(American/Washington DC, 1879 - 1943)

Country Landscape, signed lower right E Nye, oil on canvas, 37 x 42-1/2 in.; painted wood frame, 42-1/2 x 478-1/2 in.

Provenance: Estate of Gary L. Johnson, Virginia

Note:

Edgar Hewitt Nye worked and taught privately at his studio in Washington D.C. He studied at the Corcoran School and with J.N. Barlow of England. He was a member of the Society of Washington Artists; Washington Watercolor Club; and the Washington Landscape Club. His works were included in exhibitions of the Society of Washington Artists; Corcoran Gallery Biennials, (4 times); Corcoran Gallery (solo, 1922); Washington Watercolor Club (winning prizes in 1926, 1927, 1933, 1937); Gr. Washington Independent Exhibition, 1935 (winning the purchase prize); the Society of Independent Artists; and the Washington Landscape Club. His works are included in the collections of the Phillips Memorial Gallery in Washington, D.C.; the Plymouth Gallery in England; the National Museum of American Art; Georgetown University; Corcoran Gallery of Art; University of Georgia Museum; and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. Edgar Hewitt Nye is listed in Who Was Who in American Art, and McMahan's Artists of Washington, D.C.