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Oil on Board, Flowers, Helen Sawyer, Sarasota

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Oil on Board painting , 'Cut Flowers Within a Landscape' by Helen Sawyer, American 1898-1999. Lived in both Cape Cod, MA and Sarasota, FL
Frame: 30.5" L x 1.25" W x 3.5"H
Work: 24.5" L x 18" W
Weight: 6lbs
Condition: very good, no restoration noted

Helen Sawyer (1898-1999), began spending winters in Sarasota during the late 1930's with her husband Jerry Farnsworth. Both were already established as award winning artists and teachers in Cape Cod. During a period of more than fifty years while living in Sarasota, Sawyer continued to show in major exhibits and won awards with paintings hanging in many collections throughout the US including the Carnegie Institute, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Syracuse Univ. in NY, Library of Congress. She also exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, the 1933 and 1939 World's Fair, the Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC and the Ringling Museum of Art. Many people considered Helen to be the "Heart" of Sarasota arts community.

very good condition

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