SEARS GALLAGHER 1869-1955

Size:  16 x 22  site
Medium:  watercolor
Sign:  lower left
 
Of the first generation Boston School, only the names of Frank Benson and Gallagher are synonymous with mastery of both watercolor and etching. Unfortunately, Gallagher's entire collection was placed in storage after his death. Consequently, the names of the second generation of Boston School watercolorists who grew up admiring Gallagher are better known to us today - artists such as John Whorf [1903-1959] and A. Lasell Ripley [1896-1969]; or the New Yorker, Ogden Pleissner [1905-1983]. Now, we are pleased to present the re-discovery of Sears Gallagher, an artist who was lauded during his lifetime as one of the great watercolor painters and master etchers of his era.