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Percy A Sanborn

Percy A. Sanborn (1849 - 1929) was active/lived in Maine.  Percy Sanborn is known for Ship portrait, mural, animal portrait.

Percy Sanborn was a multi-faceted artist, especially known for his paintings of ship portraits. He was born in Waldo, Maine but lived most of his life in Belfast, Maine, where he took decorating lessons from William Hall and began his career as a sign and theatrical back drop painter.

To his accomplishments, he added murals, pottery, engraving, and dog and cat portraits. One of his murals is on display at the Ritz Carlton in Boston, and his wood engravings were used by his local newspaper, the "Belfast Republican Journal".

As a violinist he played and conducted with the Belfast Symphonic Orchestra, and also gave lessons to local children.

He was killed in 1929 by a car while crossing a street in Belfast.

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Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"

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7 Book References for Percy A. Sanborn
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1980 Archibald, E H H Dictionary of Sea Painters 455 Yes
1963 Chase, Mary Ellen; Louisa Dresser, Nina Fletcher Little, et all Maine and Its Role in American Art, 1740-1953 178 Yes
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