Arny Karl

Arny Karl was one of a small number of painters who kept alive the long tradition of the romantic landscape. In an age when the shocking and the ugly are championed by critics and when the absolutely banal is considered collectible, Karl's pastel and oil landscapes are prized by those who appreciate the idealized landscape.

Karl is best known for his poetic transcriptions of the California and Southwestern landscape. He painted in the Sierra Nevada, along the California coast, in Arizona, and throughout the foothills of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains. While Karl enjoyed painting under the bright sunlight conditions favored by impressionist painters, it was the stunning colors found at sunset or the quiet hours o  ...  Displaying 750 of 7032 characters.