Titled "The Bahamas" 1945. This lovely impressionist oil on canvas appears to be in excellent condition. Hildegard Hume Hamilton was born in Syracuse, New York. After her brief training in art schools in Venice, Italy, she studied fine art in Paris, France, during the1920s and 30s. Hamilton exhibited her topographical street-scenes and landscapes widely throughout the United States. Hamilton discovered Florida sometime after 1936, the date of her first Florida painting. And while she traveled extensively after 1933, with recorded residencies in Tangiers, Tokyo, Nassau, Malta, Sicily, Portugal, England, France, Spain, and throughout South America and Mexico, she called Ft. Lauderdale her permanent home after 1948. There, she continued to paint both European views gleaned from her notebooks and photo albums, as well as scenes of Florida including plein air views. Overall size: 14 x 18 in. Sight Size: 10 x 14 in. Please note that all sales are final. No refunds will be given under any circumstances.