Ferdinand Kaufmann -Large Ship approaching the Los Angels Harbor-1930 Oil painting California Impressionist - Oil painting on canvas -Signed and dated 1930. frame size 41 x 35" canvas size 36 x 30" Artist Biography (1864 - 1942) Ferdinand Kaufmann was active/lived in California, Pennsylvania / Germany. Heis known for landscape, coastal vistas and ship painting. A landscape and marine painter, Ferdinand Kaufmann was born in Germany and studied in Paris with Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. Prior to settling in Southern California in 1921, he lived in Pittsburgh where he was a member of the Pittsburgh Art Association. In 1934, he became a resident of Pasadena and exhibited with the Pasadena Art Institute, and in 1939 of Laguna Beach where he was active in the Art Association.He died in 1942 in Los Angeles County A beautiful piece that will add to your décor!