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1903 Winthrop, Massachusetts - 1959 Provincetown, Massachusetts. Known for: Street-landscape, marine and figure painting.
Biographical statement for John Whorf (1903-1959, submitted by Amy Whorf McGuiggan, granddaughter of John Whorf. Having been asked for many years by collectors of John Whorf's paintings why there was... Read full biography
Biographical statement for John Whorf (1903-1959, submitted by Amy Whorf McGuiggan, granddaughter of John Whorf. Having been asked for many years by collectors of John Whorf's paintings why there was no definitive resource, the ten-year effort by family members of artist John Whorf to gather family... Read full biography
Biographical statement for John Whorf (1903-1959, submitted by Amy Whorf McGuiggan, granddaughter of John Whorf. Having been asked for many years by collectors of John Whorf's paintings why there was no definitive resource, the ten-year effort by family members of artist John Whorf to gather family memorabilia, art reviews and clippings, and to locate Whorf's work in private collections nationwide has culminated in the recently published book, John Whorf Rediscovered, available from AFA... Read full biography
Biographical statement for John Whorf (1903-1959, submitted by Amy Whorf McGuiggan, granddaughter of John Whorf. Having been asked for many years by collectors of John Whorf's paintings why there was no definitive resource, the ten-year effort by family members of artist John Whorf to gather family memorabilia, art reviews and clippings, and to locate Whorf's work in private collections nationwide has culminated in the recently published book, John Whorf Rediscovered, available from AFA Publishing. With its detailed, accurate biography, family photographs, and more than 100 examples of Whorf's work - many of the paintings not seen publicly in seventy years - the coffee table-style book has become the definitive resource for collectors of... Read full biography
Biographical statement for John Whorf (1903-1959, submitted by Amy Whorf McGuiggan, granddaughter of John Whorf. Having been asked for many years by collectors of John Whorf's paintings why there was no definitive resource, the ten-year effort by family members of artist John Whorf to gather family memorabilia, art reviews and clippings, and to locate Whorf's work in private collections nationwide has culminated in the recently published book, John Whorf Rediscovered, available from AFA Publishing. With its detailed, accurate biography, family photographs, and more than 100 examples of Whorf's work - many of the paintings not seen publicly in seventy years - the coffee table-style book has become the definitive resource for collectors of John Whorf's work. The artistic journey of John Whorf began in Winthrop, Massachusetts where Whorf was born i... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Luminous, Luminism
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Beach Scenes, Bathers, Swimming Genre
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Industrial Scenes, Factories, Labor Genre and Figure
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •New York City
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Outdoor Sporting Scenes, Field and Stream, Hunting
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
- •Street Scenes, Street Genre
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
- •Waterfowl
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Africa
- •Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- •Europe
- •Monterey, Carmel California
- •Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •California Watercolor Society
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •New England Watercolor Society/Boston Watercolor Society
- •North Shore Art Association, Gloucester-
- •Provincetown Art Association-
Art Teacher
- •Charles Hawthorne
- •John Singer Sargent
- •Philip Lesley Hale
Art School
- •Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris, Student
- •Academy Colarossi, Paris, Student
- •Cape Cod School of Art, Student
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
- •School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Miniature Specialty
- •Snowscene Specialty
- •Watercolor Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •California Watercolor Society-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •North Shore Art Association, Gloucester
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts