Granville Redmond

 

                                                                Malibu Coast Spring
                                                                          c. 1929
                                                                        20" x 25"
                                                                      oil on canvas

Granville Redmond was born March 9, 1871 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was born hearing and around the age of 2 1/2 and 3 he contracted Scarlet Fever and upon recovery he was found to be deaf. He and his family moved to San Jose with hope to get him in the School for the deaf Berkeley. He was accepted, graduated from there and went to study art abroad in Paris. His first piece was displayed in the Paris Salon. After his study was done in Paris he moved to Los Angeles, where he became friends with the silent movie icon, Charlie Chaplin. Charlie was an avid collector of Redmond's art work and provided him with a studio to create and store his paintings on the movie lot. Redmond usually painted landscapes along the California coast between LaJolla Beach and Monterey. He died on May 24, 1935. All of this information was found on Granville Redmond's website. he connects to the theme of this exhibition because he was deaf and what I can observe he has a unique way with colors in his paintings.

It is impossible for artists to succeed in art unless they work with thought and true insight…one must as he paints on a canvas try and put his soul into the work.
~Granville Redmond