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Arnold Warburton Lahee (VT 1888-1976) Bird Hunters

Sold for $50 at Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers on Jul 10, 2026.

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Arnold Warburton Lahee (Vermont 1888-1976) Bird Hunters oil on canvas- signed lower right 24 x 30" 33 x 39" as framed. Lahee attended Harvard and became an economist and professor of economics. Lahee published several studies and the books: Our Competitors and Markets and Trends in Foreign Trade of the United States. At 50 years of age, during the Great Depression, Lahee lost his position as an economist and began painting. He took several cross country trips, backpacking into wilderness areas to paint. Primarily using a pallet knife, he captured scenes from the East Coast to Mexico, including the Badlands, Grand Canyon, and parts of Canada. Lahee studied with Frank Dumond, Alphonse Shelton and Wayman Adams and began exhibiting and selling his work. His paintings have been shown at the Smithsonian Institution, The Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bowers Memorial Museum in California, the Copini Museum in San Antonio, Texas, and others. His works were among those of twenty five artists selected by the American-European Cultural Exchange to travel throughout Europe. Dr. Lahee received a Gold Medal from the American Artists' Professional League in the mid-1960's. He moved to Northfield, Vermont, where he continued to paint and exhibit until his death in 1976.

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