Antique Edmund Darch Lewis Signed Boat at Sea Impressionist Watercolor on Paper Painting

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A traditional antique watercolor on paper depicting a boat at sea by Edmund Darch Lewis. Signed on the bottom right … more A traditional antique watercolor on paper depicting a boat at sea by Edmund Darch Lewis. Signed on the bottom right and dated 1867. Edmund Darch Lewis (1835-1910) was an American landscape painter known for his prolific style and marine oils and watercolors. Lewis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a well-to-do family. He started training at age 15 with German-born Paul Weber of the Hudson River School. Began exhibiting at the age of nineteen, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and continued to do so until 1891. From a private collection. Dimensions: 26”h x 38.5”w x 1”d (framed). In good vintage condition consistent with age. less