Blue Sails

Catalog no. 0000709

MediumOil on Canvas
Size18 x 24 Inches
SignedSigned LR: Jonas Lie
DateCirca 1920

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About the artist

Primarily a landscape painter, Jonas Lie was born in Oslo, Norway and immigrated to the United States in 1893 with his family. His father’s death when Lie was 12 and subsequent financial misfortune required that Lie start working at 17. He spent nine years designing calico shirts at a cotton mill, continuing his art studies at night at the National Academy of Design, then later at Cooper Union and at the Art Students League. In 1906, after a trip to Norway, Lie decided to quit the mill and try making a living as a full time artist and art teacher. As Lie’s fame grew, he was able to…

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