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1904 Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 1970 Wilmington, Delaware. Known for: Skyscape and marine scene painting, teaching.
Paul Wescott was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1904 and attended the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he received the Toppan Landscape... Read full biography
Paul Wescott was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1904 and attended the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he received the Toppan Landscape Prize and the Cresson European Traveling Scholarship in 1930. Upon his return from Europe in 1932, he... Read full biography
Paul Wescott was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1904 and attended the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he received the Toppan Landscape Prize and the Cresson European Traveling Scholarship in 1930. Upon his return from Europe in 1932, he assumed the directorship of the art department of the Hill School in Pottstown, PA, where he taught until 1952. Wescott lived in West Chester, PA and summered at his house in Friendship, Maine. The... Read full biography
Paul Wescott was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1904 and attended the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he received the Toppan Landscape Prize and the Cresson European Traveling Scholarship in 1930. Upon his return from Europe in 1932, he assumed the directorship of the art department of the Hill School in Pottstown, PA, where he taught until 1952. Wescott lived in West Chester, PA and summered at his house in Friendship, Maine. The timelessness of his landscape and coastal paintings, always done in muted and permeating colors, achieves the quiet yet powerful tonality of nature. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, Honorary Board Member of the Chester County Art... Read full biography
Paul Wescott was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1904 and attended the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he received the Toppan Landscape Prize and the Cresson European Traveling Scholarship in 1930. Upon his return from Europe in 1932, he assumed the directorship of the art department of the Hill School in Pottstown, PA, where he taught until 1952. Wescott lived in West Chester, PA and summered at his house in Friendship, Maine. The timelessness of his landscape and coastal paintings, always done in muted and permeating colors, achieves the quiet yet powerful tonality of nature. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, Honorary Board Member of the Chester County Art Association, and Vice President of the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He exhibited extensively throughout the country at... Read full biography
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Keywords (33)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •Philadelphia Sketch Club
Art School
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Andrew Carnegie Prize, National Academy of Design
- •Benjamin Altman Prize, National Academy of Design
- •Butler Prize, Chicago Art Institute
- •Cresson Traveling Scholarship
- •Henry Ward Ranger Fund Purchase Prize, National Academy
- •Toppan Prize, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Philadelphia Art Alliance-
- •Philadelphia Sketch Club-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Detroit Institute of Art
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts