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1911 Boston, Massachusetts - 1979. Known for: Watercolor sea-landscape painting, illustrator, genre.
John Pike was a student of Charles Hawthorne and Richard Miller. In 1933, he went to Jamaica, W.I., married and had one son. After painting, doing advertising for the rum industry, designing stores,... Read full biography
John Pike was a student of Charles Hawthorne and Richard Miller. In 1933, he went to Jamaica, W.I., married and had one son. After painting, doing advertising for the rum industry, designing stores, nightclubs, theaters and painting murals, the artist returned to this country in 1938 to exhibit.... Read full biography
John Pike was a student of Charles Hawthorne and Richard Miller. In 1933, he went to Jamaica, W.I., married and had one son. After painting, doing advertising for the rum industry, designing stores, nightclubs, theaters and painting murals, the artist returned to this country in 1938 to exhibit. Since then he has had over fifty four one-man shows. After pilot training, Mr. Pike served in the Psychological Warfare Branch in Egypt and Italy. Then to the Philippines where he transferred to the... Read full biography
John Pike was a student of Charles Hawthorne and Richard Miller. In 1933, he went to Jamaica, W.I., married and had one son. After painting, doing advertising for the rum industry, designing stores, nightclubs, theaters and painting murals, the artist returned to this country in 1938 to exhibit. Since then he has had over fifty four one-man shows. After pilot training, Mr. Pike served in the Psychological Warfare Branch in Egypt and Italy. Then to the Philippines where he transferred to the Combat Art Section, Corps of Engineers, heading the unit to record U.S. occupation of Korea in 1945. These paintings are in the Historical Properties Section of the War Department. As a member of the Air Force Historical Foundation (1945-1960), Mr. Pike... Read full biography
John Pike was a student of Charles Hawthorne and Richard Miller. In 1933, he went to Jamaica, W.I., married and had one son. After painting, doing advertising for the rum industry, designing stores, nightclubs, theaters and painting murals, the artist returned to this country in 1938 to exhibit. Since then he has had over fifty four one-man shows. After pilot training, Mr. Pike served in the Psychological Warfare Branch in Egypt and Italy. Then to the Philippines where he transferred to the Combat Art Section, Corps of Engineers, heading the unit to record U.S. occupation of Korea in 1945. These paintings are in the Historical Properties Section of the War Department. As a member of the Air Force Historical Foundation (1945-1960), Mr. Pike did paintings for the USAF in France, Germany, Thule Greenland, Ecuador, Columbia, Japan and Formosa. Thes... Read full biography
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Keywords (54)
Art Method
- •Advertising Art
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
- •Jamaica
- •Old Lyme, Connecticut
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
- •Woodstock, New York
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •Lyme Art Association, Connecticut
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •New York Water Color Club, Society-
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •Society of Illustrators-
- •Whiskey Painters of America
- •Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art Teacher
- •Charles Hawthorne
- •Richard Emil Miller
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
- •Cape Cod School of Art, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •COLLIER'S Magazine Illustrator and/or Photographer
- •Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
- •Commercial Art and Design
- •Genre Specialty
- •Illustration Specialty
Artist Colony
- •Woodstock Art Colony
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •Lyme Art Association-Connecticut
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City-
- •Society of Illustrators
- •Woodstock NY Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts