1942 Harley Perkins Mid Century Sailing Painting

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Harley Manlius Perkins (1883-1964) "Sailing" gouache on paper, pencil signed, titled and dated August 6, 1942.

Perkins was a member … more Harley Manlius Perkins (1883-1964) "Sailing" gouache on paper, pencil signed, titled and dated August 6, 1942.

Perkins was a member of 'The Boston Five' - a group of modernist painters who created expressive landscapes with an emphasis on a fauvist palette.Other members of this group were: Charles Sidney Hopkinson, Charles Hovey Pepper, Marion Monks Chase, and Carl Gordon Cutler. Beginning in 1920 and over the next 25 years, the group exhibited their works together at the Boston Art Club, Vose Galleries and the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard. less