Signed at lower right: Louis Paul Dessar
Louis Paul Dessar, who was born on January 22, 1861, in Indianapolis, Indiana; died 1952 in Preston, Connecticut. Dessar is best known for his Tonalist agrarian paintings, with farmers and their animals working in the fields.
He graduated from the National Academy of Design in New York after completing study at City College. Later he traveled to Europe to study under William Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury at the French Academy and Ecole de Beaux-Arts in Paris. Dessar returned to New York City in 1892 where he made his living as a painter. He was a member of a cadre of Tonalists that included Sergei Bogert, Robert Minor Sr, and Frederic Kost.
Dessar became a member of the Salmagundi Club in 1895; Society of American Artists in 1898; an Associate to the National Academy, a member of the Lotus Club in 1900; and a member of the National Academy in 1906. He was awarded the Third Class medal at the Paris Salon of 1891, and a medal at the Colombian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. He was awarded honorable mention at the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburg in 1897; the second Hallgarten Prize at the National Academy in 1899; and the first Hallgarten prize in 1900. He again was awarded a Bronze medal at the Pan-Am Exposition in 1901 and Silver in the Charleston Exposition.
Item Date: 1902
Measurement: Frame: 19.25" x 16"; View: 13.25" x 10"
Material: Oil on academy board
Item Condition: Excellent
Price: $1,150
SKU 1458-3
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