San Gabriel Foothills and Lake By Lionel Edwards San Gabriel Lake by Lionel Louis Edwards (American, 1874-1954). Oil on canvas illustration board. San Gabriel Lake. Impasto layers and texture well painting landscape painting, in a contemporary Oil on Canvas on commercial premade illustration board giltwood frame, included as-is. Image, 16”H x 20”W Frame, 21.5”H x 26”W x 1”D Born in California on Jan. 25, 1874. Edwards settled in Los Angeles in 1889. He was active there both as an artist and a newspaper publisher. In his leisure he made painting forays into the desert area around Palm Springs and the high Sierra. Edwards died in Los Angeles on April 27, 1954. Member: Calif. Art Club; Painters & Sculptors of LA. Exh: LA Co. Fair, 1929; Artists Fiesta (LA), 1931; City Hall (LA), 1933; Hollywood Public Library, 1934; Calif. Art Club, 1954 (1st prize). Reference; Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" California Arts and Architecture list, 1932; Ferdinand Perret Files; Death record. Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes