ARTIST: Walter Franklin Lansil (Massachusetts, Maine, 1846 - 1925)
NAME: Taking a Pilot (titled on verso)
YEAR: 1908
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Minor craquelure. One patch repair with corresponding inpainting.
SIGHT SIZE: 17 x 24 inches / 43 x 60 cm
FRAME SIZE: 21 x 28 inches / 53 x 71 cm
SIGNATURE: lower left and on verso
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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BIOGRAPHY:
Walter Franklin Lansil, born in Bangor, Maine, in 1846, was a marine painter of sailing ships, often in Venetian settings. He worked in a style related to that of contemporary French artist Feliz Ziem, who also painted in that Italian city. Lansil studied in Paris, France, in 1880 at the Academie Julian. A long-time resident of Boston, Massachusetts, he exhibited at the Boston Art Club from 1874-1909, becoming a member in 1877. He also showed at the National Academy of Design, New York City, from 1878-1892, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. One of Lansil's paintings of tall ships is in the collection of the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College.Walter Lansil died in 1925.Walter Lansil was a member of the Boston Art Club and The Society of Sons of the Revolution. Although the New York Times called him in 1897 "the celebrated Venetian painter", he also painted marine scenes, battles, and portraits.