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Henry Varnum PoorPlate with Ram (Untitled)1929
1929
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(Note: This work is part of our exhibition Connected by Creativity: WPA Era Works from the Collection of Leata and Edward Beatty Rowan)
Glazed and incised ceramic, 8 ½ inches diameter, signed and dated “HVP 29” lower right and verso, inscribed with “35.” verso
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Henry Varnum Poor was born in 1887 in Chapman, Kansas. He studied at Stanford University, the Slade School in London, the American Academy in Rome, and the Académie Julian in Paris, where he earned awards for his work. Poor held a position as an art professor at Stanford at several points during the 1910s. In 1918, he was drafted into the army where he served in France as an interpreter and artist. After returning to the U.S., Poor worked as a ceramicist where he created functional pieces for daily life, usually decorated with modernist motifs. In 1929, he traveled to France with his family for a year where he rediscovered his love for painting. Upon returning, Poor held his first show as a painter at New York’s Rehn Gallery where he established his career as a painter and ceramicist. His work was exhibited throughout the country including at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Corcoran Gallery. Poor’s work is held in dozens of museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Several of his mural commissions for the Treasury Department’s Section of Fine Art are installed in the Department of Justice and Department of Interior buildings. President Roosevelt appointed Poor to the Commission on Fine Arts as an artist member. He later was named head of a group of military artists during the Second World War. Poor is listed in Who Was Who in American Art and all other standard references.
- Creator:Henry Varnum Poor (1888 - 1970, American)
- Creation Year:1929
- Dimensions:Height: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)Diameter: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Los Angeles, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1859212570412
Henry Varnum Poor
Henry Varnum Poor was born in Chapman, Kansas in 1887. As a boy, Poor showed an aptitude for drawing and a strong interest in nature. He received his BA in art from Stanford University before going to Europe in 1910. Particularly significant for his development as an artist was his stay in London, where he worked under Walter Sickert and visited the Grafton Gallery exhibition “Manet and the Post-Impressionists.” French modernism had such an impact on Poor that he moved to Paris, studying at the Académie Julian for five months. After he returned to the United States, he worked in various modes. Although Poor considered painting his primary medium after the stock market crash in 1929 he focused mainly on ceramics, which brought him fame and numerous awards. He also worked successfully as an architect, designer, furniture maker, sculptor, muralist, author, illustrator, and educator. Self-taught in many of these disciplines, Poor created art that was close to nature, instinctive, vigorous, and well-crafted. He was a founder of the American Designers Gallery in New York and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. Among the first ten artists to receive federal funding for murals, Poor painted frescoes at the Departments of Justice and Interior in Washington, D.C. Their success led to commissions for the Land Grant Frescoes at Pennsylvania State University. Poor died in 1970 in New City, New York.
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