HOUSE, Howard Elmer, (American, 1877-1967): ''The Old Live Oaks'', O/Masonite, 13'' x 15 3/4'', signed lower left, period frame with chunk missing in top upper left corner, 18 1/4'' x 21''. House studied at the Chicago Art Institute and the Chicago Academy of Fine Art. His early landscapes were California plain aire influenced, lived in Portland, Oregon.