Leopold Hugo California Pictoralist photograph circa 1920. An original silver gelatin print in an original frame, signed in pencil in right corner. Hugo is considered one of the finest & earliest of The California Pictoralist photographers and this is an especially moody print of this image. Image examined out of frame, excellent condition and new acid-free backing inserted as well as non-reflective museum glass. Measures 11.25” wide and 14.25” tall. SOLD
German-born Leopold Hugo settled with his wife in La Jolla, California, in 1907. They opened a grocery store, but by 1911 Hugo had hung out his shingle as a photographer of landscapes and nature studies. He worked in the soft-focus Pictorialist style, using waxed-paper negatives to enhance the atmospheric effects in his prints.Six years later the Hugos relocated north to Santa Cruz, where Hugo opened a studio and became known locally for his photographs of cypress and eucalyptus trees along the Monterey coast. In 1929 he returned to La Jolla and re-established his studio there.
