Painting Misty Mountain Landscape By William H Truitt

William Harrison Truitt ( 1886-1968) He was born on 15 September 1886 in Trinidad, Colorado, a son of Samuel and Julia H. Welch Truitt. Samuel Truitt was a mason. The Truitts relocated to Guthrie, Oklahoma by 1910. According to the 1910 and 1920 censuses, William was working as a painter. His occupation was given as "Manufacturer, Potho" on his 1917 WWI draft registration card and he was living in Jersey City, New Jersey. He married Maisie S. (Strout?) about 1923 and they were living in Bloomfield, New Jersey in 1930 where William was working as a "craftsman". Maisie was employed as a teacher. The Truitts relocated to Bar Harbor, Maine by 1935 where William and Maisie operated the Gray Elf Studio Shop, later the Gray Elf Shop. Maisie started the Down East Fair, a crafts fair, in Bar Harbor in 1959. William appears to have worked primarily in oils painting Maine coastal scenes and landscapes. The product is a large framed painting of a misty mountain landscape by artist William H Truitt, created in the 1960s. This original oil painting on canvas measures 30 inches in height and 42 inches in width, with an impressionistic style depicting a nature theme. The painting is signed by the artist and is handmade, making it a unique and authentic piece of art from the specified time period.