William Lester Stevens | Collectors Weekly

vetraio50 loves this.

Bronmar loves this.

GianaZ loves this.

Vynil33rpm loves this.

Leelani loves this.

Merrill33 loves this.

vinetia loves this.

Newfld loves this.

sherilu loves this.

vcal loves this.

helsinger loves this.

fortapache loves this.

rgrebov loves this.

Posted 2 days ago

lundy
(265 items)

Hello would anyone know anything about this william Lester Stevens watercolor 17x24 estate find Northeast Boston thank you

Help us close this case. Add your knowledge below.

keramikos, 17 hours ago
Hey, Lundy. :-)

Good painting. I like the reflection on the water.

I think I found the previous owner via Google Lens, but I won't link it here, because: 1) it's F-Book 2) it doesn't really shed any light on the painting.

You're actually ahead of the game, because your WLS painting is dated, so at least you have some idea of the age of the artist when he painted it, and where he was at in his life:

About William Lester Stevens:

https://www.cincyart.com/19th-20th-century-qs/william-lester-stevens

https://www.arteforeverybody.com/w-lester-stevens

So Stevens was about 34 years old when he painted your harbor scene, and was probably still living in the Cape Ann area. He lived to a pretty ripe old age, and was prolific (about 5,000 paintings).

I myself am crazy about that WLS picture of the village church at the cincyart link, perhaps because it looks like a palette knife painting.

Create an account or login in order to post a comment.

William Lester Stevens
All items9 of 247150