James Milton Sessions (1882 - 1962) American

James Milton Sessions (1882 - 1962) American
Watercolor on Paper
Measure 10 1/2"in H x 15"in W and 18"in H x 22"in W with frame

Known for: Outdoor genre, marine, illustration
Biography: James M. Sessions: Born in Albany New York in 1882. Sessions followed his mother's example (She worked for Taft at the White House) and became a painter. He enrolled at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, after which he went on to become a major illustrator of the period and a WW II camouflage expert. Examples of his military paintings are to be found throughout the USA in Naval and Army and Marine Academies. Numerous Corporations own examples such as: Borg Warner, Chicago Tribune Newspaper, J. P. Speed Museum, KY. Many senior military officials also own works by the artist. Of note: James Sessions is the only American artist who at the time of the exhibit, during his lifetime was awarded a show of his painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He later cooperated on the reproduction of many of his best Sporting and Military works while working in Chicago where he died in 1962.
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