Thomas Willoughby Nason
1889-1971, American, New England

Approach of Spring
1889-1971, American, New England
Approach of Spring

Etching, image size 4 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches, 1937, edition of 379 for the Society of American Etchers, pencil signed. Called the "poet engraver of New England," Nason's artwork was featured in the show "The Road Less Traveled: Thromas Nason's Rural New England" at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut in 2009.


The Hay Barn
1889-1971, American, New England
The Hay Barn

Engraving done for the Miniature Print Society, image size: 1 7/8 x 3 1/2 inches, pencil signed and dated "1946" lower right. edition of 250. Called the "poet engraver of New England," Nason's artwork was featured in the show "The Road Less Traveled: Thromas Nason's Rural New England" at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut in 2009.

Painting

Setting Sail, Early Morning
1850-1921, American
Setting Sail, Early Morning

Oil on canvas, 12 x 20 inches, 1881, signed and dated, in a period gilt frame. As a young man, Johnson was a sailor and one of only twelve survivors aboard a ship that caught fire and sank of the coast of South Africa. He returned to his native Boston, Massachusetts, and studied art with marine painter William E. Norton. Johnson went on to become very well known for his nautical and marine paintings in the later part of the 19th century.

Print

En Greece
1852-1931, French
En Greece

Lithograph, image size: 11 x 16 1/2 inches, edition of 100, signed in ink

Sculpture

Le Diplomate
b. 1883, Belgian
Le Diplomate

Bronze, 14 1/2 x 4 x 5 inches, signed and dated "11 fevrier 1925," stamped FONRIE NLE DES BRONZES J PETERMANN ST GILLES BRUXELLES