Sparks, Will, 1862-1937

found: California landscape painting reproductions, approximately 1900-1915, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley(Will Sparks)

found: Wikipedia, search November 7, 2019(Will Sparks (February 7, 1862-March 31, 1937) was an American painter; painted the adobe buildings of Spanish missions in California, Arizona and New Mexico, with a focus on colors and nocturnes; born in St. Louis, Missouri; educated at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, the Académie Julian and the Académie Colarossi; upon his return to the United States, he pursued his artistic career in Denver, Colorado, and subsequently settled in San Francisco, California; co-founder of the Hotel Del Monte Art Gallery in Monterey, California in 1907; died at St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Sparks_(painter)