ARTIST: Edward Arthur Wilson (New York, Massachusetts, 1886 - 1970)
TITLE: Family Dinner
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Some flaking/paint losses (see pictures carefully). Some craquelure. Some scattered inpaintings. Minor damages to frame.
ART SIZE: 30 x 33 inches / 76 x 83 cm
FRAME SIZE: 36 x 39 inches / 91 x 99 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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BIOGRAPHY:
Edward Arthur Wilson, a collection of whose illustrations for books and advertising (The Book of Edward A. Wilson: A Survey of His Work) was published in 1948 by The Heritage Press (associated with The Limited Editions Club) was given the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame Medal in 1962, being among the half dozen or so recipients of this medal. He was made an Associate member of the National Academy in 1948 and his book illustrations were featured in Life magazine (April 23) in 1945. Life called him "of the first rank among modern U.S. book illustrators.Born on March 4, 1886 in Glasgow, Scotland, Mr. Wilson came to the U.S. in 1893. He studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and with the father of modern blockwork illustration, Howard Pyle. Mr. Wilson's first important book illustrations were for a book of sea chanteys, Iron Men and Wooden Ships, published in 1924 by Doubleday, and Full And By (1925), a collection of drinking songs with prefaces byDon Marquis and Christopher Morley, for the same publisher.These were followed by some seventy other books, mainly classics, particularly about the sea, such as Two Years Before The Mast, a limited edition (Lakeside Press, 1930) and Ranging The Maine Coast (W.W. Norton, 1939).Besides book illustration, Mr. Wilson did illustrations for national magazines and many national advertising campaigns. He also did lithographic prints which are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress.Mr. Wilson was a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and of the Society of Illustrators.