Stanley Wingate Woodward, Florida Nude, watercolor, 19.5 by 15.5 inches. Titled on verso with exhibit label from Audubon Artists Annual, National Academy Gallery, New York.
A life-long resident of Rockport, Massachusetts, Stanley Wingate Woodward, like many New England artists, was a frequent visitor to Florida. Woodward, listed in Who’s Who in American Art, and considered one of the country’s best known marine painters, was an instructor at the Ringling School of Art for the winter season of 1937, teaching a class in landscape and marine painting. In 1942 he had a winter studio in Winter Park and in 1953, spent the winter in St. Augustine.
Stanley Wingate Woodward, untitled oil on board, 12 by 16 inches.
Woodward held one-man exhibits in Boston galleries for more than 30 years. His work is in the collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Bowdoin College, Amherst College, Wheaton College, Northfield School for Girls, Lehigh University, and the Prudential Life Insurance collection. A veteran of World Wars I and II, Woodward was the author of Adventure in Marine Painting. Actress Bette Davis was his niece.
Stanley Wingate Woodward, Siesta Key, watercolor, 14.5 by 8.25 inches. Signed lower right, titled verso.
Born: 1891, Massachusetts. Died: March 1970, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Education: Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Eric Pape Art School. Membership: Florida Federation of Art; Sarasota Art Association; American Watercolor Society; Audubon Artists. Exhibits: Ringling School of Art, 5th Annual Exhibit, Sarasota, March 1936, judge; Sarasota Art Association, February 1937, watercolors, Siesta Key, Monday’s Washing, Myakka Jungle; Pearson Conrad Gallery, South Pineapple, Sarasota, March 1937, etchings and watercolors; Ringling School of Art, Aqua-Chromatic Exhibit, February 1938, Florida Fisherfolk, sponsored by Grumbacher Galleries, New York; St. Augustine Art Association, February 1953, judge; SAAA, January 1954, honorable mention, watercolor, Moonlight Sea. Born: 1891, Massachusetts. Died: March 1970, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Education: Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Eric Pape Art School. Membership: Florida Federation of Art; Sarasota Art Association. Exhibits: Ringling School of Art, 5th Annual Exhibit, Sarasota, March 1936, judge; Sarasota Art Association, February 1937, watercolors, Siesta Key, Monday’s Washing, Myakka Jungle; Pearson Conrad Gallery, South Pineapple, Sarasota, March 1937, etchings and watercolors; Ringling School of Art, Aqua-Chromatic Exhibit, February 1938, Florida Fisherfolk, sponsored by Grumbacher Galleries, New York; St. Augustine Art Association, February 1953, judge; SAAA, January 1954, honorable mention, watercolor, Moonlight Sea.
Stanley Wingate Woodward, Myakka River, watercolor, 7.75 by 11 inches. Signed lower right.
