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1895 Dalton, Georgia - 1982 Sarasota, Florida. Known for: Portrait of dignataries, figure, landscape and genre painting, teaching.
Active in Provincetown, Massachusetts from 1915, Jerry Farnsworth ran the Farnsworth School of Art, specializing in figure and portrait painting. He had been a student of Charles Hawthorne at... Read full biography
Active in Provincetown, Massachusetts from 1915, Jerry Farnsworth ran the Farnsworth School of Art, specializing in figure and portrait painting. He had been a student of Charles Hawthorne at Provincetown, and also studied at the Corcoran Art School. In 1935, he was elected to the National Academy... Read full biography
Active in Provincetown, Massachusetts from 1915, Jerry Farnsworth ran the Farnsworth School of Art, specializing in figure and portrait painting. He had been a student of Charles Hawthorne at Provincetown, and also studied at the Corcoran Art School. In 1935, he was elected to the National Academy of Design. Married to artist Helen Sawyer, he operated art schools at Cape Cod and Sarasota, Florida, where he "became the father figure of the Sarasota Art Colony." (Dappert) Also he was Carnegie... Read full biography
Active in Provincetown, Massachusetts from 1915, Jerry Farnsworth ran the Farnsworth School of Art, specializing in figure and portrait painting. He had been a student of Charles Hawthorne at Provincetown, and also studied at the Corcoran Art School. In 1935, he was elected to the National Academy of Design. Married to artist Helen Sawyer, he operated art schools at Cape Cod and Sarasota, Florida, where he "became the father figure of the Sarasota Art Colony." (Dappert) Also he was Carnegie Visiting Professor of Art and Artist in Residence, and was a teacher at the Art Students League in New York. In the 1930s, he was commissioned to paint celebrities for covers of Time magazine, and a portrait of Hitler and his dog was the first published... Read full biography
Active in Provincetown, Massachusetts from 1915, Jerry Farnsworth ran the Farnsworth School of Art, specializing in figure and portrait painting. He had been a student of Charles Hawthorne at Provincetown, and also studied at the Corcoran Art School. In 1935, he was elected to the National Academy of Design. Married to artist Helen Sawyer, he operated art schools at Cape Cod and Sarasota, Florida, where he "became the father figure of the Sarasota Art Colony." (Dappert) Also he was Carnegie Visiting Professor of Art and Artist in Residence, and was a teacher at the Art Students League in New York. In the 1930s, he was commissioned to paint celebrities for covers of Time magazine, and a portrait of Hitler and his dog was the first published submission. One of his major commissions was the Portrait of President Truman and the President's Mother. A retrospective... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Portraits: Notables, Society, Celebrity, Historical and/or Royalty
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •National Arts Club, New York
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
Art Teacher
- •Charles Hawthorne
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
- •Cape Cod School of Art, Student
- •Corcoran School of Art and Design, Student
- •Farnsworth School of Art, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Matthew Bakkom Archive Collection
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Married to an Artist
- •Portrait Specialty
- •TIME Magazine Illustrator and/or Photographer
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Century of Progress, Chicago 1933
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Society of Washington Artists, DC
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts