Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. VERNON NYE (b.1915-present). Born: Batavia, NY. Studied: Mechanics Institute (New York).... Read full biography
Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. VERNON NYE (b.1915-present). Born: Batavia, NY. Studied: Mechanics Institute (New York). Member: American Watercolor Society, Society of Western Artists. Vernon Nye was raised in New York... Read full biography
Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. VERNON NYE (b.1915-present). Born: Batavia, NY. Studied: Mechanics Institute (New York). Member: American Watercolor Society, Society of Western Artists. Vernon Nye was raised in New York State and studied art with Eliot O'Hara, Roy Mason, Ted Kautzky and Harry Anderson. After a successful career working as a book illustrator for the Review and Herald Publishing Association in Washington,... Read full biography
Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. VERNON NYE (b.1915-present). Born: Batavia, NY. Studied: Mechanics Institute (New York). Member: American Watercolor Society, Society of Western Artists. Vernon Nye was raised in New York State and studied art with Eliot O'Hara, Roy Mason, Ted Kautzky and Harry Anderson. After a successful career working as a book illustrator for the Review and Herald Publishing Association in Washington, D.C., he moved to Northern California. He became chairman of the art department at Pacific Union College and began teaching watercolor classes on the Mendocino Coast. He has primarily worked with transparent watercolors and occasionally adds opaque... Read full biography
Biography provided courtesy of "California Watercolors 1850-1970" By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last. VERNON NYE (b.1915-present). Born: Batavia, NY. Studied: Mechanics Institute (New York). Member: American Watercolor Society, Society of Western Artists. Vernon Nye was raised in New York State and studied art with Eliot O'Hara, Roy Mason, Ted Kautzky and Harry Anderson. After a successful career working as a book illustrator for the Review and Herald Publishing Association in Washington, D.C., he moved to Northern California. He became chairman of the art department at Pacific Union College and began teaching watercolor classes on the Mendocino Coast. He has primarily worked with transparent watercolors and occasionally adds opaque colors. In many works, he feels the need for the image to tell a story, so figures are often... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (7)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary
2002
McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last
231 pages (color)
The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993
Southwest Art
126 pages
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
The California Style Watercolor Artists 1925-1955
1985
McClelland, Gordon T; Jay Last
259 pages (color)
Transparent Watercolor Paintings by Members of the West Coast Watercolor Society (Exhibition catalog)