Can anyone find info on this guy

[jtw1313]

......H. Vern Sharp M.D. Singed V. sharp

 

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[Nathanonline]

I gave it my best shot...Certainly nothing definitive. Here is my thinking:

Seems that H. Vern Sharp was a Medical Doctor in 1984. Androscoggin R. is what your painting is!!! It is Androscoggin River in New Hamphsire:



so...I'm thinking that Dr. Sharp didn't necessarily live in New Hampshire, perhaps he vacationed there and in his time off he liked to paint...

Also since he only uses the H in his name, I'm guessing he adopted his middle name (Vernon) as his first name perhaps? Also since he signs it V Sharp, he was probably known as Vern or Vernon (maybe his first name was Herbert and didn't like it, who knows). Putting all that puzzle together with a LOT of assumptions, there was a Vernon H. Sharp that got his medical degree from Vanderbilt University in 1957, and their BA in 1953, assuming they started college in their early 20's, there was also a Vernon H. Sharp born in Tennessee in 1932.

So.... there is a guy named Vernon H. Sharp who was born in Tennessee in 1932, who studied at Vanderbilt University from 1949-1957 and was a doctor, and who passed away on 21 January 1999... Sorry I couldn't find more but that is what I got:

By the way, this Dr. Sharp was a Psychiatrist:



http://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&context=med_bulletins

VUMC mourns loss of Dr. Vernon Sharp (01/29/99)

 

[jtw1313]

That's a lot of info and investigaton nathon