ARTIST: Carlton Byron Plummer (Massachusetts, Maine, 1929 - 2020)
TITLE: Market (titled on label)
MEDIUM: watercolor on paper
CONDITION: Very good. Framed under glass.
ART SIZE: 4 x 5 inches / 10 x 12 cm
FRAME SIZE: 9 x 10 inches / 22 x 25 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
PROVENANCE: Miniature Art Sociery of NJ Exhibition (has label on verso)
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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BIOGRAPHY:
Carlton Plummer, AWS, was born in Brunswick, on the coast of Maine in 1929, and spent his formative years growing up on a farm with his paternal grandparents, aunt and uncle, and his father. His mother died when he was 16 months old. His artistic ability was obvious by age five and was nurtured by family encouragement and books on creating cartoons given to him by his father.Taught: Chelmsford High School, Chelmsford, MA, art teacher; University of Lowell, Lowell, MA, painting professor (full); various watercolor workshops with his wife around the US; Department of Military Art, Army Combat Art program as a civilian painter.Students:Member: American Watercolor Society, New York, NY, signature member; Allied Artists of America, New York, NY; Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, non-resident artist member (1976-2020), emeritus member; Miniature Artists of America, Clearwater, FL, member; Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA; Rocky Mountain National Watermedia, Golden, CO, member; New England Watercolor Society, Boston, MA, member, past president; Northeast Watercolor Society, Kent, CT, member; National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylics, New York, NY, member;Exhibited with: American Watercolor Society, New York, NY, member; Allied Artists of America, New York, NY; Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, non-resident artist member (1976-2020), emeritus member; Royal Academy of Miniaturism in London; Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia; Winter Olympics in Nagano City, Japan;Awards: Vesper George School of Art, Boston, MA, won outstanding student award in Illustration;Milestones: Won more than 150 national awards for his art; Vietnam Veteran of US Army, drafted into "Special Services"; Loved skiing, hiking, mountain climbing, playing tennis; grew up on a farm with his paternal grandparents, aunt and uncle, and his father, his mother died when he was sixteen; Loved to draw animals due to growing up on the farm; Met his wife Joan at Vesper George School of Art, Boston, MA; Paintings appear in more than 20 painting books and in numerous art magazine articles.