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Paul Sawyier Receipt,
98SC99 Paul Sawyier Receipt, October 21, 1907 Processed by: Staff; machine-readable finding aid created by:Eric Weig Special Collections Special Collections Kentucky History Center Kentucky Historical Society 100 W. Broadway Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 USA Phone: (502) 564-1792, ext.4470 Fax: (502) 564-4701 URL: http://history.ky.gov/ Copyright 2000 Kentucky Historical SocietyLibraries. All Rights Reserved. Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word.Date of source: n.d. Description is in English. Paul Sawyier Receipt, October 21, 1907 Collection number: 98SC99 Contact Information Special Collections Kentucky History Center Kentucky Historical Society 100 W. Broadway Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 USA Phone: (502) 564-1792, ext.4470 Fax: (502) 564-4701 URL: http://history.ky.gov/ Processed by: Staff Date Completed: n.d. Encoded by: Eric Weig Copyright 2000 Kentucky Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. Paul Sawyier Receipt, October 21, 1907 98SC99 Sawyier, Paul 1 item; 21 cm. Fair --> Kentucky Historical Society. Special Collections & Archives. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-1931 Access at KHS only. Use microfilm, transcriptions or images when available. Permission for commercial use must be requested from the Kentucky Historical Society Special Collections. [Identification of item], Paul Sawyier receipt, October 21, 1907, 98SC99,Library Special Collections and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort. Kentucky Historical Society -- Records and correspondence Receipts The painter Paul Sawyier was born in Madison County, Ohio, March 23, 1865, to a family of amateur artists. In 1870, the family moved to Frankfort, Kentucky. Sawyier attended the Cincinnati Art Academy in 1884-85 and then returned to Frankfort in 1886. There he began painting river scenes and landscapes. Sawyier continued his art studies in New York and Cincinnati, then returned again to Frankfort where he concentrated on landscape painting in a variety of media, including his favorite, watercolor. In 1913, he returned to New York and was commissioned to paint for New York art dealer Edward Jackson. His artwork, however, is best known in Kentucky. Popular prints include "Wapping Street Fountain," "The Old Capitol," "Winter in Kentucky," and "Old Covered Bridge." Paul Sawyier died and was buried in Fleischmann, New York, in 1917 but his remains were moved to Frankfort Cemetery in 1923. This collection is a receipt, handwritten and signed, by Kentucky artist Paul Sawyier, given to the Kentucky Historical Society for the purchase of a portrait of Governor Charles S. Scott. Arrangement: Chronological