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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.

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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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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