Artist

Perley Meyer (“P. M.”) Wentworth

born Salem, MA 1893-died San Diego, CA 1985
Also known as
  • Perley Meyer Wentworth
  • P. M. Wentworth
  • Perley M. Wentworth
Born
Salem, Massachusetts, United States
Died
San Diego, California, United States
Active in
  • San Francisco, California, United States
Nationalities
  • American
Biography

P. M. Wentworth expressed his interest in the stars, planets, and worlds beyond our own in his drawings, many of which have an ethereal quality and allude to Christian theology. To confirm that his concerns were not of this world, Wentworth wrote the word "imagination" on many of his works. While based in the traditions of the Bible, his interpretations extend beyond traditional iconographic imagery.

Lynda Roscoe Hartigan Made with Passion: The Hemphill Folk Art Collection in the National Museum of American Art (Washington, D.C. and London: National Museum of American Art with the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990)