Roses, 40" x 50" O/C
Born and trained in Europe, Bischoff established himself as the premier china painter in America, a ranking which still applies today among collectors. In 1906, he settled in Southern California and began a "second career" as a painter of still-lifes and landscapes. His sociability and technical virtuosity as a painter, endeared him to the California art community and his studio became a favorite meeting place for artists in Los Angeles.
Mount Alice at Sunset, 34" x 30" O/C
Bischoff's paintings are remarkable for their brilliant use of color. In MOUNT ALICE AT SUNSET, painted circa 1920, Bischoff shows the craggy granite monolith in tones of pink, red and mauve, with occasional green hightlights, next to white and blue snow, all superimposed on a mustard colored sky. In spite of these provocative and irritable colors, the scene perfectly captures the effect of a late afternoon glow in the High Sierras. Likewise his distinctive treatment of the banal and often repeated subject of the CAPISTRANO MISSION becomes a glorious celebration of bold color and vivid light.
Capistrano Mission, 24" x 30" O/C
Bischoff's strength and genius as a colorist carries his works from the bold Impressionism of his early period to a powerful and dramatic Post-Impressionism based on color and its essential role in art.