biography of Edmund Sears SAYER (1878-?)

Birth place: Meadville, PA

Death place: San Diego, CA

Addresses: Wash., DC, active mid 1930s; San Diego, CA

Profession: Marine painter, illustrator, craftsperson

Exhibited: Soc. Indp. A.; ASL, Wash., DC; Golden Gate Expo., 1939.

Member: Spanish Village A. Assn.; Las Surenos A. Assn., San Diego.

Work: LOC; NYPL; album of 10 historical ships, text, poems and illustrations: U.S. Naval Acad., Annapolis, Md., Naval War College, Newport, RI; Naval Records, U.S. Navy Dept., Wash., DC and NY.Hist. Lib.; President's Study, White House; rotunda, Navy Dept., Wash., DC; Naval Training Station, San Diego; San Diego Am. Legion Post

Comments: He was either a career naval officer or an employee of the Navy Dep. in Wash., DC, NYC, and San Diego, CA, as his known works all relate to naval themes.

Sources: WW40; Hughes, Artists in California, 492; McMahan, Artists of Washington, DC