American Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting "California Highlands" Los Angeles by Charles Smith, 1930 Paintings in Greco-Roman antiquity Dionysius or

in Greco-Roman antiquity Dionysius or Bacchus was often portrayed from childhood riding a goat

He worked as a landscape and portrait painter primarily

A rare Egyptian Revival Gold jewel fitted with an ancient Egyptian faience scarab

"Ocho Rios"

He combined this and other long-standing influences

American Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting "California Highlands" Los Angeles by Charles Smith, 1930 Paintings in Greco-Roman antiquity Dionysius orA 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