George Savary Wasson (1855 - 1932) Oil on Board, Signed, Measures ( 6.5 x 9.5 inches ) w/frame ( 9 x 12 inches ) A recorder in his paintings of the coastal culture of New England, George Savary Wasson was a boat owner for most of his life and spent much along along the coasts of Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Monhegan Island was a popular destination for him. Many of his paintings are of vessels that were rapidly being replaced by one more powerful. His marine interests were stimulated by his father, David Atwood Wasson, who was a Transcendentalist minister who traveled to Labrador with the painter, William Bradford in 1864. George Wasson lived at Kittery Point, Maine, across from Portsmouth. He studied art at the Royal Academy in Wurttemberg, Germany, and exhibition venues included the Boston Art Club and the Pennsylvania Academy.

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