CHARLES SAWYER Signed Hand Painted Photograph, signature to lower right reads Sawyer, subject a waterfall flowing through a rock formation, measures 15 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches, wooden frame, surface wear to frame, not examined out of frame, One of the most distinctive traits of artist Charles Sawyer was the way he recreated natures colorful spectrum throughout his work. Sawyer was a New York Tribune artist in the late 1890s, and trained under Wallace Nutting, another pioneer of hand-painted photography. Charles Sawyers photography became innovative for its black and white and sepia imagery, enhanced by touches of applied color - Mutual Art Charles Sawyer, signed, photograph, hand painted photography, nature photography, watercolor painting, wall art, artwork, antique, home decor. 2