Jerry Farnsworth
1895-1983
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Jerry Farnsworth, one of the most renowned portrait painters in America, studied with Charles Hawthorne in Provincetown, MA and was married to artist Helen Sawyer. In the 1930's, he was commissioned by Time magazine to paint celebrities for the covers. His portrait of Hitler petting his dog was the first color cover for Time magazine. In 1993 he was elected to the National Academy of Design. He operated two art schools, one on Cape Cod, the other in Sarasota . He was Carnegie Visiting Professor of Art and Artist in residence at the University of Illinois . Farnsworth also taught at the Art Students League in New York . One of his major commissions was the portrait of President Truman and the President’s mother. He also published several books on the technique of painting Farnsworth became the father figure of the Sarasota art colony. In the 1950's, he organized weekly meetings luncheons where artists would met to discuss current events in the art world. "An artist paints something everyone else passes up, and makes it beautiful - that's the painter's job." |
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Résumé
Awards
1925-27 Hallgarten Prize for promising artists under the age of 35
1933 Thomas B. Clarke Prize and was an Associate in the National Academy
1935 made a full member of the National Academy of Design and was the youngest member
1936 Isidor Medal for figural work
1938 Altman Prize for figural or genre painting
-Widely exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Faine Arts,
-Carnegie Institute, Toledo,
-Museum of Art and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
1970 By this time he had over 30 museums thoughout the country
Publications
Farnsworth wrote three books on painting:
Portrait and Figure Painting
Learning to Paint in Oil
Learning How to Paint with Farnsworth
Education
During World War I, he served in the Navy and was able to study at the Corcoran School of Art, with Charles W Hawthorne, while stationed in Washington, D.C. He continued his education at the Cape Cod School of Art. There he met fellow student Helen Sawyer, whom he would marry in 1925. Together they would educate thousands of students.
1926-27 Farnsworth's early career was an art instructor at Art Students League
1936 Instructor at the Central School of Art.
1933-37 Farnsworth Summer School in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
1938-39 Provincetown
1940-63 North Truro, MA, spending their winters in a Greenwich home and operating a sister school in Sarasota, Florida during the 1940's and '50's.