Paul Sawyier (1865 - 1917) American
Watercolor on Paper
Measure 8 1/4"in H x 13 1/4"in W and 14 3/4"in H x 19 3/4"in W with frame

Biography: Sawyier worked mostly in watercolor and is best known for his scenes in the Frankfort, Kentucky area and New York. Sawyier is noted for his paintings of the Kentucky and Dix rivers. In 1893, Sawyier went to the Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition, where some of his works were in the State of Kentucky display. Sawyier originals are on display in Frankfort, Kentucky at Liberty Hall & Orlando Brown House, Paul Sawyier Art Gallery, Kentucky History Center, Kings Daughter's Apartments, and at the University of Kentucky Art Museum in Lexington and Speed â€â€¹Ã¢€â€¹Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky. From 1913 until his death, Sawyier lived in a converted chapel at "Highpoint," the estate of art patron Mrs. Marshall L. Emory in the New York Catskills. On November 5, 1917, at the age of 52, Sawyier died of a heart attack. He was buried in a cemetery in Fleischmanns, New York. Five years later, his cousin, Judge Russel McReary, returned Sawyier's body to be reinterred on June 9, 1923 in the Sawyier-Wingate family plot in Frankfort Cemetery in Kentucky. At the time of his death it is estimated that he painted 3,000 works, mostly watercolor landscapes.

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