John Wesley Carroll


John Wesley Carroll was an American painter known for his modernist portraits.

Biography

John Carroll was born in Wichita, Kansas and grew up in San Francisco, California, and was active between 1920 and 1940.
He studied art at Berkeley University and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, which allowed him to travel and work in Europe.
Among several others, his work has been exhibited at the New York Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, and the Detroit Institute of Arts.
He divided his time between his studio in New York City and his farm in East Chatham, New York where he raised cattle for the war effort.
Carroll died in Albany, NY in 1959.

Style

Carroll was known for his romantic portraits of women
His major influences included Paul Cézanne, George Bellows, and Andrew Dasburg.