"Salmon Boats, St. Mary River" Print

A print of Joseph Crilley’s colorful piece “Salmon Boats, St. Mary’s River.” 142 out of 300 printed. 25.75”W X 19.5” H

“Joseph Crilley was born in Philadelphia and spent many hours of his youth at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, each a four mile walk from his home. His work was first published in 1938, a black and white wash self-portrait as a Boy Scout, on the cover of “The Quaker City Scout” magazine.

In summers the artist painted at his studio in Nova Scotia and flogged the waters daily for salmon and sea trout. Crilley enjoyed skiing and traveling to Europe each winter. The rest of the year he worked at home in Carversville, Pennsylvania. Although he painted trompe l’oeil and still lifes when his eyes were young, his travels at home in the Delaware Valley, in Canada and abroad informed his work.”

See more of Joseph Crilley’s portfolio here.