Milford Zornes
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Milford Zornes is a West Coast's watercolor artist and teacher.
[edit] Biography
Milford Zornes was born 1908. He was educated at Otis Art Institute where he studied with Millard Sheets and F. Tolles Chamberlin. He later taught at Otis. For 12 years he was art director for the Padua Hills Theater in Claremont.
Zornes is recognized as a leader in the California Style watercolor movement. The beginnings of the "California Style" of watercolor painting began in the 1920s and is described in California Watercolors 1850-1970. Zornes' style differed from the traditional use of watercolors in which color was added to detailed pencil drawings. His work is characterized by the application of transparent washes of color to large sheets of paper, allowing the white to show through and define shapes.
Zornes taught watercolor painting workshops in China, Alaska, Mexico, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Hawaii and many other locations. His subject matter is often drawn from his extensive world travels, although Western landscapes are a favorite topic. His paintings are represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the White House, and the Library of Congress Collection. He also created a New Deal mural for the post office in El Campo, Texas.
[edit] Further reading
- Otis L.A.: Nine Decades of Los Angeles Art, 2006. Exhibition catalog by Otis College of Art and Design.
- Everyday Life in California, Regional Watercolors, 1930-1960, 2004. Exhibition catalog by California Heritage Museum.
- California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary, 2002 by Gordon McClelland and Jay Last.
- "Milford Zornes: California Style Painter," exhibition review by W.P. Jessup in American Art Review, March/April 2003, p. 132-5.
- "Milford Zornes" by D. Koppman in Artweek, July/August 2002, p. 6.
- "California Watercolors 1929-1945," by S.M. Anderson in American Artist, August 1988, p. 48-53
[edit] Further reading
Zornes Oral History from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art
