Vintage 1924 Dawson Dawson-Watson Forest Stream Painting

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Vintage 1924 oil on paper painting by Dawson Dawson-Watson (1864–1939) early Texas artist. Signed and dated 1924 in pencil lower … more Vintage 1924 oil on paper painting by Dawson Dawson-Watson (1864–1939) early Texas artist. Signed and dated 1924 in pencil lower right margin. Scene is of a small stream among pink flowering trees, thin application on semi translucent tan paper. Unframed, tape remains on verso. This work is listed in the Dawson-Watson catalogue raisonne, catalogue number C.1924. Dawson Dawson-Watson was British born Impressionist painter who became famous in 1927 for winning the largest cash prize in American Art, the Texas Competitive Wildflower Competition. He was one of the first members of the famous Impressionist colony in Giverny, France and was a prominent teacher in Hartford, Connecticut, St. Louis, Missouri and San Antonio, Texas. less