Originally from Philadelphia, Granville Redmond became prominent as a California Impressionist, bringing the ideas of the Frensh Impressionists to the California countryside.
Like the French Impressionists, and their American east coast contemporaries, the California Impressionists painted on location, looking to capture the visual effects of light and color in the landscape.
Redmond was fascinated, in particular, by the abundance of California wildflowers, painting scenes of rolling hills ablaze with color.
Redmond was deaf from an early age, and studied at the California School for the Deaf. There, he was encouraged to pursue his artistic interests. In later life, he was a part time actor, appearing at times with his friend Charlie Chaplin.
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