Jack Humphrey
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Jack Weldon Humphrey was a Canadian landscape and figure painter, mainly in watercolour.
. He studied at the school of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, under Phillip Hale and painting at the National Academy of Design, the Arts Students League, New York, and Charles Hawthorn's Cape Cod School. He was a Tiffany Foundation student at Oyster Bay, Long Island, 1927. He studied in Europe from 1929 to 1930, studying in Paris with Andre Lhote, and at the Grande Chaumiere academy and in Munich at the Hans Hofmann school. He also travelled in Italy, Holland, Belgium, and England. He visited Vancouver in 1933 and Mexico in 1938.
Humphrey was a founding member of the C.G.P. in 1933. In 1951 he taught at Queen's University
in Kingston, Ontario
. From 1952 to 1954 he painted in Paris on a government fellowship. Returning from France in 1954, he developed abstract and nonobjective tendencies in gouache and oil landscapes, while his beautiful watercolours focused on the intimate details of nature.
Humphrey's paintings of the harbour, streets and workers of Saint John in Canada established his reputation as a regional artist and his work extended to numerous portraits of friends and the city's children. Making no concessions to fashion, Humphrey's tough, honest approach made him a respected member of Montreal
's Contemporary Art Society and the Canadian Group of Painters.
He died in 1967 in hospital. He had been recovering from a recent surgery. He was 65 at the time of his death.
Biography
Humphrey was born in Saint John, New BrunswickSaint John, New Brunswick
City of Saint John , or commonly Saint John, is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 74,043...
. He studied at the school of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, under Phillip Hale and painting at the National Academy of Design, the Arts Students League, New York, and Charles Hawthorn's Cape Cod School. He was a Tiffany Foundation student at Oyster Bay, Long Island, 1927. He studied in Europe from 1929 to 1930, studying in Paris with Andre Lhote, and at the Grande Chaumiere academy and in Munich at the Hans Hofmann school. He also travelled in Italy, Holland, Belgium, and England. He visited Vancouver in 1933 and Mexico in 1938.
Humphrey was a founding member of the C.G.P. in 1933. In 1951 he taught at Queen's University
Queen's University
Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England...
in Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
. From 1952 to 1954 he painted in Paris on a government fellowship. Returning from France in 1954, he developed abstract and nonobjective tendencies in gouache and oil landscapes, while his beautiful watercolours focused on the intimate details of nature.
Humphrey's paintings of the harbour, streets and workers of Saint John in Canada established his reputation as a regional artist and his work extended to numerous portraits of friends and the city's children. Making no concessions to fashion, Humphrey's tough, honest approach made him a respected member of Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
's Contemporary Art Society and the Canadian Group of Painters.
He died in 1967 in hospital. He had been recovering from a recent surgery. He was 65 at the time of his death.