Meet The Artists

WATSON, AMELIA MONTAGUE–Orlando

  Amelia Watson, Pines and Palms, watercolor, 10 3/4 by 12 3/4 inches, signed lower left. Born in 1856 in Connecticut, Amelia Watson first studied with her mother, an amateur…

LA BREE, GUY–Dania, Arcadia

  Guy LaBree, Dania, Everglades Transportation, oil on canvas board, 8 by 10 inches, signed lower right.  In the first grade at Dania Elementary School Guy Labree’s best friends were…

ZIKMUND, MADAM–St. Petersburg

  Madam Zikmund, St. Petersburg, oil on board, 16 by 20 inches, signed lower right.  Petrenella Zikmund, or Madam Zikmund, worked in St. Petersburg from 1939 to 1941. She advertised…

SARGENT, RICHARD–Key West

Richard Sargent, watercolor, Rest Beach, Key West. In 1936 Richard Sargent was a member of the Key West Artists Program. In 1934 Eleanor Roosevelt chose Sargent’s painting Magnolia Gardens for…

SMITH, ERIC JOHAN–Key West

Eric Johan Smith, Key West. Drawing from page 52, Key West in Transition, A Guidebook for Visitors.  Published by Key West Administration, December 1934.   Eric Johan Smith was a…