John Ferren was born in Pendleton, Oregon, on October 17, 1905. Going to Europe in 1929, he is noted for his success in France. He was one of the few members of the American Abstract Artists to come to artistic maturity in Paris. In Paris Ferren was introduced to William Stanley Hayter’s Parisian Atelier 17. He and Picasso together stretched the canvas for Guernica, in 1937. Ferren returned to the United States in 1938, settling in New York.

 

Permanent Collection held at:

 

National Gallery of Art, DC

Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

Fine Arts Museum San Francisco

Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

The Phillips Collection, DC

Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC

Indianapolis Museum of Art

 

2 paintings:

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1st painting: 

John Ferren

Untitled, Face", 1956

Goauche and ink on paper

Signed, dated by artist

24 X 18 inches, mounted to board 20 X 29.75 inches

Provenance:

Edward and Josefa Kaminski, Los Angeles, California 

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2nd painting: 

John Ferren

Untitled, 1952

Watercolor and ink on paper

Signed, dated by artist