Gertrude Nason Abstract Oil on Canvas Exhibited National Academy of Design 1957

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Nason studied in Boston at the Massachusetts College of Art under Joseph DeCamp and at the School of the Museum … Read more Nason studied in Boston at the Massachusetts College of Art under Joseph DeCamp and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts under Edmund Charles Tarbell. She lived in Greenwich Village with her husband artist William Donahue, and they had a summer residence in Lyme, Connecticut. She exhibited widely and won numerous honors and awards. During her career she was a member of the Brooklyn Society of Modern Art, the Creative Arts Association, Lyme Art Association, the National Association of Women Artists, and the New York Society of Women Artists. An example of her work hangs in the Florence Griswold Museum in Lyme. This painting was exhibited at the 65th Annual Exhibition of the National Association of Women Artists at the National Academy of Design in 1957.

ARTIST: Gertrude Nason (1890-1969, NYC and Lyme, CT)
TITLE: Sky Rhythms
SIZE: 30” x 40” Outside frame dimensions 37” x 47”
MEDIUM/SURFACE/PERIOD: oil on canvas, c. 1957
SIGNED: (lower right) GERTRUDE NASON
LABELS: Exhibition Label NAWA 65th Annual Exhibition at NAD 1957
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CONDITION: Excellent
RESTORATION: None
FRAME: Shallow cove composition over wood gold-toned frame with foliate decoration at corners and axes See less