Original Item: One-of-a-kind. Today Tore Asplund is considered a highly accomplished artist who's work can be found in museums and galleries around the world. During World War Two he was an official Coast Guard Official Wartime Artist and is best remembered for his paintings of the Omaha Beach landing on D-Day made from sketches taken as the historic event was unfolding. This very painting is one from that sought after series! It features an LST Landing at Omaha Beach during the Normandy Invasion, which Asplund personally witnessed and sketched as it occurred. The oil painting is offered in fantastic condition and signed Tore Asplund U.S.C.G. in the lower right corner.

Approximate Measurements:
Frame: 35" W x 25" H
Canvas: 29" W x 19" H

Tore Asplund was brought to the United States when he was a year old. He studied in New York at the Art Students League, the Academy school, and the Grand Central Art School. His preferred medium was watercolor and it was in the watercolorist class that he was elected to membership in the Academy. During World War II Asplund served as a combat artist while in the Coast Guard. He is best remembered for his paintings of the Omaha Beach landing on D-Day made from sketches taken as the historic event was unfolding. His extensive travels in the United States, Canada, and Europe are recorded in many of his watercolors. He received the Academy's prize for watercolor in 1953; The Salmagundi Club, the Baltimore Watercolor Club, and the American Watercolor Society also conveyed awards on his works. Asplund served two three-year terms on the Academy Council, from 1960 to 1963, and from 1965 to 1968, and was a member of the Academy school faculty from 1959 into 1965, with the exception of the 1962-63 season. He was also a member of the Allied Artists, the Salmagundi Club, Audubon Artists, and the American Watercolor Society.