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John Whorf Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

American, 1903-1959

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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Artist: John Whorf
The Rapids (Maine)
By John Whorf
Located in Provincetown, MA
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 te...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist John Whorf Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Leaping Marlin (with fisherman on the boat Islander) by John Whorf
By John Whorf
Located in Hudson, NY
John Whorf captures one of the thrilling moments of fishing in this watercolor – when the fish is on the line, but still trying to escape. One of the fastest fish in the world, marlin fishing...
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1950s American Modern John Whorf Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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"Park Street Church, Boston, " John Whorf Impressionist Watercolor WPA Cityscape
By John Whorf
Located in New York, NY
John Whorf (1903 - 1959) Park Street Church, Boston, circa 1930-45 Watercolor on paper 21 x 15 inches Signed lower right Housed in its original frame Provenance: Milch Gallery, New ...
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1930s American Impressionist John Whorf Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Fishing Boats I
By John Whorf
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
John Whorf was one of the most accomplished and esteemed watercolorists of the first half of the twentieth century. Creating realist depictions of urban and rural imagery, he worked ...
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1940s American Impressionist John Whorf Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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"Crashing Surf"
By John Whorf
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Signed LM John Whorf was one of the most accomplished and esteemed watercolorists of the first half of the twentieth century. Creating realist depictions of urban and rural imagery,...
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