Partridge Hunting
by A. Lassell Ripley (1896–1969)Watercolor on paper
14⅞ x 21 inches
On verso: Original - A. Lassell Ripley / By – (D.R.) –
14⅞ x 21 inches
On verso: Original - A. Lassell Ripley / By – (D.R.) –
Artist Biography
Born in 1896 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Aiden Lassell Ripley developed an affinity for the outdoors at a young age. His subject matter was deeply influenced by his early experience as a sportsman in the wooded landscape surrounding his childhood home. Ripley attended The School of the Boston Museum of Art, where he trained under Phillip Hale and, in 1924, was awarded a Paige Traveling Fellowship, which allowed him to study art in France, Holland and North Africa. It was in these countries that he honed his painting skills and learned to paint in the plein-air style of