Edgar Alwin Payne

American | 1883 - 1947

Edgar Alwin Payne was an American Impressionist & Modern painter who was born in 1883. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Owings Gallery have featured Edgar Alwin Payne's work in the past.Edgar Alwin Payne's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 50 USD to 553,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 553,000 USD for Riders on Horseback, sold at Christie's Los Angeles in 2008. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 26,948 USD.Edgar Alwin Payne has been featured in articles for Fine Art Connoisseur, Glasstire and LA Weekly. The most recent article is Edgar Payne, Jessie Arms Botke, and Eyvind Earle Lead Moran's 'California and American Fine Art' Sale Results written for ArtDaily in May 2024. The artist died in 1947.

Artist's alternative names: Edgar A. Payne, Edgar Alwyn Payne, Edgar Payne

At Auction

Notable Lots

Canyon de Chelly ,1916

By Edgar Alwin Payne

+142%

above mid-estimate

Monument Valley, Riverbed

By Edgar Alwin Payne

+101%

above mid-estimate

Land of the Navajo

By Edgar Alwin Payne

-10%

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Recent Auction Results

Coastal Watercolor Painting

By Edgar Alwin Payne

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High Sierra Pack Trip

By Edgar Alwin Payne

Christie's New York

Brittany harbor

By Edgar Alwin Payne

-15%

below mid-estimate

O'Gallerie

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Past Exhibitions

Historic Visions: On View at The Owings Gallery on E. Marcy Street

The Owings Gallery

Santa Fe | New Mexico | USA

Dec 12,2024 - Jan 31,2025

Art Under $100,000

Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert

Palm Desert | California | USA

Jul 25,2024 - Jan 31,2025

No Other Land: A Century of American Landscapes

Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert

Palm Desert | California | USA

Sep 21,2023 - Dec 31,2024

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Articles

Edgar Payne, Jessie Arms Botke, and Eyvind Earle Lead Moran's 'California and American Fine Art' Sale Results

ArtDaily 22/05/2024

John Moran Auctioneers presented their bi-annual California and American Fine Art auction on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 at 12:pm PDT.

Works by Edgar Payne, Phil Dike, and Grandma Moses Highlight Moran's California and American Fine Art Sale

ArtDaily 19/04/2024

John Moran Auctioneers will present their bi-annual California and American Fine Art auction on Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 at 12:pm PDT.

Ojai Mystique

Fine Art Connoisseur 20/10/2023

Landscape Paintings on View >The legendary natural beauty of California’s Ojai Valley has attracted artists since the 19th Century.

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Coverage

“ ..Payne's works are imbued with an internal force and active dynamism achieved through majestic, vital landscape subjects... ”
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Crocker Art Museum

“ ..Edgar Payne (1883–1947) is considered one of the most gifted of California's early plein air artists... ”
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Gilcrease Museum

“ ..Payne utilized the animated brushwork, vibrant palette, and shimmering light of Impressionism, but his powerful imagery was unique among artists of his generation... ”
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Gilcrease Museum

“ ..While his contemporaries favored a quieter, more idyllic representation of the natural landscape, Payne was devoted to subjects of rugged beauty... ”
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Gilcrease Museum