Ronald Shap | The Cathedral, 1992
"The Cathedral" is an original gouache painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California impressionist landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Dreamy painting of an old church we believe to be the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church on Figueroa Street in Los Angeles. A beautiful piece of religious art, or simply the perfect painting for someone who wants to view a bit of California history in a neutral color scheme that will go well in virtually any home. 18x24 inches on Arches Rough 140 lb paper. Signed.
Ronald Shap was born in Toledo, OH and lived most of his life in California. The brother of acclaimed portrait artist Sylvia Shap, he was a scholarship award graduate at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1964 and completed graduate study in painting at the University of Nebraska and Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1967. He was a visiting artist and instructor at BGSU in 1973-74 and worked out of his Los Angeles studio and taught drawing and anatomy at Citrus College until his retirement in 2005.
"The Cathedral" is an original gouache painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California impressionist landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Dreamy painting of an old church we believe to be the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church on Figueroa Street in Los Angeles. A beautiful piece of religious art, or simply the perfect painting for someone who wants to view a bit of California history in a neutral color scheme that will go well in virtually any home. 18x24 inches on Arches Rough 140 lb paper. Signed.
Ronald Shap was born in Toledo, OH and lived most of his life in California. The brother of acclaimed portrait artist Sylvia Shap, he was a scholarship award graduate at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1964 and completed graduate study in painting at the University of Nebraska and Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1967. He was a visiting artist and instructor at BGSU in 1973-74 and worked out of his Los Angeles studio and taught drawing and anatomy at Citrus College until his retirement in 2005.
"The Cathedral" is an original gouache painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California impressionist landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Dreamy painting of an old church we believe to be the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church on Figueroa Street in Los Angeles. A beautiful piece of religious art, or simply the perfect painting for someone who wants to view a bit of California history in a neutral color scheme that will go well in virtually any home. 18x24 inches on Arches Rough 140 lb paper. Signed.
Ronald Shap was born in Toledo, OH and lived most of his life in California. The brother of acclaimed portrait artist Sylvia Shap, he was a scholarship award graduate at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1964 and completed graduate study in painting at the University of Nebraska and Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1967. He was a visiting artist and instructor at BGSU in 1973-74 and worked out of his Los Angeles studio and taught drawing and anatomy at Citrus College until his retirement in 2005.
