John Whorf (1903-1959) Hunting by Canoe and Hiking in the Mountains

Lot 40

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Lot Description

John Whorf (1903-1959)
Hunting by Canoe and Hiking in the Mountains, c. 1940
signed "John Whorf" lower right
watercolor, 13 1/8 by 22 in.
two-sided watercolor with Hiking in the Mountains on back

Born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, John Whorf spent many years painting the seascapes around Provincetown, Massachusetts. As a young man, he studied in Boston at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and the St. Botolph Studio under Philip Leslie Hale (1865-1931) and Sherman Kidd (1877-1952). In 1919, after recovering from a paralyzing accident, Whorf traveled to Europe. He painted throughout France, Portugal, and Morocco, gradually shifting to painting watercolors as well as oils. Whorf held his first one-man show in 1921, and continued to hold them twice a year for the next thirty-five years.

Upon returning to America, Whorf continued his studies with famed American painter John Singer Sargent (1903-1959) in Boston. Whorf married Vivienne Wing in 1925 and fathered four children. He and his family lived in Brookline and spent summers in Provincetown until 1937 when they relocated permanently to the lower Cape. In 1938, Harvard College conferred on Whorf an Honorary Master of Fine Arts degree. His work is in major collections including the Metropolitan Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Condition

appears good, not examined out of frame
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