Granville Richard Seymour Redmond, 'the California Landscape'

Granville Richard Seymour Redmond was a gifted painter from the start, however from a very young age he was struck with scarlet fever and after the age of 3, he was found to be deaf. The family moved to San Jose, California to help him at the California School for the Deaf. His talent for drawing was noticed straight away and found very helpful instructors and later was able to receive training with Arthur Mathews. Afterward, he won a scholarship to study in Paris at Academie Julian. Eventually, upon return to America, he settled in L.A. and became noticed by the famous silent screen actor Charley Chaplin. Chaplin gave Redmond use of a studio on his lot and also became a patron. Redmond was also included in some of the films and was an advisor to Chaplin. The landscape works of Redmond have become highly collectible and his talent demonstrated he was able to paint the West Coast with feeling and clever technique.

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