Paul Blaine Henrie (1932-1999) SOLD

Here is a very beautiful original Vintage oil painting by the distinguished California artist PAUL BLAINE HENRIE (1932-1999). Painted on stretched canvas measuring 30" X 48". The original frame measures 31 1/2" X 49 1/2" end to end. Titled and signed on the reverse "A WALK ON THE BEACH ~ P.B. Henrie", and signed on the front lower left corner "Paul Blaine Henrie". We found the original purchase receipt stuck in the back stretcher bars that show it was originally purchased from the "BEVERLY HILLS GALLERY in 1974 for $210". I have to say that this is the nicest Henrie painting I have ever seen. The color and scenery is spectacular. VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL!!!

Paul Blaine Henrie (1932-1999)... Born: Tampa, FL

Member: Laguna Beach Art Association, Carmel Art Association.

Blaine McKinley Henrie grew up in Florida and began his art career during his teenage years. After serving in the United States Marine Corps, he traveled to Chicago, New York City and New Orleans working as a mural artist. By the mid 1950s, he had settled in California. He lived in Carmel at first, and then moved to Laguna Beach. After opening a gallery at Main Beach in Laguna, Henrie became well-known for his watercolors depicting local coastline scenes and views of places he had traveled including Tahiti, Mexico and Hawaii. During the 1950s and early 1960s, he signed his art Blaine or Paul Blaine. After 1961, he signed it Paul Blaine Henrie. In addition to producing watercolors, oil paintings and prints, Henrie authored two art instruction books.

Biographical information:

Interview with Paul Blaine Henrie, 1997.

Biography provided courtesy of “California Watercolors 1850-1970” By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last.