Beautiful Joseph Henry Sharp oil canvas, it has some signs of wear and tear. Frame: 21 x 17 inches, art: 18 x 14 inches. Provenance: private owner.
Biography: 1859 - 1953. Born in Bridgeport, OH on Sept. 27, 1859, Joseph Henry Sharp was raised in Ironton and Cincinnati. He began art studies at the Cincinnati Art Academy at age 14. In 1882 he was a pupil of Charles Verlat in Antwerp; the following year he made his first trip to the West to sketch the Indian tribes of New Mexico, California, and the Columbia River..

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