1942 APPROXIMATE DATE: 1979 Exhibition Label: "Scene in Oakland", Oakland Museum of California March 9 - August 25, 2002 7. Willard Dixon (b....	untitled Walter Snelgrove mid 20th century to late 20th century Oil painting on canvas depicts a cityscape. The tops of skyscrapers appear clustered together on the canvas, painted in muted tones of gray, white, mauve, and green. A blue sky is visible at top...
untitled Walter Snelgrove late 20th century Oil painting on canvas depicts a female figure standing in profile wearing a white dress set against a green background. The woman has brown hair adorned with ribbons and she holds her hands out...	Lake Merritt (Looking toward Adams Point and the Oakland/Piedmont Hills) unknown n.d. Based in stylistic characteristics, this painting may be attributed to Ferdinand Richardt. The made field has not been changed as this is not confirmed. H. Jones, 8/2002
Lichenous Tom Lieber 1990	Untitled (TE93 5) Tim Ebner 1993
A Truer Story (St. Sebastian) Suzanne Caporael 1987 Painting of nude male figure(St. Sebastian) who is upside down(perhaps falling) with his back to us. He is pierced with sticks. He is in the center surrounded by dark blue and green colored trees...	David Lance Goines Inking Up Stan Washburn 1986 Portrait of David Lance Goines inking a printing press.
56 Chrysler Robert Bechtle 1965 This is an oil painting on canvas of a pink '56 Chrysler parked on the street in front of a row of California style stucco houses. "XING" is painted in yellow on the street at lower right.	A Summer Day at Lake Merritt Richard Langtry Partington n.d. View of boy on hill overlooking Lake Merritt, preparing to disrobe and join his friends swimming in the lake. Betsy Willcuts, May 2002 Bibliography: THE HEART OF OAKLAND, A Walking...
Dr. William Porter Richard Langtry Partington Dr. William Porter was instrumental in the founding of the Oakland Art Gallery. When city funding of the Art Gallery waned, he gave a collection of 50 paintings to the city in return for a...	Coast at Purisima Rex Brandt 1939
Scetch Paul Lauritz 1942	Young Woman with Flowers Percy Gray 1887 Oil painting on canvas depicts a woman in profile facing right toward a wall holding flowers and gazing at a sculpture niche. The woman has long red hair braided down her back, and she wears a...
Indian Summer II Ray Strong Oil painting with landscape composition depicts Black's Mountain in West Marin County, California. Tan rolling hills shaded in tones of blue and lavender are painted on the canvas sloping from...	Oakland Hills Otis Oldfield n.d. This is a landscape painting of the Oakland hills which depicts a grove of trees. The colors are primarily shades of green and yellow