Lot 506: Byron Bennett Boyd (American, b.1887), "Iowa Landscape", c.1930; oil/canvas, 28" x 36", signed,

excellent original carved frame. Des Moines, IA painter. Boyd studied at Colorado University, Columbia University, and the National Academy of Design, with Jean Manheim and Harry Leith-Ross. He was a member of the Des Moines Association of Fine Artists, Chicago Gallery Association, and the Iowa Art Club (president, 1928-32). He exhibited at the Iowa Art Salon (1930s); Iowa Artist Club, Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. He also served as director of the art department at Drake University.