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"Summer Cottage" 16" x 18" oil on canvas, signed lower left, dated 1941. Recently conserved; original frame. The following biography is from the fineestateart.com website: Many successful businessmen and -women use their weekends and vacations painting various subjects. Gordon Benjamin Mess (born—Cincinnati, Ohio) studied with: The Herron Art School, with Randolph Coats Gaston Balande, Andre Strauss, Jean Despujois, Fountainebleau, France Anthony Theime, Rockport Emile Gruppe, Gloucester Member and past president, Indiana Artists Club; Scottish Rite, Shrine, Caravan Club. Awarded the Muncie Star Prize, Hoosier Salon, 1931: Foulke Prize, Richmond, Indiana 1931: Indiana State Fair, first prize, Fine Arts, oil, 1931: Anonymous Purchase Prize, also Wallace O. Lee Prize, Indiana Artists Club, 1938. Exhibited at Palace of Fontainebleau, France: Alumni: Fountainebleau, New York City; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Herron Art Museum; Cincinnati Art Academy; Hossier Salon; Richmond Art Association; Ball State College: Indiana University; North Dakota State College. Represented in Richmond Art Association; Valparaiso Public Schools; Indianapolis Schools and numerous private collections. To see this biography on our site, visit: https://fineestateart.com/artists/gordon_benjamin_mess