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Paul Sawyier, known as “The River Artist,” painted scenes of the Kentucky River gorge while living on a houseboat near here from 1908 to 1913. The noted artist created over 2,000 paintings, mostly landscapes of Central Kentucky, the State Capitol, the Kentucky River, and Elkhorn Creek. Born in Ohio in 1865, he spent most of his life in Kentucky. He died in New York in 1917 and was buried in Frankfort.
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High Bridge, Kentucky · United States
