D. Putnam Brinley, Overhanging Tree (per this auction…
Sunday, April 27th, 2014D. Putnam Brinley, Overhanging Tree
(per this auction listing)
From his Wikipedia entry:
Daniel Putnam Brinley (March 8, 1879 – July 31, 1963) was an American muralist and painter. He was born in Newport, Rhode Island…
In 1904, Brinley married his childhood friend, Kathrine Gordon Sanger, whom he had begun courting during the 1890s. Kathrine would later achieve fame in her own right as an author of travel books. The two of them spent the next four years traveling through Europe, including trips to Rome, Florence, Venice, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. They then spent nearly two years in Paris, where Daniel was influential in organizing the New Society of American Painters in Paris…
During the 1930s Brinley earned considerable fame and profit from his murals. A biographical sketch of Brinley featured in the 22nd edition of Who’s Who in America, issued in the early 1940s, identified him as Republican and of the Episcopalian faith…
Brinley died on July 31, 1963 in New Canaan, following a brief illness. He was survived only by his wife.
He and his wife were married for 59 years. I’m impressed by that.
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