Holiday Gift Guide Vintage Minnie Wonsmos Seascape Painting Set [3nIUKMlS]

A dreamy peach scene, thought to be Seaside Oregon, the artists home. Large scale so you can see her lovely use of light. Framed in faded gilt wood. Signed 

40x30” 

Minnie Wonsmos was born in Nebraska in 1901.  By 1925 Minnie was the wife of Bertel Wonsmos, a landscape painter.  The couple first lived in Nebraska and by 1930 they were in Spicer, Minnesota. Later, Mrs. Wonsmos had an art gallery in Seaside, Oregon where she displayed her art as well as that of other local artists.  She is known to have made painting trips to the desert in southern California.  She died in Spokane, WA in 1974.