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John Whorf Watercolor - Morning, Barbados

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John Whorf (1903-1959) watercolor, boats in Barbados. Measures: 16 1/4" H x 23" W. In excellent condition, framed. Signed lower left. The Island men setting out for the day's catch. 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 the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and at the Grande Chaumiere and Ecole 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 fifty-two paintings, when he was age twenty, 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.
  • Creator:
    John Whorf (Artist)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 27 in (68.58 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1940s
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  • Seller Location:
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: p31011stDibs: LU187538112053
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