Study for View on Saugatuck
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Title
Study for View on Saugatuck
Creator
Pellew, John Clifford
Format
10-1/4” x 14-1/4” image 16.5” x 20-1/2” frame
Identifier
1685
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Biography
John Pellew worked in oil and acrylic but received much praise for his watercolors and authored three books on painting: Acrylic Landscape Painting, 1968, Painting in Watercolor, 1969, Oil Painting Outdoors, 1971. During his career he worked art director for Colliers magazine in New York, and was on the staff of The Famous Artist School in Westport and faculty at Silvermine. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, The Salmagundi Club, Allied Artists of America and The American Watercolor Society. His primary residences throughout his career were Astoria, New York and Norwalk, Connecticut.
Category
WSPAC
Media
watercolor
Media Details
watercolor on paper
Signature Position
lower left “Pellew, title on back
Donor
Alice Jennings, 478 Oenoke Rdg, New Canaan, CT 06840-3610; Use c/o BRealty, 161 Elm Street, New Canaan 06840 Provenance: Artwork was given by the artist to Edwin Eberman (donor’s father), who was on faculty of the Famous Artist School with Dorne
Citation
Pellew, John Clifford , “Study for View on Saugatuck,” Westport Public Schools Digital Collections, accessed November 30, 2023, https://collections.westportps.org/items/show/1883.
Item Relations
| This Item | dcterms:creator | Item: John Clifford Pellew |
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Westport Town Hall |