CARL MICHEL BOOG, Acrylic on Canvas, signature not apparent on piece, label to reverse reads ‘Carle Michel Boog, Afternoon at the the Bay’,subject a group of individuals on a shoreline, measures 31 x 25 inches, window measures 23 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches, ornate gilt and purple toned wooden frame, surface wear and losses to frame, professionally framed, punctured canvas, not examined out of frame. Carl Michel Boog (1877-1966) Born in Lucerne, Switzerland. Studied in Paris with Bonnat and exhibited in the 1904 Paris Salon. Soon afterwards he emigrated to the United States and studied at the Arts Students League in New York. By 1908 he made Brooklyn, New York his home and was a member of the Salmagundi Club, the American Watercolor Society, the Allied American Artists, and the Society of American Artists. He was a WPA artist who did murals of New York City. In addition, he was also known for his outdoor watercolors and oil painitngs of New York parks and cityscapes. He also had a career as an illustrator of children's books. (Artnet)