John Wesley Carroll

John Wesley Carroll (Wichita, Kansas 1892 - Albany, New York Nov. 7, 1959)[1] was an American painter known for his modernist portraits.

John Carroll was born in Wichita, Kansas and grew up in San Francisco, California.

[2] He studied art at the University of California, Berkeley and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1927,[3] which allowed him to travel and work in Europe.

[4] A portrait he did of Gloria Vanderbilt and one of her children won the 1954 Benjamin Altman Prize from the National Academy of Design.

[1] Carroll was known for his romantic portraits of women [8][2] His major influences included Paul Cézanne, George Bellows, and Andrew Dasburg.