Biography: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER Standish Backus (1910-1989) Born in Detroit in 1910, Standish Backus graduated form Princeton University in 1933 with a degree in architecture. He studied painting the following year at the University of Munich, and later took instruction with a watercolorist in Maine. After...... read more
 
Lighthouse, 1939, a watercolor painting by Standish Backus Jr.. This painting is available as a fine art giclée print on premium watercolor paper. Museum quality wall art and home décor by California Watercolor.
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