Artist

Augustus Aaron Wilson

born Mt. Desert Island, ME 1864-died Portland, ME 1950
Born
Mt. Desert Island, Maine, United States
Died
Portland, Maine, United States
Biography

Augustus Wilson was known as Gus to his friends and neighbors. He worked first as a fisherman and then as a lighthouse keeper at Spring Point Light in Portland, Maine. He enjoyed carving the aquatic birds that lived near his home and once sculpted a large rattlesnake, which he nailed to his garage roof.

Works by this artist (20 items)

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Anne Goldthwaite, Self-Portrait, ca. 1906-1913, oil on wood mounted on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lucy Goldthwaite and Richard Wallach Goldthwaite, 1973.37
Self-Portrait
Artist
Dateca. 1906-1913
oil on wood mounted on fiberboard
On view
Anne Goldthwaite, Saturday, n.d., etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Adelyn D. Breeskin, 1968.13.4
Saturday
Artist
Daten.d.
etching
Not on view
Anne Goldthwaite, Untitled, n.d., lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Adelyn D. Breeskin, 1968.13.1
Untitled
Artist
Daten.d.
lithograph
Not on view
Anne Goldthwaite, Portrait of a Young Man, 1913, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Richard Wallach Goldthwaite, 1974.92
Portrait of a Young Man
Artist
Date1913
oil on canvas
Not on view