Lot 216: O'Hara, Eliot

O'Hara, Eliot District of Columbia (1890-1969) CYPRESS SWAMP etching, framed signed, titled & numbered: lower margin in pencil, 18/100 image size: H7 3/4" W5 3/4" *Artist biography: A native of Waltham, Massachusetts, Eliot O'Hara had an early career directed towards joining his father's business, the Waltham Dial Company. However, his artistic talents and love of travel led him to painting worldwide-Russia, India, the Pacific Ocean, and the Western Hemisphere, including the Southwest. He became such a successful teacher that the publishers of "Encyclopedia Britannica" commissioned him to film twenty-four color movies of watercolor instruction. His most famous school, at Goose Rocks Beach, Maine, was destroyed by fire in 1947.