Wayne Morrell

Sailing in Rockport Harbour

Signed lower right Bio: Born in Rockport, Massachusetts, Stevens received his initial art training from Parker Perkins, a local marine painter who charged him fifty cents an hour. He later spent four years at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts School, where he studied under Edmund Tarbell, among others. Although influenced by Tarbell, Stevens' wide range of brushstrokes and impressionist style prevented him from being classified as a "Tarbellist," as many of Tarbell's followers were labeled. Stevens joined the Army in 1917 and was sent to Europe where he continued to paint and sketch. Upon his return to the United States, he was pleased to discover that Rockport had become a popular haven for artists. Though he was the only native son among them, such well-known painters as Frank Duveneck, Childe Hassam, Leon Kroll and Jonas Lie also recorded the scenery of Rockport, Cape Ann and Gloucester. In 1921, together with fifty other artists, Stevens founded the Rockport Art Association, primarily to plan exhibitions of the work of outstanding area artists. Throughout the course of his long career, Stevens taught, first in Rockport, then at Boston University (1925-1926) and Princeton (1927-1929). He later gave lessons and held one-man shows in Charlotte and Asheville, North Carolina, where his work was well-received. Southerners particularly enjoyed his views of famous Southern gardens and cities. Though the Depression years were difficult for both the artist and his family, the 1930s did bring Stevens some measure of commercial and personal success. He did a number of covers for "The American Legion Magazine" and won prizes in New Haven, Springfield and Rockport. In 1934, he abandoned Rockport to the growing tourist population and moved to Springfield, and then to Conway, Massachusetts, where he remodeled an old farmhouse and constructed a studio which looked north towards Mount Monadnock...

Signed lower right and dated 1930. Lever’s “Fishing Harbor in Brittany” is as much a scene celebrating the boats and quaint architecture of coastal France, as it is a nod to its ...

Signed and dated 2018 His father nearly sold 5-year- old Erik Johnsen in 1965 for $600. What followed was a chaotic journey into beatings, sexual abuse and groundlessness. Moving co...

Clarence Montfort Gihon (1871 Philadelphia - 1929 France) Gathering Wildflowers on a Breezy Day Oil on Canvas, 39 x 32 inches, 49 ½ x 43 inches frame size Provenance: Sotheby’s 4186,...

This artwork "Sailing Boat at the Pier" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Nantucket artist Gregory Hill, b.1944. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The ...

Mystery American Artist Untitled, c. Early 20th Century Oil on canvas 20 x 23 3/4 in. Framed: 25 3/4 x 29 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. Signed lower right Inscribed verso: Dolitsky "Dolitsky" lik...

A truly masterful depiction of several colorful sail boats in Gloucester Harbor, scene on the reflective water with a glowing sun shimmering through the puffed clouds. An oil on boar...

American Impressionist sketch of an American Yacht moored in a harbor ,CT or MA Charles Bertie Hall painted scenes all over England, Europe, and America in a traditional Impressioni...