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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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  • Cape Cod National Seashore Correspondence
    Letter from Miriam DeWitt to Ross Moffett regarding status of legislation on National Seashore:...
    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.), Local government -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown, Province Lands--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Provincelands, Provincetown (Mass.) -- Politics and government, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Town Meeting, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands, United States. National Park Service, Chermayeff, Serge, DeWitt, Miriam Hapgood, and Moffett, Ross
  • Town Pier with Ships and Ice
    Town Pier with Ice and Ships: "Revenge," "Daisy T.," and "Liberty...
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown and Sklaroff Wharf (Provincetown, Mass.)
  • Ice in the Harbor
    Black & white photograph of Provincetown Harbor in Winter believed to be taken in the late...
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Boats and boating, Docks, and Harbors--Provincetown--Mass
  • Wreck of the ship Reinhardt
    Wreck of the ship Reinhardt, one mile above Race Point. Black and White Photo.
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Boats and boating, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Sailing ships, Schooners, Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Cape Cod region, Shipwrecks--Massachusetts--Provincetown, and Moffett, Ross
  • Freeman Street View
    Black & white photograph of house located at 8 Freeman Street as seen from Bradford St....
    Collection: Moffett
    Format: Photo
    Subjects: Dwellings and Freeman Street (Provincetown, Mass.)
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