biografía de William John WHITTEMORE (1860-1955)

Lugar de nacimiento: NYC

Direcciones: East Hampton, LI; NYC (1885-on)

Profesión: Painter, miniature painter, teacher

Estudios: NAD with W.M. Hart, L. Wilmarth, 1882-86; ASL with J.C. Beckwith, 1885; Académie Julian, Paris with B. Constant & J. Lefebvre, 1888-89.

Exposiciones: NAD, 1884-1949 (prize 1917); Brooklyn AA, 1884-86; PAFA Ann., 1885-1908, 1917, 1921; Boston AC, 1886-1908; Paris Salon, 1889; Paris Expo, 1889 (medal); AIC,1890-1928; Atlanta Expo, 1895 (medal); Charleston Expo, 1902 (medal); Corcoran Gal. annuals/biennials, 1907, 1910; AWCS, 1927 (prize); SC, 1927 (prize); Baltimore, 1928 (prize); Penn. SMP, 1934 (prize); Calif. SMP, 1942 (prize).

Asociaciones: ANA, 1897; AWCS; NYWCC; ASMP; Calif. SMP; SC, 1890 ; Lotos Club; Brooklyn AC; Allied AA; SPNY; Century Assn.

Obra: Lotos Club, NYC; Columbia Univ.; State House, Montpelier, VT; State House, Trenton, NJ; Franklin Inst., Phila.; BM; Boston AC; Essex Club, Newark, NJ; San Diego FA Soc.; Detroit Club; MMA; Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY.

Comentarios: A classic realist painter, his exhibition record at the National Academy spanned an incredible 65 years.

Fuentes: WW53; WW47; Fink, American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons, 406; Falk, Exh. Record Series.