Palm Beach Visual Arts
2016Pollack, Deborah C.
200 pages (color)
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1911 Galesburg, Illinois - 1966 Palm Beach, Florida. Known for: Regional scene and floral still life painting.
While he was a student at the Art Student's League in New York, Sharp met fellow artist Paul Crosthwaite, and the two became lifelong companions. Around 1935, they started spending summers in New... Read full biography
While he was a student at the Art Student's League in New York, Sharp met fellow artist Paul Crosthwaite, and the two became lifelong companions. Around 1935, they started spending summers in New Hope, moving there permanently shortly thereafter. Their apartment and studio was above the Solebury... Read full biography
While he was a student at the Art Student's League in New York, Sharp met fellow artist Paul Crosthwaite, and the two became lifelong companions. Around 1935, they started spending summers in New Hope, moving there permanently shortly thereafter. Their apartment and studio was above the Solebury National Bank, at the foot of the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge. The building was home to many of the New Hope artists, including Charles Ramsey and Henry Snell. Sharp actively participated in the... Read full biography
While he was a student at the Art Student's League in New York, Sharp met fellow artist Paul Crosthwaite, and the two became lifelong companions. Around 1935, they started spending summers in New Hope, moving there permanently shortly thereafter. Their apartment and studio was above the Solebury National Bank, at the foot of the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge. The building was home to many of the New Hope artists, including Charles Ramsey and Henry Snell. Sharp actively participated in the founding of the Bucks County Playhouse, and was involved in the WPA program. One of his New Hope paintings was used as the cover for The Saturday Evening Post, with an article on his painting inside the magazine. His exhibition at Milch Galleries in New... Read full biography
While he was a student at the Art Student's League in New York, Sharp met fellow artist Paul Crosthwaite, and the two became lifelong companions. Around 1935, they started spending summers in New Hope, moving there permanently shortly thereafter. Their apartment and studio was above the Solebury National Bank, at the foot of the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge. The building was home to many of the New Hope artists, including Charles Ramsey and Henry Snell. Sharp actively participated in the founding of the Bucks County Playhouse, and was involved in the WPA program. One of his New Hope paintings was used as the cover for The Saturday Evening Post, with an article on his painting inside the magazine. His exhibition at Milch Galleries in New York City, was favourably reviewed in the New York Times. Sharp and Crosthwaite moved to Pal... Read full biography
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New Hope for American Art A Comprehensive Showing of Important 20th Century Paintings from and Surrounding the New Hope Art Colony
2005Alterman, James M.612 pages (color)The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesPennsylvania Impressionism
2002Gerdts, William; Brian H. Peterson & Yount340 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesBiennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings335 pagesAnnual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)538 pagesThe American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1989Fresella-Lee, Nancy222 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1940-1941, Volume III Contemporary American Artists
1940Ball, Charlotte (editor)790 pagesIowa Artists of the First Hundred Years
1939Ness, Zenobia; Louise Orwig253 pages (color)Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages