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Antique Venice Canal Painting signed Watercolor#1265445

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Antique Venice Canal Painting signed Watercolor#1265445
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This is one of the most fabulous watercolors I have ever seen! It is signed on the lower right Sidney T. Callowhill and below that it reads - after the picture in national gallery by JMW Turn. It is cut off right at the n in turn and I?m assuming it is referring to the renowned artist Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) British. Sidney Thomas Callowhill (1867-1939) was born in Worcester, England and came to America around 1885. He lived in Brooklyn, NY; Baltimore, MD, and finally Boston, MA, where he died in 1939. By profession he was an Illustrator, painter, designer, and porcelain and glass decorator. His work was exhibited in Soc. of Arts & Crafts, Boston, 1897, 1907, 1917, 1920-22, 1924-27; Lg. Mineral Painters, NYC, 1898; New York Soc. Arts & Crafts, 1925 (solo); National All. Art & Industry, traveling exhibition, 1932; JMW Gallery, 1997 (Objects from the Soc. of Arts & Crafts). He was a member of the Soc. Arts & Crafts, Boston, 1907-27. He was an Illustrator (original watercolors for some lithographed plates), Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews, Golden Flower Chrysanthemum (Boston: Louis Prang & Co., 1890). Son of James Callowhill -married to Vesta E. Callowhill. I can?t say enough about the work in this watercolor ? the detail and colors are fabulous! The artist used several different color hues in this piece everything from a light romantic purple to golden yellow and forest green. As I mentioned earlier the detail is also exceptional the sunset against the water ...
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<tr><td>Condition:very good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:early 1900's</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Antique Venice Canal Painting signed Watercolor</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Northport Maine 04849</td></tr>
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