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ArtInstituteofChicago.AtonetimehewasonthestaffofScrippsCollege,Clare-
mont,California,andin 1947 becameaninstructorattheKannInstituteofArt
inBeverlyHills,California,forafewyears.Hisworkhasbeenexhibitedinmany
ofthelargershowsinthiscountry.
AwardsincludetheBeckGoldMedalatthePennsylvaniaAcademyoftheFine
Artsin1947;MedalofHonoratthePepsi-Colashowof1948;FirstPurchaseAward
attheCaliforniaStateFairin1949;andHonorableMentionintheHallmarkcom-
petitionof1950.HispicturesarerepresentedinthecollectionsoftheMetropolitan
MuseumofArtinNewYork;FineArtsSocietyofSanDiego,California;Santa
Barbara(California)MuseumofArt;Pasadena(California)ArtInstitute;andthe
LosAngelesCountyMuseum,andarcinthehandsofmanyprivatecollectors,among
themMr.andMrs.EdwardG.Robinson.ScrisawalisesinLosAngeles.
SHARP,John.OldSouthWharf, 18 .\26. Illustration—Plate 87
"OldSouthWharfwaspaintedthispastsummerinNantucket,Massachusetts,
whereIspentfourandahalfmonthsdoingaseriesofpicturesdealingwiththe
historicandromanticaspectsoftheisland.
"Inthisparticularpaintingofasectionofthewharf,thefirstthingthatin-
terestedmewasthecontinuousdesignandrhythmofthebuildings.Thebroken
verticalsofthepilings,doorsandchimneyscounterpointingthealmost unbroken
horizontalsoftheroofsandwalks,createdadesignthatappealedtome.This,
coupledwiththewonderfultextures,colorsandweatherstains,seemedan ideal
subjecttorecord.
"OldSouthWharfcontributedmuchtotheromanceandhistoryoftheharbor,
whichwasoncethesceneofthegreatestwhalingindustryintheworld.Builtin
1760,thewharfwaslinedwithblacksmithsshops,saillofts,ropewalks,provision
shopsandmanyothertradesmen'sshopstofitouttheshipsfortheirvoyagesafter
thewhale.ItissaidthatfromhereHermanMelvillesailedonthewhalingship
whosevoyagefurnishedthebackgroundforhisgreatnovelMobyDick.Thehistory
andsubtlecharmofthespotseemedtocalluponmetopaintit."
JohnSharpfurtheraddsthathewasborninGalesburg,Illinois,in1911,but
wasbroughtupinEldon,Iowa.AfterstudyingforayearandahalfattheUniver-
sityofIowahewenttotheArtStudentsLeagueofNewYorkandtheNational
AcademyofDesign,returningtoIowaforasummeratGrantWood'sArtColony
atStoneCity.
Hispaintingshavebeenexhibitedinsomeofthelargernationalgroupshowsand
werethesubjectofaone-manexhibitionattheDesMoines(Iowa)ArtCenterin
1951.HonorableMentionwasawardedSharp'sworkattheHallmarkshowof1949.
Hehastaughtprivatelyinthepastbutisnotnowteaching.Hispaintingsformpart
ofthecollectionsofthePennsylvaniaAcademyoftheFineArts;AmericanAcademy
ofArtsandLetters(twoexamples);andtheDubuque(Iowa)ArtAssociation.Since
1941 hehasbeenlivinginNewHope,Pennsylvania.
SISSON,LaurenceP.,NewEnglandNoiembn; 22 x48.
Illustration—Plate 89
SpeakingofNczcErisiland\ovcmhcr,LaurenceSis.sonremarks,""Itmusthave
beentheincongruityofthisslickpavedhighwaypassingthroughthehistoriclittle
townthatpromptedtheoriginaldrawing.Whatfollowedmustbeconsideredmore
