Thaw
Artist
John Whorf
(American, 1903 - 1959)
Date1938
MediumWatercolor, ink, and graphite on paper
DimensionsUnframed: 15 1/4 × 22 3/16 inches (38.74 × 56.36 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Friends of Art
Object number42-45
On View
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Gallery LabelIn John Whorf's watercolor, one contemporary critic saw "what well may be the wettest puddle in the whole realm of water-color; a puddle that has depth as well as reflections of rare verisimilitude." His ability to represent subjects realistically with true-to-life detail was often on display.
Whorf made these details all the more convincing through his command of a variety of watercolor techiniques. Notice how in Thaw he scraped paint away with a knife and scumbled, or applied, opaque white over darker areas to create "snow" within the trees.
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