John Whorf (1903 - 1959) was active/lived in Massachusetts. John Whorf is known for Street-landscape, marine and figure painting.

Medium:Watercolor
Size: 10" x 14"
Frame Size: 19" x 23"
Condition: Great, No Blemishes
Style: Impressionist
Circa: 1950's

Biographical statement for John Whorf (1903-1959, submitted by Amy Whorf McGuiggan, granddaughter of John Whorf.


Having been asked for many years by collectors of John Whorf's paintings why there was no definitive resource, the ten-year effort by family members of artist John Whorf to gather family memorabilia, art reviews and clippings, and to locate Whorf's work in private collections nationwide has culminated in the recently published book, John Whorf Rediscovered, available from AFA Publishing. With its detailed, accurate biography, family photographs, and more than 100 examples of Whorf's work - many of the paintings not seen publicly in seventy years - the coffee table-style book has become the definitive resource for collectors of John Whorf's work.

The artistic journey of John Whorf began in Winthrop, Massachusetts where Whorf was born in 1903. At a young age he displayed a precocious talent and was given informal art lessons by his artist/graphic designer father, Harry Church Whorf, followed by instruction at the Boston atelier of Sherman Kidd, and at the Museum School where Whorf studied drawing with Philip Leslie Hale and painting with William James. As a teenager, Whorf's summer months were spent in Provincetown, then a mecca for artists and writers fleeing war-torn Europe during and after the First World War.


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Private Collection from Long Island

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