GEORGE WHARTON EDWARDS (1869-1950) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN / AMERICAN WATER-COLOR SOCIETY XXX ANNUAL EXHIBITION. 1897. 22x14 inches. Condition B+: losses at corners and along bottom edge; tears (cracks) in margins; printed on board, with a string looped through top margin for hanging. Edwards, who had studied art in Paris and Belgium, brought the European sensibility towards Art Nouveau back with him to America where he became an accomplished book illustrator and watercolorist. Most of the approximately 20 posters he designed were for the Century publishing company. He is also credited with designing the poster for the 18th annual exhibition of the American Water Color Society in 1895 (Kiehl p. 186).
