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American Master Artist John Court “Byrd Park” 1 of a pair

American Master Artist John Court “Byrd Park” 1 of a pair


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Peter Colasante, director of L’Enfant Gallery, has represented John Court since 1974, owns much of his work and has sponsored several exhibitions of his work since 1970's including in Washington DC and Palm Beach, Florida. Bio: John Court (1948 - ) is a portraitist and landscape painter. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Court grew up in Maryland and Virginia. He began painting at age 11 and attended Cornell University, where he studied painting with Norman Daly, Kenneth Evett, and Gillian Pederson-Krag. He earned a BFA in 1970 and an MFA in 1972, then returned to Richmond, Virginia, to continue his career as a portrait painter. Court painted Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater's portrait for the National Portrait Gallery. Court produced several portraits of Senator Goldwater painted from life when Goldwater stood for Court in his Senate office. One of the four 'portraits' was purchased by the National Portrait Gallery in 1983, another is still held by L'Enfant Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery purchased their Goldwater portrait from a solo Court show in 1986 at L'Enfant Gallery. The L'Enfant Gallery catalog for this show features a Frank Getlein article. After Courts triumphed with the commission of Barry Goldwater, Goldwater took court under his wing and suggested he move to Arizona where he had a house on the slopes on Camelback Mountain. This became a favorite painting venue for Court. In 1980's he began regularly visiting the Azores (Portuguese Islands), where he designed and built a home and studio where he lives and works. The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by Helen Glenn Court: John Court was born in 1948 in Annapolis Maryland, and graduated from Cornell University in 1970, receiving his Master of Fine Arts Degree from this institution in 1972. Describing himself as a classical romanticist, he cites as major influences on his style the artists Thomas Eakins, John Singer Sargeant, and Titian. His work is in the following permanent collections: National Portrait Gallery Virginia Museum of Fine Arts The Phoenix Museum of Art The Hermitage Museum in Norfolk, Virgina The Machado Museum in Portugal. Court makes his home in the Azores, Portugal. He is a great nephew of the painter Whistler