ARTIST: Nunzio Vayana (Florida, Maine, Italian, 1878 - 1960)
TITLE: Autumn River Landscape
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Some flaking/paint losses mostly in the upper left quadrant (see pictures carefully). Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 24 x 30 inches / 60 x 76 cm
FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)
SIGNATURE: lower right
LOCATION: This lot is located at our Dania Beach, FL office.
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer
SKU#: 133208
US SHIPPING: $129 + insurance.

BIOGRAPHY:
Nunzio Vayana. It is not widely known that Italian-American artist Nunzio Vayana (1878-1960) was involved in the development of camouflage during World War I. Beginning in May 1918, while living and teaching near South Glastonbury CT, he worked with two other artists, Albertus Jones and James Goodwin McManus, and with students in a sketching class to apply paint in such a way as to "conceal something by making it look like nothing." They claimed that this was better than the commonly-practiced alternative of making something appear to look like something else. They announced that they were "willing to enter the service of the government to demonstrate the worth of their theory in any way it can be worked out."