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Moffett

Overview

Born in Clearfield, Iowa, the son of an Iowan family, Ross Moffett represents a quintessential American icon. After his initial training at the Art Institute of Chicago and upon graduating with honors in 1913, Ross Moffett immediately set out for Provincetown to study with the well-known painter and teacher, Charles W. Hawthorne. He soon became one of Hawthorne's star pupils, and his appreciation of the principles Hawthorne instilled in his students lasted lifelong. Although the First World War briefly interrupted the Provincetown experience, by 1919, Moffett was again back in his old haunts painting with enormous energy and gaining a reputation as a young "Lion" of the art community. In the same year, 1919, he met Dorothy Lake Gregory Moffett, also a student of Hawthorne's and a spirited painter in her own right. They were married in 1920. [More...]

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  • National Seashore Correspondence
    Letter to the editor of the Advocate from Josephine Del Deo regarding a proposed Provincetown...
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.), Emergency Committee for the Preservation of the Province Lands. (Provincetown, Mass.), Harbors, Harbors--Provincetown--Mass, Local government -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown Advocate, Provincetown Property Owners Protective Association (Provincetown, Mass.), and Del Deo, Josephine
  • Ross Moffett Letter to U.S. Army Engineers Corp.
    Ross Moffett letter to U.S. Army Engineers Corp. regarding marina to be built by State; inquiring...
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Text
    Subjects: Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.), Letters, and Moffett, Ross
  • Exposed Wreck on the Back Shore
    Shipwreck on back shore. U.S. Coast Guard Station in the far background. Black & White Photo
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Boats and boating, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, and Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown
  • Photo Looking Down High Pole Hill Road at Bradford Street
    Black & white photo looking down High Pole Hill Road (road from Pilgrim Monument) at its...
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century and Moffett, Ross
  • Marine Hall Near Odd Fellows Hall
    Black & white photograph of Marine Hall which was located beside Odd Fellows Hall at 96-98...
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Bradford Street (Provincetown, Mass.), Dwellings, and Town Center (Provincetown, Mass.)
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