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.
$85,000
Harbor View
By John Whorf
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Harbor View Oil on canvas, 24 x 49 inches (61 x 124.5 cm) Signed lower right: John Whorf Provenance The artist; Collection of Ginger and Richard Beckwith, until 2021; Private collec...
Canvas, Oil
$22,000
Salmon Fishing
By John Whorf
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist sporting painting with salmon fisherman in a canoe by American artist John Whorf (1903-1959). Whorf was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts and by the age of sixteen...
Canvas, Oil
Provincetown Seaside Landscape
By John Whorf
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
John Whorf was born in Boston in 1903. His father, Harry Whorf, was an artist and graphic designer. When John decided at a young age to become an artist himself, his father provided ...
Canvas, Oil
Three Fishermen in a Boat Watercolor, 20th Century American Sporting Art
By John Whorf
Located in Marco Island, FL
A masterful example of John Whorf at the height of his powers, this large and luminous watercolor depicts three fishermen on a calm, silver-blue lake or bay, their figures rendered w...
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Cutting The Ice/New England Winter Landscape, Shank Painters Pond Provincetown
By John Whorf
Located in Milford, NH
A fine watercolor painting of men cutting ice on Shank Painters Pond, Provincetown, MA by American artist John Whorf (1903-1959). Whorf was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts and by the...
Paper, Watercolor
The Sloop Catherine, 1927
By John Whorf
Located in New York, NY
John Whorf paints a ship anchored in a harbor from below, with its prow and rigging extending towards the viewer, in his watercolor painting “The Sloop Catherine, 1927.”
Watercolor, Board
$750Sale Price|50% Off
H 12.5 in W 14.5 in
‘Yellow and Red Umbrellas’ Beach Seascape Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Toronto, ON
Impasto style brushwork creates a vibrant beach day with colourful umbrellas. Strong impressionist influence can be seen through the gestural brushstrokes, with figures dotting the s...
Canvas, Oil
$2,675
H 22 in W 31 in D 2.75 in
Antique French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Haystack Farm Landscape 1890
By Max Bouvet
Located in Portland, OR
A very attractive antique oil on canvas landscape painting by the French Post Impressionist artist Max Bouvet (1854-1942), the painting circa 1890. The painting depicts a pastoral sc...
Oil, Canvas
$1,107Sale Price|50% Off
H 16.86 in W 20.79 in
Almond Blossom Watercolor on Board, Kashmir Landscape, Signed, 1960
Located in Norfolk, GB
Dina Nath Walli (1908–2006) Almond Blossom, Kashmir Watercolour on Board c 1960 Framed size: 42.8cm x 52.8cm Image size: 27.5cm x 38cm Signed and dated 1970 on the verso, gifted fro...
Board, Watercolor
$553Sale Price|20% Off
H 9.5 in W 13 in
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Red Roof Green Landscape
By Bernard Labbe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on board unframed size: 9.5 x 13 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: the art...
Gouache
'River Birch' by James Cobb, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This oil on canvas by James Cobb features a stand of river birch trees at the height of fall color with sunlit yellow leaves against the white bark of the b...
Canvas, Oil
$9,568Sale Price|55% Off
H 23.63 in W 28.75 in
Emilio Grau Sala Deauville Sunset, 1972 Paris School Fauvist Coastal Landscape
By Emilio Grau Sala
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Emilio Grau Sala (1911–1975) Deauville Sunset, 1972 Oil on canvas 60 × 73 cm (23.62 × 28.74 in) Frame: 73 × 86 cm (28.74 × 33.86 in) A luminous and atmospheric coastal scene painted in 1972 during the artist’s mature Paris period. This refined Normandy composition captures the delicate light of Deauville at sunset. Subtle tonal transitions, elegant brushwork and shimmering reflections across wet sand create a serene yet sophisticated atmosphere characteristic of Grau Sala’s late style. After settling in Paris in 1936, Grau Sala became associated with the School of Paris, developing a distinctive figurative language influenced by Impressionism and Fauvism while maintaining his own balance of harmony and chromatic restraint. His French coastal works from this mature period are among the most sought-after examples of his oeuvre. Signed and dated. Frame included. Excellent overall condition. A refined mid-20th-century School of Paris coastal painting, ideal for collectors and elevated interior environments. Son of cartoonist Juan Grau Miró, he was born in Barcelona in 1911. Although he attended the School of Fine Arts, his training is considered largely self-taught. His first exhibition takes place in 1930, at the "Badriñas Gallery" in the same city. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War (1936), Grau Sala left Spain with his wife, also a painter Ángeles Santos...
Canvas, Oil
$4,960Sale Price|20% Off
H 30 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Orange and Purple Trees in Harmony Contemporary Texas Landscape 30" x 48"
By Steve Parker
Located in Houston, TX
LOOK FOR FREE SHIPPING. PRICE NEGOTIABLE Orange and Purple Trees in Harmony is an contemporary impressionist landscape painting that was painted from scenes near Brenham and Chap...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$850
H 16.75 in W 13.88 in D 1 in
Taxco, Mexico - 1930's Figurative Village Landscape
By Theodore Ernest Langguth
Located in Soquel, CA
A vintage watercolor capturing a daily scene in the Spanish colonial town of Taxco, Mexico by Theodore Ernest Langguth (German-American, 1861-1952). Titled, dated and signed lower ma...
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
“Fall Landscape”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas board painting of a fall landscape by the American artist, Arthur Mitchell. Signed lower left by the artist. Circa 1890. Condition is very good. The paintin...
Oil, Board, Canvas
$550
H 9 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
"Idaho Road" - Original Oil Landscape Painting on Paper and Cradled Board
By Samantha Buller
Located in Denver, CO
About the Artist: Samantha Buller currently lives in Sonoma County after painting and teaching in Kansas for the past two years. She received her BFA in Painting from the Academy of ...
Oil, Paper, Board
$4,500
H 29 in W 35 in D 2 in
“Impressionist Landscape, c. 1915-1920” California Forest American Impressionist
By Francis Stillwell Dixon
Located in Yardley, PA
“Impressionist Landscape, c. 1915-1920” by Francis Stillwell Dixon (American, 1879-1967). One of Dixon’s finest canvases, depicting a tranquil forest scene bathed in soft, dappled l...
Canvas, Oil
$1,950
H 19.5 in W 23.5 in D 1 in
“Bermuda Coast” Henrietta Dunn Mears American Impressionist Oil on Board Signed
By Henrietta Dunn Mears
Located in Yardley, PA
A vibrant Bermuda seascape depicting the rocky shoreline with turquoise waters breaking against sunlit boulders beneath a sweeping tree. Mears uses bold, textured brushstrokes and a ...
Oil, Board
Bringing The Haul
By John Whorf
Located in Milford, NH
A fine marine watercolor with a fishing boat bringing in the day’s haul by American artist John Whorf (1903-1959). Whorf was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts and by the age of sixteen...
Paper, Watercolor
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H 29 in W 23 in
"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 ...
Paper, Watercolor
Lobstermen
By John Whorf
Located in Milford, NH
A fine coastal marine or seascape painting with lobstermen along the rocks with rough waves and storm clouds overhead by American artist John Whorf (1903-1959). Whorf was born in Win...
Paper, Gouache
Summer Storm
By John Whorf
Located in Milford, NH
A dark gouache painting of figures racing for cover from a summer storm by American artist John Whorf (1903-1959). Whorf was born in Winthrop, Massachuset...
Paper, Gouache
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H 23.5 in W 29.5 in
"Snow Palace, " John Whorf, American Impressionist Winter Landscape Watercolor
By John Whorf
Located in New York, NY
John Whorf (1903 - 1959) Snow Palace Watercolor on paper 15 x 21 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Milch Galleries, New York Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Pitt, Massachusetts John Whorf w...
Paper, Watercolor
"Oil Skins - Ploughing Out"
By John Whorf
Located in Lambertville, NJ
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 ...
Paper, Watercolor