Sailing on the Chesapeake by Charles Watson (born1857)
Directory: Fine Art: Paintings: Oil: N. America: American: Pre 1900: Item # 1482476
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"Sailing Off Virginia Coast"
Oil on canvas, signed lower right and titled on a paper label on reverse (minor crackalure)
Watson was born in Baltimore, MD. He studied with A. Castaigne, E.S. Whiteman and D. Woodward. A founding member of the Baltimore Charcoal Club, he was also a member of the Baltimore Watercolor Club. Watson exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition in 1906. He is noted for his Tonalist marine paintings where the softly dawnlit skies blend with the pale ocean waters, often with a bare outline of a sailboat.
Source:
Falk, Peter, ed. "Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975"
Ptg, : 16" x 24"
Frame : 20.5" x 28.5"
