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THBJohn Swan (b. 1948) Tails
About Seller
65 Sharp Street
Hingham, MA 02043
United States
Copley Fine Art Auctions is the world's leading American sporting art auction company. Located in Hingham, MA, Copley specializes in antique decoys and 19th- and 20th-century American, sporting, and wildlife paintings. Principal Stephen O'Brien Jr., a fourth-generation sportsman with a refined colle...Read more
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LiveFeb 17, 2017 - Feb 18, 2017
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John Swan (b. 1948)
Tails
signed "John Swan" lower right
oil on canvas, 20 by 30 in.
John Swan is the 2017 Featured Artist for The Bonefish and Tarpon Trust. 50% of the proceeds from the sale of "Tails" will go directly to BTT, whose mission is to conserve and enhance global bonefish, tarpon, and permit fisheries and their environments through stewardship, research, education, and advocacy. The BTT serves as a repository for information on the life history of these species and works internationally with anglers, guides, scientists, regulators, and the public to nurture and enhance fish populations.
John Swan was born and raised in Maine and studied at the University of New Hampshire. In the 1980s, Swan was painting local rural landscapes until he completed a fly fishing painting that appeared on the cover of "Gray's Sporting Journal". This early success with a sporting scene ensured that hunting and fishing subjects would be an integral part of Swan's work in the years to come.
Considered one of America's foremost sporting and wildlife artists, Swan is equally adept in watercolor and oils. His paintings bring to life fishing and hunting trips to places as far afield as the bonefishing mecca of The Bahamas and Canada's Gaspe Peninsula, also a favorite sporting haunt of renowned impressionist Frank W. Benson (1862-1951). "I paint wherever I can fish," he admits. The result is a body of spectacularly immediate works set in the world's premier sporting destinations.
Based on firsthand experience, and often created en plein air, Swan's paintings are imbued with freshness: the energy of a tarpon struggling against the line or the quietude of a hunter's early dawn preparations.
Among his distinctions are one-man shows at the American Museum of Fly Fishing, the King Gallery of New York, and the Stephen O'Brien Jr. Fine Arts Gallery of Boston. His awards include being named Artist of the Year three times by the Atlantic Salmon Federation as well as being the Ducks Unlimited International Artist of the Year in 1987. He has illustrated numerous books including Joseph Bate's classic "Atlantic Salmon Fishing" and Thomas McGuanes's anthology "Live Water".Condition
Condition report requests can be made via email or by telephone (info@copleyart.com or 617.536.0030). Any condition statement given is a courtesy to customers, Copley will not be held responsible for any errors or omissions. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition.
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