April 17, 2024
Richard Francis Lahey, (American, 1893-1979) Modernist, WPA, Maine, 6 works
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Richard Francis Lahey (American 1893-1979) 6 worksModernist Scenes Scene of Ogunquit Artists - 5 1/4" x 8 1/4" Lighthouse Sketch - Kittery Light, 9" x11" pencilLighthouse Sketch, 8" x 10" pencilScenes of Ogunquit on envelope with Ogunquit postal mark, drawings on both sides, 7 1/4" x 8 1/4"Boats in Ogunquit Harbor, Watercolor and pencil, 7 1/4" x 8 1/4" Lighthouse, pencil and watercolor, some losses, 10 1/2" x 14"UnframedAn active member of the Ogunquit Artist Colony in OgunquitMaine.Five wonderful pieces by the renowned artist andeducator, Richard Francis Lahey. Lahey studied for four years with Robert Henri and George Bridgman at the Art Students League and then traveled to Europe where he continued his artistic training. He was asked to teach at the Art Students League which he did for the next ten years before becoming the head principal of the Corcoran Art School in Washington D.C. He was also a professor at Goucher College for twenty years and taught at the Laurant summer school in Ogunquit, Maine. He was in every major survey of American art during the 30’s and 40’s. He was profiled in Life magazine in article that was a overview of the best in American painting. During the depression he completed a WPA mural in Brownsville, PA. He was awarded The Beck Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1929; Tuthill Prize, The Art
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