Frank Moss Hamilton, Blind Beggar, 1959

This artwork titled “Blind Beggar” 1959 is a watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on board by noted California artist Frank Moss Hamilton, 1930-1999. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 26.5 x 9.85 inches, framed size is 34.75 x 18 inches. Custom framed in a wooden hand painted light brown frame, with of white matting. It is in excellent condition.

About the artist:

From Kansas City, Missouri, Frank Moss Hamilton became a noted watercolor painter in California, where he lived in Cambria. He was a teacher at the San Francisco Art Institute.

Between the 1940s and 1970s, he had one-man exhibitions in Laguna Beach at the Festival of the Arts, winning first place awards 1963 to 65. He also exhibited in New York City, at Humboldt State College, the Franklin Mint Yearly Western Show where he won first prize in1972, and the Richmond Art Center.

Hamilton was a member of the California Watercolor Society. He studied at the University of Kansas and Stanford University, earning a degree in architecture. He also studied watercolor painting with Eliot O’Hara.Continue Reading