Lot 252
Original oil on canvas by celebrated Massachusetts artist Thomas Akin. This is an original oil on canvas showing a seascape with 2 men on burros, and it came from a Virginia estate. It measures 17in x 21in x 1in, it is signed and framed. There is a handwritten inscription on the back that states Along the crater edge there in the Isles of Greece. Painted by Thomas B. Akin from National Geographic Magazine. 1945.
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Provenance:
- This painting came from a Virginia Estate Dimensions:
- 12in x 17in x 1in Artist Name:
- THOMAS AKIN Medium:
- Oil on Board Circa:
- 1945 Notes:
- About The Artist: Thomas Bryant Akin, eldest son of Francis Taber Akin, was born in the city of New Bedford Jan. 10, 1866. He received his educational training in the public and high schools, also the Lowell School of Design, connected with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of Boston, where he graduated in 1887. He accepted a position with the American Decorative Company, of Boston, with whom he was employed for four years. In 1890 he went to Europe for that firm and transacted business for them in Belgium and England. In 1891 he returned home to New Bedford and entered the employ of Hart & Akin, of which firm his father was the junior member, and there he continued until the death of Colonel Hart, when he became a member of the firm, and has been for the last sixteen years associated with his father and brother in the business under the firm name of F.T. Akin & Co. Mr. Akin is a man of enterprise and progress, who gives close attention to business, and it is to his energy that much of the success of the business is due. He is a member of the American Society of Testing Materials, also member of the State Association of Painters and Decorators, in which he held the office of president and is now a member of the executive committee; he is a member of the International Association of Painters and Decorators. Mr. Akin married Jan. 9, 1907, Lluewellyn Hathaway, and two children have been born to them, Francis Taber (born March 28, 1909) and Bryant Hathaway (July 13, 1910). He is a member of the Unitarian Church. Domestic in his tastes, he takes great pleasure in his home and family. Condition:
- Excellent
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