Early 20th Century Antique Original Paul Dougherty Seascape Watercolor on Paper Painting

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Paperboard, Vintage: An original watercolor painting on paper by Paul Dougherty. The painting depicts waves crashing against red rocks and … more Paperboard, Vintage: An original watercolor painting on paper by Paul Dougherty. The painting depicts waves crashing against red rocks and a vegetated coast line in vivid colors. The work is hand signed to the lower left and and presents ready for framing.

Paul Hampden Dougherty (September 6, 1877 – January 9, 1947) was an American marine painter. Dougherty was recognized for his American Impressionism paintings of the coasts of Maine and Cornwall in the years after the turn of the 20th Century. His work has been described as bold and masculine, and he was best known for his many paintings of breakers crashing against rocky coasts and mountain landscapes.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Paul Dougherty became a widely-known painter of dramatic marine scenes and desert landscapes although his family hoped he would become a lawyer.

Following his father who was an attorney, he graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1896 and New York Law School in 1898. But he changed professions to art and studied with Robert Henri and in Europe for five years from 1900 to 1905.

Paul Dougherty then painted along the coast of Maine, and his paintings were compared to those of Winslow Homer. Of his success, John Sloan said: "Everything came to him; all his pictures sold, he won all the prizes. The rich delighted to honor him, and his wives were glamorous" (Falk).

Condition: Overall great condition based on age; minor markings to edges of paper.

Dimensions: 28.0" W x 20.5" H x 0.25" D. less