James Milton Sessions - Watercolor - Tropical Coastal Scene

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color of a quaint coastal scene by prolific artist James Milton Sessions. Born in Rome, New York, James Milton Sessions (1882-1962) was a preeminent watercolorist and commercial illustrator best known for his depictions of maritime subject matter and modern wartime technologies. After attending the Art Institute of Chicago, he began working as a wheelsman aboard the Great Lakes ships from 1906 to 1914. Sessions continued his artistic practice and, during World War II, he worked as an illustrator for the Chicago Tribune where his career accelerated into acclaim. Today, Sessions is remembered as one of the greatest wartime illustrators of his time. After the war, Sessions created illustrations and advertisements for the historically significant Vogue-Wright Studios. He produced calendars for Brown & Bigelow Co. in St. Paul, Minnesota and was featured in Field & Stream, Vintage Magazine and The Saturday Evening Post. A frequent traveler, Sessions loved to document his favorite places, which included the Great Lakes, the American Southwest, and Nova Scotia. His post-war works favor water and urban scenes, illustrating the interactions between daily life and the natural world. Sessions received further attention towards the end of his life when, in 1962, the New York Graphic Society commissioned four works for their print catalog, American Masters Collection. Today, Sessions’ drawings and paintings are memorialized in major collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Sessions destroyed much of his work before his death. Dimensions: Approximately - Frame: 15" W x 12.75" Back contains damaged newspaper photo clipping of the artist