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John Rutherford Boyd
Flowers: Aquilegia and Delphinium - American impressionist watercolor on paper

1930

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Watercolor on paper, 25 x 40 inches, 32 X 47 (Framed) Signed and dated at lower right: "RUTHERFORD BOYD 1930" Label on verso: Hirschl & Adler label: #APG18383D Inscribed in pencil on fragment of former backing (?) : "AQUILEGIA & DELPHINIUM/RUTHERFORD BOYD" John Rutherford Boyd, known simply as Rutherford Boyd, was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts before moving to New York City and attending the Art Students' League. He worked as an illustrator before turning to the fine arts and becoming a painter, sculptor, and art teacher. He exhibited mostly at the Art Institute of Chicago, and won prizes at the Dallas Art Association in 1940 and the Southern States Art League in 1941. Boyd was a member of the American Watercolor Society, the Salmagundi Club, and the Architectural League of New York. Late in life he settled in Leonia, New Jersey.
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