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Woodmere Art Museum
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Exhibitions Now on ViewSpecial Exhibitions:
Permanent Collection Exhibitions: Millard Children's Exhibitions:
Sam Maitin (1928-2004) Sam Maitin: Prints and Places August 21-October 17 With an astonishing facility for color and form, textures and text, and with a wildly prolific output, Sam Maitin became one of the most beloved and vital artists in Philadelphia. Known for his site-specific artworks, his amazing ability with collage, and his brilliant poster design, this exhibition features 30 prints newly added to the Woodmere Permanent Collection including Curwen Series prints, SANE Peace Awards, as well as other works rarely seen. Also, studies surrounding the creation of his site-specific projects (works of art in themselves) will reveal the joyful collision of play and intelligence that Sam placed in all he did. Fred Wagner: American Painter - A Family Perspective August 21-October 17 Gallery Stroll and Book-signing: Sunday, October 3, 3-4pm with Susan Brendlinger Smith and Cyndy Drue authors of Fred Wagner – An American Painter, and grandnieces of the artist. Bring the kids! Born at the time of the Civil War, Wagner was a student of and assistant to Thomas Eakins and Thomas Anshutz at the cradle of American Art in Philadelphia. He was a painter of the West, newspaper illustrator, and a witness to the birth of Modernism at the 1913 Armory Show. Wagner was a decades-long master of the brooding American industrial cityscapes during the 20’s and 30’s, a plein-air master and intimate portraitist, husband, teacher, friend, and fine artist. And here as a favorite uncle, we see in this exhibit his gentle, caring views of his own American families at the beaches of the New Jersey shore, scenes of nieces and nephews dancing in lilting Pennsylvania farmscapes and playing in the uniquely iconic suburban American backyard. Surviving Ourselves: 150 Years of Friendship in the Arts August 21-October 17 A sample of present-day masters of the Sketch Club represented in Woodmere’s Permanent Collection: Moe Brooker, William Campbell, Richard Chew, Reinhold Edelschein, Frances Galante, Jack Gerber, Al Gury, Alex Kanevsky, Harold Kimmelman, Alan Klawans, Donald Meyer, Bill Scott, Stuart Shils, Joe Sweeney, and James Toogood are reviewed, along with a comprehensive account of the ‘black-tie’ highs and ‘Bohemian’ lows of Philadelphia’s own “oldest, continuing, all-volunteer contemporary artists’ club.”
Bill Scott, A City Square, 2007,
John Folinsbee and American Modernism, 1920-1940 November 6 - March 6, 2011 Curated by Kirsten Jensen, Ph. D., Director, John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné During the years 1920-1940, landscape painter John Folinsbee began to move away from Impressionism in favor of a style more firmly grounded in structure and a greater expression of mood. Structure is a key characteristic of modernism, and paintings made by Folinsbee during this period reveal him to be much more engaged in the development of modern art in America than has been previously thought. Instead of painting traditional pastoral views of the Delaware River and its environs, Folinsbee was drawn to the mills, factories, and steel-truss bridges that lined the river’s banks or spanned its waters. And while a handful of the paintings have been seen before, the exhibition features primarily works that have been seen by the public rarely, if ever, since Folinsbee completed them. Collecting Ourselves: Then, Now and Next November 6- March 6, 2011 This is a group of three expositions separated by time period but joined by insight. Through three periods, “Then” (19th century from 1870 through 1893), “Now” (20th century from 1900 to 1935) and “Next” (21st century up to the present) our expositions thread the insight that it is the single collector’s personality and interest, joined with that of contemporary artists and their work, that can have immense impact on international art far into their future and beyond. In “Then,” the 19th-century Philadelphian, Fairman Rogers, with the painter Thomas Eakins and photographer Eadweard Muybridge, revolutionized the treatment of the human figure in art with their obsession with the human body suspended in motion, time and space. In “Now”, a 20th-century Philadelphian art-collecting couple, Sam and Vera White, continues re-imagining involvement with the figure with artists (influenced by Rogers/Eakins/Muybridge) Auguste Rodin, Charles Demuth, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Marcel Duchamp. Duchamp and his circle of influence included the Whites and fellow-collectors and it was his treatment of the figure that has carried us, in its most profound issues, to the international arts of our present, 21st -century patronage of installation, video, digital cinema and web art, the subject of newly commissioned work by Woodmere for our third exposition, “Next.” Permanent Collection exhibitionsKindred Spirits: Woodmere and the Philadelphia Sketch Club Woodmere Art Museum and the Philadelphia Sketch Club have always had an intimate relationship with local artists. As a tribute to the Philadelphia Sketch Club’s 150th anniversary and to the positive difference it has made to the cultural life of Philadelphia, Woodmere has reached into its treasure trove of art and selected a rich sampling of works produced by members of the Sketch Club. In many cases, the featured artists played important roles in the life of both institutions.
Frederic Edwin Church A permanent installation of Charles Knox Smith’s collection of decorative arts, furniture, and paintings. Artworks include: The Spirit of Peace by Jasper Cropsey and Sunset in the Berkshire Hills by Frederic Edwin Church. Helen Millard Children’s Gallery
Expeditionary Art September 5-October 17 Russell Byers Charter School is the only ELOB ( Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound) School in Pennsylvania. While the school is currently celebrating its tenth anniversary, this exhibition highlights how art is a crucial part of the integrated curriculum as well as a core subject that incorporates art history, appreciation, and production. Flight: Kites Community Project On Woodmere’s expanse of lawn there will be dozens of high flying kites created by the region’s school children and inspired by the artist Sam Maitin’s colorful and joyful imagery. Kids Care 17 – Flying Colors Beautiful artworks made by hundreds of children from around the Philadelphia region are on exhibit in this collaborative project between Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia Senior Center, and WXPN’s Kids Corner. All artworks are made as gifts for homebound seniors. |
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