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John Whorf, born in 1903, was a talented, opinionated artist who achieved great success at a young age.
Encouraged by his artistic father, Whorf studied briefly during his early teenaged years before deciding independent experimentation was better. He left academies and went to Provincetown at 15. After travels in Europe where he chose watercolor as his medium, Whorf held his first show at 21. It sold out, experts raved, and John Singer Sargent purchased some of Whorf’s work.
Whorf’s fame and admirers grew throughout his life. Though he was known for watercolors, Whorf could masterfully paint oils too. His spontaneous New England landscapes are highly sought after. Whorf died in Provincetown in 1959.
This energetic watercolor on paper captures the tumult of navigating rapids and is a good example of the impressionistic style that would be a hallmark of his daughter Nancy Whorf’s work.
- Creator:John Whorf (1903-1959, American)
- Creation Year:n.d.
- Dimensions:Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 15.5 in (39.37 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Provincetown, MA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2511213987642
John Whorf
John Whorf was a master watercolorist and a native of Boston. He was known for his depictions of genre subjects and views of harbors and beach scenes. He studied painting at the St. Botolph Studio and School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and École Nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris. Whorf was awarded an honorary M.A. degree from Harvard University in 1938 and received a medal in 1938 and a prize in 1939 from the Art Institute of Chicago. His first exhibition of 52 paintings, when he was 20, sold out. After many years of traveling, Whorf spent the last years of his life in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and was part of its art colony for many years. He died there in 1959.
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