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Catalog Number |
1976.1.2468 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Date |
1950s-1970s |
Title/Pattern |
Greek Theater, Tamormina |
Artist/Author/Creator |
Marjorie Randolph Van Wickle Lyon |
Description |
Watercolor painting titled "Greek Theater, Taormina" by Marjorie Van Wickle Lyon. Painting depicts Greek ruins in Taormina, Sicily. Tall imposing columns atop a magnificent base . Painting also shows brick repair work . Ruin is surrounded with row of cypress trees . Colors are white, tan, blue and green. Painting was exhibited at the Copley Society of Boston in 1963. 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 Italy |
Catalog Sub-category |
Art |