ARTIST: Sara Mae Hess (New York, California, Illinois, 1875 - 1960)
NAME: River Landscape
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Some paint losses - mostly in sky area (see pictures carefully). No visible inpaint under UV light.
SIGHT SIZE: 25 x 30 inches / 63 x 76 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)
SIGNATURE: lower right
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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BIOGRAPHY:
Sara Mae Hess was born on February 25, 1875 in Troy Grove, Illinois, the daughter of Abraham Hess and Sarah Jane Foulk Hess. Her older brother was Harvey Hess..Ms. Hess lived in Troy Grove until she was 19, when she went to the Art Institute of Chicago to study. After her graduation, she studied in Paris, France for three years, where she won the first award in the American Women Artists Association.Before opening her own studio in New York, Sara Hess was an art supervisor in the public schools of Benton Harbor, Michigan and in Gary, Indiana. In her later years, Ms. Hess resided in San Diego, California, where she continued to paint her well-known flower and landscape pictures. She died on May 30, 1960 in San Diego.In the late 1940's and early 1950's, Ms. Hess' work was shown in many national exhibits including those of the American Artists in Chicago and St. Louis, the National Academy of Design and the National Association of Women Artists. She is represented in many collections throughout the country. One of her last known exhibits was in Rockford, Illinois, her home state.