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John MacWhirter - Southern Cottonpickers

Southern Cottonpickers (1935 - 1943)

John MacWhirter (Scottish , 1839 - 1911)
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John MacWhirter

John MacWhirter RA was a Scottish landscape painter.

John was the third of four children. One of his elder sisters, Agnes MacWhirter was also a noted artist of still lifes. He attended a school in Colinton, and after his father's death was apprenticed to Oliver & Boyd, booksellers in Edinburgh. He stayed there for only a few months and then in 1851 enrolled at the Trustees Academy under Robert Scott Lauder and John Ballantyne (1815–97). He spent long periods sketching and studying nature outdoors. His first painting to be exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy at age 14, was 'Old Cottage at Braid'. In 1880, he was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Academy. Exploring and painting abroad he visited Italy, Sicily, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, Norway and the U.S.A. - the Alps being a great inspiration. He moved to London in 1867 and on 4 May 1893 was elected a Royal Academician.

MacWhirter specialised in romantic landscapes with a great fondness for trees, spending much time in the hilly countryside of Perthshire. Initially, under the influence of John Everett Millais, he experimented with the detailed images of the Pre-Raphaelites, but later adopted a more sweeping style. With John Pettie he illustrated Wordsworth's Poetry for the Young (Strahan, 1863). With Waller H. Paton and others, MacWhirter illustrated The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Hislop, 1869).

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Dismissal (1940)

Howard Taft Lorenz (American, 1906-1956)
Harlem WPA Street Dance

Harlem WPA Street Dance (1935-1943)

Elizabeth Olds (American, 1896 – 1991)
In the Park

In the Park (1935 - 1943)

Nan Lurie (American, 1910–1985)
Woman Ironing

Woman Ironing (1935–43)

Julius Tanzer (American, 1905-1963)
The Pines

The Pines (1935–43)

Mortimer Borne (American, 1902-1987)
Arthur Murphy

Arthur Murphy (1941)

Dox Thrash (American, 1893–1965)
Landscape

Landscape (1936)

Arnold Wiltz (American, 1889-1937)
Tugboat

Tugboat (1935 - 1943)

Fred Carlo (American, 1911–1987)
Girl with Blue Hair

Girl with Blue Hair (1935 - 1943)

Blanche Grambs (American, 1916–2010)
Figure

Figure (1940)

Charles Washington McNeill Jr.
Aspects of Negro Life; An Idyll of the Deep South

Aspects of Negro Life; An Idyll of the Deep South (1935)

Aaron Douglas (American, 1899 – 1979)
Next

Next (1935 - 1943)

Nan Lurie (American, 1910–1985)
Dancing

Dancing (1935 - 1943)

Rudley (American, 20th century)
Trees

Trees (1938)

Harold Lloyd Neal (American, 1924–1996)
The Savoy

The Savoy (1935 - 1943)

Dayton Brandfield (American, 1911 - 1993)
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