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Catalog Number |
1976.1.2451 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Date |
1950s-1970s |
Title/Pattern |
Silver Birches |
Artist/Author/Creator |
Marjorie Randolph Van Wickle Lyon |
Description |
Watercolor painting titled "Silver Birches" by Marjorie Van Wickle Lyon. Painting depicts a stylized landscape in the fall with birch trees and a background of fall foliage. Colors are copper, bronze, yellow, and green. There is a second "Silver Birches" painting, 1976.1.2456 As a child Marjorie took painting lessons one summer with Mrs. Lulu Pratt, and another with Hannah Drury, both of Bristol. One of her earliest watercolors was done in 1897 when she was 13. Another watercolor dates to around 1900 when she was 16 years old. Marjorie's love of painting blossomed in her late 60's after her husband, George Lyon, died. |
Materials |
Canvas/Wood |
Condition |
Good |
Associated with |
Marjorie Randolph Van Wickle Lyon |
Search Terms |
Art Landscape Watercolor Tree Painting Artwork |
Catalog Sub-category |
Art |