About the work

Andrew Winter’s painting of “La Quinta Palms” was executed in 1951 when the La Quinta Resort had recently returned to its pre-World War II splendor and an expansion of Washington Street paved the way for a period of rapid growth and development. The community of La Quinta is located on the floor of the Coachella Valley some 25 miles southeast of Palm Springs. The city’s rise in prominence began in the late 1920s when Walter Morgan established the La Quinta Resort as a secluded hideaway for Hollywood celebrities and socialites.

Titled “La Quinta Palms,” #62, in pencil on reverse. The work is lightly hinged to archival mat board along the top edge and housed under museum glass (non-reflective, UV protection). The painting and frame are in excellent condition.

The painting comes from the collection of Spanierman Gallery. Founded by Ira Spanierman in 1961, the gallery became a tour de force in the field of American art. Spanierman was known for his outstanding eye for quality and dedication to connoisseurship. The gallery sold to dozens of museums in the US and abroad, while also contributing to many important private art collections. The gallery closed in 2014.

About the artist…

Born in Estonia, Andrew Winter (1893-1958) came to the United States in 1916. He was self-taught as an artist until he entered the art school of the National Academy of Design where in 1925 he won a scholarship for a year of art study abroad. He later studied at the Cape Cod school of art and L. C. Tiffany Foundation.

His preference for maritime subjects came about after spending more than 15 years working on freighters, ocean liners, and fishing boats. Each summer he shipped out for several months to earn enough to live on while he pursued his career as a painter and etcher.

Winter won numerous awards, including the Edwin Palmer memorial prize of the National Academy of Design in 1949 and 1954. During the New York World’s Fair of 1940 his work was included in an exhibition of art by Americans of foreign birth.

His works were exhibited along with many of the most notable names in American art. In 1951 a painting by Winter was exhibited at the Helena Art Center in Montana along with works by Robert Henri, George B. Luks, William Glackens, N. C. Wyeth, Marsden Hartley, George Bellows, Guy Pene Du Bois, Theodore Van Solen, John S. Curry, Reginald Marsh, Moses Soyer, and Joseph Hirsch among others.

Winter was a member of the National Academy of Design, the Salmagundi Club, and the American Watercolor Society. His works reside in a number of important museum collections, including the High Museum of Art Atlanta, the Toledo Art Museum, and the Farnsworth Library and Art Museum at Rockland, Maine. Winter died at age 66, a resident of Monhegan Island, Maine, where he lived permanently since 1940.

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