Steven Stern Fine Arts · Los Angeles
We buy Joseph Kleitsch paintings
If you own a painting by Joseph Kleitsch (1882–1931), or are settling an estate that includes one, Steven Stern Fine Arts would like to hear from you. Every inquiry is confidential, and we will talk you through the options to sell or consign.
Not sure what you have? Read how Joseph Kleitsch paintings are valued.
Why owners call us
A California Impressionist specialist for your Kleitsch
We know his work
The gallery has sold Kleitsch oils on canvas from his Laguna Beach years of the early and mid-1920s, from a small view of Heisler Park to a large autumn canyon. All appear below.
Confidential from the first call
Owners, families, estates and advisors contact us privately. We never publish owners' or buyers' names, and we do not shop your painting around.
More than one way to sell
Steven Stern Fine Arts buys, sells, consigns and advises, so we can discuss a direct purchase, a consignment or a private sale, depending on the painting.
The process
Selling a Joseph Kleitsch, step by step
Photograph it
The front, the whole back, and the signature and date. Note any title, place name or label on the reverse.
Private evaluation
We look at the subject, date, medium, size, condition and history of the painting.
Discuss the options
Purchase, consignment or private sale. We talk through what makes sense for the painting and for you.
In-person viewing
For significant works and collections, the gallery travels to see paintings and meet owners.
Recent placements
Joseph Kleitsch paintings we have sold
Boathouse at Canyon Cove
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
Heisler Park
Sold by Steven Stern Fine ArtsMission Canyon
Sold by Steven Stern Fine Arts
Who buys Joseph Kleitsch paintings?
Kleitsch's buyers are mainly collectors of California Impressionism and of the Laguna Beach art colony, along with institutions. Trained in Europe as a portrait and figure painter, he arrived in Laguna Beach in 1920 and painted its streets, coves and canyons with a colorist's daring that critics noticed at once.
His work runs from portraits and interiors to the Laguna landscapes and views of Mission San Juan Capistrano that are the core of his reputation. The right route to market depends on what you own. A dealer who knows the field can tell you whether your painting is best bought outright, consigned, or placed privately. Read more about Kleitsch's life and work.