ARTIST: Harry Reynolds Thomas (New York, Maine, Delaware, 1927 - 1991)
NAME: Country Landscape
MEDIUM: watercolor on paper
CONDITION: Excellent. Framed under glass.
SIGHT SIZE: 11 x 19 inches / 27 x 48 cm
FRAME SIZE: 17 x 25 inches / 43 x 63 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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BIOGRAPHY:
Painter and sculptor. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Anna F. and Harry R. Thomas. The family resided on West Fourteenth Street in Wilmington, Delaware, where his father was a butcher with his own retail store. Reynolds Thomas studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and the Instituto Nacional De Bellas Artes in Mexico.At one time, Reynolds Thomas resided in Huntington, Long Island, New York, before he later moving up to Maine. His works were a long time feature of the Country Art Gallery, which was first located in Westbury and then later in Locust Valley, Long Island.In addition to Long Island, Thomas also lived and worked in Genoa, Italy, and in Maine.Reynolds Thomas is a member of the American Water Color Society, New York. He holds an honorary degree from the Academica Tiberina, located in Rome, Italy, which was awarded in 1972. He has won several prizes during his long career, including the Thouron Prize from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, in 1952 and again in 1954; the International Grand Prix de Rome, in 1971; the International Grand Prize and Trophy, La Stanza Letteraria, Rome, Italy, in 1972; and the International Contemporary Art Prize, presented in Monte Carlo, Monaco, also in 1972. Thomas was widely exhibited both in American and overseas during his career. A number of his works reside in public and private collections, which include: Collection of the late Princess Grace de Monaco (portrait, 1971), Royal Palace, Monte Carlo, Monaco; Delaware Art Center, Wilmington, DE; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE; Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME; Hempstead Bank, Long Island, NY; Northern Indiana Art Association, Hammond, IN; Northern Trust, Chicago, IL; Texas Instruments; The Garcia Ski Corporation, Tea Neck, NJ; The Vatican (two portraits of Pope Paul VI); Wilmington Trust Company, Delaware; and others. The largest number of his works reside in private collections throughout the United States and Europe.