WILLIAM MERRITT POST
1856-1935 A.N.A.
OIL ON CANVAS 24X30. SIGNED LOWER RIGHT. ADMITTED TO NATIONAL ACADEMY IN 1910.
POST WAS A TONALIST KNOWN FOR HIS LANDSCAPES OFTEN
CENTERING ON COUNTRY STREAMS IN AUTUMN. HE WAS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY; AWCS; NY WATERCOLOR CLUB; SALMAGUNDI CLUB;OTHERS.
EXHIBITED AT THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN,1883 1935; BROOKLYN AA;
BOSTON AC; ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO; PAFAA ANNUALS 1892-99;CORCORAN
GAL.; OTHERS.. A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF HIS WORKS WAS HELD AT THE
MATTATUCK MUS.,WATERBURY,CT.DEC.1997-FEB.1998