P.063 Leo B. Blake, "Sunlight Through the Friendly Old Tree"signed l.l.,  with Berkshire Studio labels and title handwritten on verso in gold leafed frame

Sight Dimensions: H: 16 in.    W: 18 in.   

Leo B. Blake

Painter,Teacher, Lecturer, Illustrator, Berkshire, Ma., b. Galesburg, Ill. 1887, d. 1976. 
Studied: Art Institute of Chicago; Alfred East, W.J.Reynolds, Birge Harrison.
Member: Salmagundi Club, North Shore AA; Ct. Academy of FA, New Haven Paint and Clay Club.
Exhibited: Ill. Acad.FA,1931 (prize); New Haven PCC, 1942 (prize); CAFA, 1939 (prize); Salmagundi C, 1942 (prize); Ma. Fed.Women's Cl., 1943 (prize), 1944, (prize); Art Institute of Chicago,1910, 1911; Chicago SA; North Shore AA; Syracuse Univ.; Williams College; Berkshire Mus.A.;Springfield AL; Phila. A.All.
Source: Falk, Who Was Who in American Art, 1985