Helen Alton Farnsworth Sawyer (1900 - 1999) Painting of sailboats in a Florida harbor, most likely Sarasota. Signed lower left. Mixed media/Paper. Sawyer's painting career is primarily associated with Cape Cod where from 1933, she and her husband (Artist Jerry Farnsworth) founded an art school, which in 1940, they had near their home at North Truro. In 1943, they also founded an art school in Sarasota, Florida where the Ringling Brothers Circus had their headquarters. Sawyer was elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1937 and an Academician in 1950. She was also a member of the National Association of Women Artists, the National Arts Club, Washington Society of Artists, the Hudson Valley Art Association, Washington Art Club; Yonkers Art Association, New York; and Provincetown Art Association, Massachusetts. She regularly exhibited with those groups as well as venues including the Pennsylvnaia Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery, Ringling Museum and Atlanta Museum. Her work was included in the "American Art Today" New York World's Fair exhibit in 1939 and the 1933-34 Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago.
Sight Size: 11.5 x 10 in. Overall Size: 22.25 x 21 in. Framed behind glass.
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