Oil on artist board, one signed, both dated "1925" on reverse.

Paintings: 20" x 24" Frames: 23.5" x 27.5"

Born in South Carolina, painter and illustrator De Lancy Walker Gill spent most of his life and career in Washington, D.C. A self-taught artist, Gill trained as a draftsman in the Office of the Supervising Architect where he designed ornamental ironwork. By 1884, he became an illustrator for the US Geological Society and conducted fieldwork with W.H. Holmes who schooled him in watercolor techniques. Eventually Gill became the head of the Division of Illustration for the Society and was quite active in the District's arts community: he taught at the Art Students League of Washington and the Corcoran School of Art and was a member of the Washington Landscape Club.

Gill's strength as a landscape painter is evidenced by this pair of lake views at the base of a mountain. Rich autumnal colors-rust, gold and brown-dapple the green forest and shimmer on the water's placid surface, creating a serene environment. These works vividly demonstrate Gill's sensitivity to color as well as his technical facility.

De Lancy Gill exhibited at the National Academy of Design in New York in 1881, then at the Boston Art Club in 1889 and 1890 and the Art Institute of Chicago from 1889 to 1892. He is listed in Who Was Who in American Art (Falk, 1999) and the Artists of Washington, DC 1796-1996 (McMahan, 1995).