William Posey Silva - "Carmel River"
Painting, Oil on Canvas, 12" x 15".
William Posey Silva's art career came later than usual. Encouraged by his wife, he had retired from his business in 1907 and enrolled at the Academy Julian in Paris as a student of Jean Paul Laurens. He also painted with American artist Chauncey Ryder. Recognition came quickly, and he had his first solo exhibition in 1909 in Paris at the Georges Petit Gallery. That same year he returned to Chattanooga and a moment of great fame was the winning of the silver medal in 1910 at the Appalachian Exposition in Knoxville where he displayed seventy canvases. He then moved to Washington D.C. where he was active in the Society of Washington Artists until he moved to California in 1913.
Memberships include: American Artists Professional League, American Federation of Arts, Salmagundi Club, Southern States Art League,New Orleans Art Association, Chattanooga Art Association, Carmel Art Association. Silva exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery in 1910,Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1912-13 and Southern States Art League, 1927 (prize), 1928 (prize), 1930 (prize), 1932-37.
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