Paul Sawyier

Paul Sawyier (March 23 1865 – November 5 1917), one of Kentucky's most renowned artists,cite web | last =Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives | first = | authorlink =| coauthors = | title =The "River Artist" of Kentucky, Paul Sawyier | work = | publisher =Commonwealth of Kentucky | date =2004| url =http://www.kdla.ky.gov/resources/kyriverartist.htm | format = | doi = | accessdate =2007-09-16] was an American impressionist painter.

Early life and education

Sawyier, the son of Dr. Nathaniel and Ellen Wingate Sawyier, was born on March 23, 1865 on his grandfather's farm in Madison County, Ohio. In 1870, he moved with his family to Frankfort, Kentucky.

After high school Sawyier attended the Art Academy of Cincinnati, studying under Thomas S. Noble. In 1889, he furthered his art studies under William Merritt Chase at the New York Art Students League.cite web | last =Paul Sawyier Art Gallery | first = | authorlink =| coauthors = | title =About Paul Sawyier | work = | publisher =Paul Sawyier Galleries, Inc. | date =2002| url =http://www.paulsawyierartgallery.com/About_Paul_Sawyier.aspx | format = | doi = | accessdate =2007-12-19]

Career as artist

Sawyier worked mostly in watercolor and is best known for his scenes in the Frankfort, Kentucky area and New York. Sawyier's paintings are considered historical documentation of the Kentucky River at the turn of the Twentieth Century. In 1893, Sawyier went to the Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition, where some of his works were in the State of Kentucky display.

Later life and death

From 1913 until his death, Sawyier lived in a converted chapel at "Highpoint," the estate of art patron Mrs. Marshall L. Emory in the New York Catskills. On November 5, 1917, at the age of 52, Sawyier died of heart attack. He was buried in a cemetery in Fleischmanns, New York. Later that year, he was interred in the Sawyier-Wingate family plot in the Frankfort Cemetery in Frankfort, Kentucky. At the time of his death it is estimated that he painted 3,000 works, mostly watercolor landscapes.

References

External links

* [http://www.paulsawyierartgallery.com/About_Paul_Sawyier.html Paul Sawyier]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6976337 Paul Sawyier at Find a Grave.com]
* [http://www.kdla.ky.gov/resources/kyriverartist.htm The "River Artist" of Kentucky]