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Ross Moffett

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Ross E. Moffett (1888 - 1971) was active/lived in Massachusetts, California, Iowa.  Ross Moffett is known for Seascape, figure in landscape and abstract painting.

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 At the time Charles W. Hawthorne had begun to surround himself with a glory still lingering in Provincetown today, Ross Moffett moved into this circle of light with primary attributes, which were to receive stimulation and refinement from Hawthorne. Moffett viewed Hawthorne's teaching from his own strongly individual vantage point, although he accepted it with natural respect.

The turning point for Moffett came in 1916, when he began to feel that he was discovering his own voice.  "I continued working, endeavoring to mine the vein I had uncovered.  My subject was life in Provincetown as observed it visually during my many walks in the town, particularly in the west section where the Portuguese flavor was especially manifested."

Extemporizing his statement about life through the virtuoso handling of the figure in the landscape, Moffett portrayed a world of bleak strength, fateful mood and stark poetry.  The sheer painting power of the forms and color Moffett   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2447 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Ross Moffett

   Publications  Book References:  27
Magazine References:  3

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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Ross Moffett
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Envisioning New England December 2004 Grinnell & Hunter Yes
American Art Review Provincetown: A Community of Artist October 2003 McCarthy, CHristine Yes
American Art Review The Yasuna Collection August 1994 Vevers, Tony Yes
27 Book References for Ross Moffett
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.		 1249 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1996 Shipp, Steve American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists 159 No
1994 Del Deo, Josephine Figures in a Landscape: The Life and Times of the Painter, Ross Moffett 0 No
1994 Provincetwon Art Association and Museum Provincetown Abstract Painting 1915-1950 From The Penny and Elton Yasuna Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 48 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1989 Fresella-Lee, Nancy The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 222 Yes
1988 Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery 376 Yes
1986 Chetham, Charles; David Grose A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art 312 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)		 600 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1977 Everson Museum of Art Provincetown Painters 1890's-1970's
(Exhibition catalog)		 289 No
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1950 Metropolitan Museum of Art American Painting Today 1950 A National Competitive Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 60 No
1940 Hall, W. S. Eyes on America United States as Seen by Her Artists 150 Yes
1939 Ness, Zenobia; Louise Orwig Iowa Artists of the First Hundred Years 253 Yes
1935 De Young Memorial Museum Exhibition of American Painting
(Exhibition catalog)		 120 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1933 Harshe, Robert (Introduction) A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings & Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 215 No
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