Sargent's watercolors share Whorf's atmospheric handling of light and shadow with figurative and interior subjects rendered in a loose impressionistic style and cool luminous tones that feel both modernist and narrative.

Homer worked in watercolor with a similarly atmospheric and realist sensibility, capturing figures within evocative spaces using bold yet fluid color washes that balance narrative content with strong light and shadow effects.

Burchfield's mid century American watercolors share Whorf's colorful yet atmospheric mood, combining impressionistic looseness with a strong sense of place, interior or exterior light, and a distinctly modernist realist approach to figurative scenes.