Franz A. BischoffPaintings wanted · Steven Stern Fine Arts
Franz A. Bischoff, Rocks and Surf Glistening, oil on canvas
Franz A. Bischoff, Rocks and Surf Glistening, 1924, oil on canvas, 24 x 34 in. Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts.

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Franz A. Bischoff paintings wanted

Steven Stern Fine Arts is buying paintings by Franz A. Bischoff (1864–1929): California coast and canyon landscapes, Arroyo Seco views, rose still lifes and garden scenes. If one hangs in your home or is part of an estate you are handling, we would like to hear about it, in confidence.

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What we are looking for

Every period of Bischoff's California work

After he moved to Southern California in 1906, Bischoff painted a wide range of subjects. We are interested in all of them, finished canvases and small studies alike.

  • Franz A. Bischoff, Roses, oil on canvas

    Roses and flowers

    Still lifes and garden close-ups, the subject that made his name on porcelain.

    Roses, sold by the gallery

  • Franz A. Bischoff, Arroyo, Shade, oil on canvas

    The Arroyo Seco

    Oaks, sycamores and the stream bed near his South Pasadena studio-home.

    Arroyo, Shade, sold by the gallery

  • Franz A. Bischoff, Coastal Dunes, oil on canvas

    The coast

    Laguna Beach, Monterey, Carmel and Cambria, painted through the 1920s.

    Coastal Dunes, sold by the gallery

  • Franz A. Bischoff, San Pedro Fishing Boats, oil on canvas

    Harbors

    Boats, wharves and the working waterfront at San Pedro.

    San Pedro Fishing Boats, sold by the gallery

  • Franz A. Bischoff, Old Baldy, oil on board

    Mountains and desert

    Old Baldy, the Sierra Nevada, the Palm Springs desert and, in 1928, Zion.

    Old Baldy, sold by the gallery

  • Franz A. Bischoff, Plowing the Fields, oil on paper

    Figures and farms

    Rural scenes, field workers and his family in the garden.

    Plowing the Fields, sold by the gallery

Four steps

From first photo to sale

  1. Photograph it

    Front, back and signature, plus a close-up of any label, title or inscription on the reverse.

  2. We study it

    Subject, date, size, support, condition and history, in confidence.

  3. We make a proposal

    A purchase, a consignment or a private placement, explained plainly. You decide.

  4. We see it

    Significant pictures and groups of works can be viewed in person.

Track record

Bischoff paintings the gallery has placed

  • Franz A. Bischoff, Spring Poem Study, oil on canvas on board

    Spring Poem Study

    1915, Oil on canvas on board, 7 x 10 in.

    Sold · Steven Stern Fine Arts
  • Franz A. Bischoff, San Pedro Docks, oil on canvas on board

    San Pedro Docks

    c. 1912–1918, Oil on canvas on board, 7 x 10 in.

    Sold · Steven Stern Fine Arts
  • Franz A. Bischoff, The Groves Were God's First Temple, oil painting

    The Groves Were God's First Temple

    1912–1915, 30 x 34 in.

    Sold · Steven Stern Fine Arts
  • Franz A. Bischoff, Mrs. Bischoff in Her Garden, oil on canvas

    Mrs. Bischoff in Her Garden

    c. 1915, Oil on canvas, 31 x 20 in.

    Sold · Steven Stern Fine Arts
All past Bischoff sales

Why sell your Bischoff to a California specialist?

Franz A. Bischoff is collected by two groups: admirers of American art porcelain, who know him as the "King of the Rose Painters," and collectors of Early California Impressionism, who look for his landscapes and flower paintings in oil. Steven Stern Fine Arts works with the second group every day and has sold a dozen Bischoff paintings, from a 7 x 10 inch study to a 36-inch rose canvas.

Read Bischoff's life and work, or see what drives the value of a Bischoff.

Have a Franz A. Bischoff to sell?

Coast or canyon, roses or garden, large canvas or small study: photograph the front, the back and the signature, and send them to us. We will reply in confidence.

Offer us your Bischoff Call (310) 570-5679