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Coming of Age on the Piscataqua:
John S. Blunt's 1821 Studies 'From Nature'
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Portsmouth Historical Society,
John Paul Jones House,
Middle and State Streets, Portsmouth, N.H.
Through October 31st 2007
For information call 603.436.8420 or visit www.PortsmouthHistory.org; for
information on the catalogue raisonné,
visit www.portsmouthathenaeum.org/blunt.
Portsmouth-born native John Samuel Blunt (1798-1835) is the focus of an exhibition that showcases the artist's 1821 sketchbook. Sketchbooks of this age are rare for any American artist -- and virtually unique for Portsmouth. The artist's descendants have generously loaned the book for the duration of the exhibit as part of the John S. Blunt Catalog Raisonné Project sponsored by the Portsmouth Athenaeum and organized by Deborah M. Child, who is also the guest curator for the exhibit.
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Self-portrait, circa 1830. Oil on canvas. 30-3/4 x 26-3/4 inches. Collection of Randy & Nancy Root. This is a recently discovered painting.
John Samuel Blunt, House on a River, 1827. Oil on mattress ticking, 20-1/2 x 24 inches. Signed and dated lower right on rock "J. S. Blunt 1827." Courtesy of Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc. New York, NY.
John Samuel Blunt, A View of Portsmouth, [NH], from Freeman's Point, circa 1830. Oil on canvas. 45 x 64 inches. Courtesy of City of Portsmouth, NH. 1878 Gift of Colonel William H. Sise, Mayor.
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This is the first time paintings by Blunt have been displayed in Portsmouth since he moved to Boston in 1830; the sketchbook confirms how closely Blunt worked from nature. Enlarged pages from the sketchbook are on display alongside his paintings of Piscataqua views. An annotated facsimile of the sketchbook published by the Portsmouth Athenaeum with funds from the Rosamond Thaxter Foundation accompanies the exhibit.
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27th Annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show
Featuring World-Class Line-up of Speakers
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Sichuan sculptures from the Han Dynasty will be one of the topics addressed in the lecture series.
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Baltimore Convention Center
One West Pratt Street
Downtown at the Baltimore Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD
August 30 through September 3, 2007
For more information call 561.822.5440
or visit www.baltimoresummerantiques.com
Individuals with a passion for art and antiques have yet another reason to attend the 27th annual Baltimore Summer Antiques Show. This year, in addition to showcasing the collections of over 550 of the finest international dealers, the show will provide a free educational lecture series. Speakers include Dr. Gary Vikan, director of the Walters Art Museum; Michael Teller, founder and president of TK Asian Antiquities; and Stiles Colwill, president of STC Interiors. "It has always been our goal to provide an environment that fosters the understanding and appreciation of antiques in addition to offering an enormous selection of items," said Kris Charamonde co-owner and show manager.
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Maps: Finding Our Place in the World
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Leo Belgicus (detail), a map of the Low Countries in the shape of a lion, has proved one of the most enduring cartographic expressions of patriotism. Courtesy of LaSalle Bank/ABN AMRO Dutch Map Collection.
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The Field Museum,
1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL
November 2 through January 28, 2008
For more information call 312.922.9410
or visit www.fieldmuseum.org
Helping to visualize the places we inhabit, to study the unknown, and shape the future of our world, maps play an unique role in the development of mankind. This exhibition features over 130 original maps, globes, and artifacts, in addition to cutting-edge technology and interactive displays. From Ptolemy and Leonardo da Vinci to J.R.R. Tolkien, on view are cartographic works by navigators, scientists, internet pioneers, and writers of fiction. Displays explain how early maps were made, how technology changed over time, and show the latest digital advancements. A six part lecture series presented in conjunction with the Newberry Library accompanies the exhibition. A catalogue accompanying the exhibition, edited by James Akerman and Robert R. Karrow, Jr. (The University of Chicago Press), is available at The Field Museum for $55.
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Exhibitions at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Arshile Gorky (American, born in Armenia, 1904-1948), Virginia Landscape, 1943. Pencil and colored crayons on paper, 17 x 22 inches. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006. 2006.32.20. © 2007 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
For more information call 212.535.7710
or visit www.metmuseum.org
The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection
September 18, 2007 through February 3, 2008
The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection stands as one of the preeminent collections of Abstract Expressionism. This autumn the museum will display sixty-three of the works, given to the museum in 2006, including examples by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Clyfford Still, Mark Rothko, Morris Louis, and Kenneth Noland in addition to works by European modernists such as Max Ernst, Joan Miró, Jean Arp and Alberto Giacometti. The images comprise the only extant collection of Abstract Expressionist works gathered at the time of their creation. The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.
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Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691), Young Herdsmen with Cows, circa 1650. Oil on canvas; 44-1/8 x 52-1/8 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913. 14.40.616.
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The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings
September 18, 2007 through January 6, 2008
This exhibition presents The Metropolitan Museum of Art's entire collection of Dutch painting, dating from circa 1660 to 1800. Among the 228 works will be examples by Rembrandt van Rijn, Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer, Jacob van Ruisdael, Meindert Hobbema, Aelbert Cuyp, Gerard ter Borch and Pieter de Hooch. Displayed in approximate order of acquisition, the exhibition illustrates how the museum's collection of Dutch paintings is closely linked with its history, outlining how it was formed and how it reflects the taste for Dutch art in America and among New York's great collectors. The exhibition will be accompanied by the first comprehensive catalogue of Dutch paintings in the museum.
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Picturing Health Norman Rockwell and the Art of Illustration
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Norman Rockwell, Doctor and Doll, 1942. Oil on canvas, 41-1/2 x 32 inches. Display advertisement for The Upjohn Company. Collection of Pfizer Inc., Licensed by Norman Rockwell Licensing, Niles, IL.
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Florence Griswold Museum
Through October 14, 2007
96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, Ct
For information call 860.434.5542 or visit www.FlorenceGriswoldMuseum.org
From Norman Rockwell's portrayals of kindly country doctors to contemporary illustrators' wry commentaries on the modern healthcare system, artists have long been inspired by Americans' quest for better health. This exhibition features rare, original paintings by Rockwell from the Pfizer Collection. These paintings, considered to be among the finest examples of Rockwell's advertising commissions, were created for the marketing campaigns of The Upjohn Company, Lambert Pharmacal, and American Optical between 1929 and 1961. Similar to the work he created for The Saturday Evening Post, Rockwell's advertising images inspired Americans to view themselves and their physicians with optimism, and presented the notion that health is affected as much by our emotional lives as by our physical well being. In addition to Rockwell's paintings, Picturing Health includes original works by twelve of today's most respected illustrators who present perspectives on many of the same health-related subjects that Rockwell explored more than fifty years ago.
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Mr. Bentley's Salem "Sundays in September" Walking Tours of Salem
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Historic Salem, Inc.
September 9 and 23, 2007, 1 pm
For information call 978.745.0799 or visit www.historicsalem.org
Historian Donald Friary will lead tours around historic Salem, Ma., while in the character of the Reverend William Bentley (1759-1819), a beloved local minister whose diaries chronicled life in Salem at the turn of the 19th century. The first tour will take participants along the waterfront, where "Mr. Bentley" will comment on the houses and people of early Salem as recorded in his papers. The second tour will concentrate on the architecture of Salem, focusing on the work of builder, carver, and architect Samuel McIntire (1757-1811).
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Shanghai Fine Jewellery and Art Fair (SFJAF)
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A pair of important natural Colombian emerald and fancy-cut white diamond chandelier earrings with emeralds totalling 27 carats. Courtesy of David Morris International.
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Shanghai Exhibition Center,
1000 Central Yan'an Road, 200040 Shanghai,
People's Republic of China
October 13-21, 2007
For information visit www.sfjaf.com
This is the first full-scale international fine art fair to be held in China, featuring top works from around the world and from different historical periods. The fair presents a unique opportunity for the Chinese art-collecting public, art enthusiasts, as well as visitors from other countries in Asia and around the world. Exhibitors will offer an extensive variety of collections, from ancient art, paintings, and jewelry to modern and contemporary works. All exhibitors pieces will be vetted by an independent panel to ensure that all works are of suitable quality for the SFJAF.
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Whitehawk Antiques Shows
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Talismanic Shields and Squares, Embroidered by the Nomadic "Lakai" Uzbek Tribe, to ward off the evil eye and protect their families' health and welfare. Hand embroidered silk chain stitch on handwoven background with vegetable dyes. Circa 1860-1910, Courtesy of Caravanserai Ltd., Dallas, Tx.
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24th Annual Antique Ethnographic Art Show
August 10-12, 2007
29th Annual Invitational Antique Indian Art Show
August 13-15, 2007
El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe,
Santa Fe, NM.
For more information call 505.992.8929
or visit www.whitehawkshows.com
This August two back-to-back antiques shows feature ethnographic and Native American collections in Santa Fe. The Ethnographic Art Show will feature 150 booths of Oceanic, Pre-Columbian, Spanish Colonial, African, Oriental, and Indonesian furniture, rugs, jewelry, religious reliquaries, baskets, textiles, paintings, and more. Then, at Whitehawk's original Indian Art Show, top galleries such as Marcy Burns American Indian Arts and David Cook Galleries will display objects ranging from Northwest Coast masks to Southwestern pottery, jewelry, textiles, California baskets, Plains beadwork, and artifacts from the Western, Great Lakes and Woodland tribes.
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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art: American Paintings to 1945
Edited by Margaret C. Conrads;
2 vols., 840 pp., illus., hardcover, $125
For more information call 816.751.1278
Building a Legacy: Collecting American
Paintings for Kansas City -- A Symposium
in Honor of Crosby and Bebe Kemper
Atkins Auditorium, 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, Mo
October 20, 2007
For more information call 816.751.1278
or visit www.nelson-atkins.org
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Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900). Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, 1870. Oil on canvas, 54-1/4 x 84-3/8 inches. Gift of the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation, F77-40/1.
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The first major catalogue of the Nelson-Atkins' American painting collection represents more than twenty years of research and scholarship. The arrival of this two-volume work coincides with the opening of the Nelson-Atkins' new campus expansion. In celebration, the museum will also present Building a Legacy: Collecting American Paintings for Kansas City -- A Symposium in Honor of Crosby and Bebe Kemper. This one-day symposium will feature American art scholars and curators from around the country who will speak about selected artists and works in the collection. The symposium is designed to honor both the publication of the catalogue and the extensive contributions of Mr. and Mrs. Kemper, whose generosity for over thirty years has helped to build the museum's American painting collection and make the catalogue possible.
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Consuming Views: Art & Tourism in the White Mountains, 1850 to 1900
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Samuel Lancaster Gerry, Old Man of the Mountains Near Profile House, White Mts., 1886. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the Sullivan Museum and History Center of Norwich University.
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New Hampshire Historical Society,
6 Eagle Square, Concord, NH
Extended through October 8, 2007
For information call 603.228.6688
or visit www.nhhistory.org
The timeless natural beauty of New Hampshire's White Mountains has drawn artists and tourists to the Granite State for more than a century. The thirty-seven landscape paintings in the exhibition take visitors along the route of a typical nineteenth-century "tour," beginning and ending at North Conway, home of the earliest White Mountain artists' community. A goal of the exhibition is to increase the interest and understanding of White Mountain art and the history of the geographical region that inspired so many artists. An accompanying catalogue discusses a wide range of topics involving art and its relationship to the history and economic development of the region. For a sneak preview, visit www.nhhistory.org/cv/ to see all of the paintings and artists featured in the exhibition.
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Bowdoin College Museum of Art
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Campus View of Entry Pavilion and Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
Courtesy of Machado and Silvetti Associates.
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Brunswick, Me.
For information call 207.725.3000 or visit www.bowdoin.edu
Bowdoin College Museum of Art re-opens October 14, 2007, following a renovation and expansion project that showcases the museum's historic Walker Art Building and its position as the cornerstone of art and culture at Bowdoin. Established in 1811, with collections now spanning from the ancient world to the 21st century, and housed in a building designed by Charles Follen McKim of McKim, Mead and White, the newly restored Bowdoin College Museum of Art will be a vital resource for the campus and community.
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Golden Anniversary for the New Hampshire
Antiques Dealers Association
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Russ & Karen Goldberger/RJG Antiques
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The Radisson Hotel, Center of New Hampshire,
700 Elm Street, Manchester, NH.
August 9th, 10th, & 11th, 2007
For more information call 603.585.9199 or visit www.nhada.org
This year's NHADA antiques show will feature sixty-six exhibitors. With a focus on fine Americana, folk art, paintings, and formal and primitive American furnishings, the NHADA show has maintained a long-held tradition of excellence. New to the show this year are dealers M. Finkel & Daughter and Michael Hingston. Guest authors, including Roger E. Belson and John Henderson, writers of Consuming View: Art and Tourism in the White Mountains 1850-1900 and Lois Tucker, co-author of American Painted Tinware Vol. IV, will hold a book signing at the show on August 9th.
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49th Annual Alexandria Forum
"In the Neatest and Newest Mode":
The Decorative Arts of Colonial and Federal Maryland
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Walnut arm chair, 1755-1770, attributed to Charles Belt (active ca. 1740-1775), Georgetown, District of Columbia, or Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Photo © Dumbarton House/The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America. This chair belonged to Robert Peter (1726-1806), first mayor of Georgetown.
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Belle Haven Country Club,
Alexandria, VA
September 28-29, 2007
For more information contact Brian J. Lang
202.337.2288 ext. 223 or brianlang@dumbartonhouse.org
The 2007 Forum will examine the decorative arts of 18th and early 19th century Maryland. The two-day symposium begins on Friday evening with a cocktail reception and banquet dinner at the newly renovated Belle Haven Country Club. Jeffrey Hardwick will present the keynote speech "From Decorative Arts to Tchotchkes: The Significance of Objects." Saturday's speakers include decorative arts scholar Ms. Gregory Weidman, an authority on Maryland furniture; Ms. Jennifer Goldsborough, an independent silver scholar; and Ronald Fuchs, Assistant Curator of Ceramics at Winterthur Museum. Forum participants will travel across the Potomac River to rural Maryland, where they will tour two historic properties. Participation in the Forum is extremely limited; register early to secure your reservation.
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Zimmerman House Reopens for Season
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Currier Museum of Art's Zimmerman House. Photo J. David Bohl.
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Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
Tours leave from Currier Downtown,
52 Hanover Street, Manchester
Through December 2007
For information call 603.669.6144
or visit www.currier.org
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The Zimmerman House is the only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed residence open to the public in New England. Wright designed the home for Dr. Isadore J. and Mrs. Lucille Zimmerman in 1950; four decades later they donated it to the Currier Gallery of Art. Made of Georgia cypress, molded cement and matte red brick, the house is topped with a clay tile roof, recently restored to Wright's original specifications. Describing it as a classic "Usonian," Wright also chose textiles for the house and designed modular freestanding and built-in furniture, gardens, and even the mailbox. A ten-year plan to restore the site's landscape is well underway.
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