Biografie von Orison WOOD (1811-1842)

Addresses: West Auburn, Lewiston, and Webster Corner, ME about 1830

Profession: Decorative wall painter

Studied: said to have learned the technique of painting on plaster from his father, Solomon Wood (see entry), who worked as a plaster figure maker in Boston

Sources: G&W; Little, American Decorative Wall Painting, 126 (repro.), 127, 132.