George Savary Wasson 1855-1932; was from a shipbuilding and seafaring family in Brooksville, Maine, George Wasson's father was a prominent Transcendentalist minister whose church was that of Thoreau and Emerson. His grandfather and uncle built and owned ships. From 1873- 1875, when his father went to Germany to study religion, Wasson studied art.
On his return from Germany, Wasson studied with J. Foxcroft Cole, a prominent Boston landscape artist and set up a studio. In 1876, together with his friend George Hatch, he modeled and built Gulnare, the first of his four boats. His last, the sloop Wave Crest is owner by the museum.
He became friendly with a number of Boston / Maine families, including the Bowditchs who eventually gave most of Isle au Haut to the nation.
In 1885, Wasson married Amelia Webb of Deer Isle, and moved to Kittery Point in 1888. In 1916, after losing both of their sons, the Wassons moved to Bangor.
Failing sight apparently curtailed his painting career. About 1900, he began writing vernacular stories of the Maine coast. These were published in magazines and collected into books. As a recorder of Maine coastal language, he ranks with Sarah Orne Jewett and Roland E. Robinson. More on George Savary Wasson
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