Robert Shaw Wesson (1902 - 1967) Oil on Canvas, Titled "Old Red Barn" Signed Lower Right, Measures (24 x 30 inches) w/frame (30 x 36 inches) Born in 1902 in Worcester, MA. He was an only child of a housewife and a patent attorney. His dad was in fact the patent attorney for the Bazooka used in WWII. His mother taught him art yet he never went to a formal art school. He was a professional dentist, an accomplished photographer, a fanatical orchid grower and obviously an extremely good artist (my opinion) painting landscapes, sea scenes and portraits. He graduated from Clark College and Harvard University Dental School, Class of 28 and worked professionally, all his life in Kenmore Square, Boston. He painted weekends and every evening after dinner in a studio that was a part of our Wellesley Hills residence. His work stemmed from photographs taken in Northern New England but mostly in Vermont. In his studio he would take from one picture a team of oxen, another a church, a winding brook and bridge and run down barn.

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