American Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting "California Highlands" Los Angeles by Charles Smith, 1930 Decorative Arts with houses and row boats

with houses and row boats by the lakeside

the lower part of the cabinet is fitted with a single drawer with a hand-forged iron handle

its success was phenomenal

He was the second son of the miniaturist Charles Hayter & brother of Sir George Hayter

it was common for hardware like this to be 'updated' as fashion  trends changed

American Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting "California Highlands" Los Angeles by Charles Smith, 1930 Decorative Arts with houses and row boatsA very attractive California Impressionist oil on canvas painting by Charles L. A. Smith, "California Highlands", dated 1930. This very attractive large painting by one of the foremost of the California Impressionists depicts a bucolic landscape with trees to the foreground and two cottages nestling between and mountains to the background. The painting is signed and dated lower right, the painting is also titled "California Highlands" to the stretcher