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All Things Great and Small: September 3 - September 30, 1999 View the current exhibition schedule. Exhibition Catalogue: Throughout history, nature's beauty has inspired artists. In nature, painters and sculptors alike have found everything from subject matter and materials to studio space. This exhibition reflects upon nature's role in fine art and features landscapes, seascapes, and other works based on nature and the great outdoors. The display showcases the work of regional artists considering the world around them.
Nolan P. Benner Jr.
Nolan P. Benner Jr. was well known within the art circles of the Lehigh Valley and Bucks County. A highly respected student of the Bucks County Impressionists, Walter Emerson Baum and Antonio Martino, Benner gained professional fame as a fine artist. Benner's landscapes demonstrate the characteristic color relationships and techniques made popular by Pennsylvania's Impressionists working in the early years of this century. Benner's work was recently the subject of a major retrospective exhibition at Cedar Crest College and journal articles. The artist's family has since retained our gallery as the exclusive agent for this initial public debut and sale of these rare and never before available Nolan Benner paintings. Nolan P. Benner Jr.
Nolan Benner's paintings demonstrate the impact of his teacher, world famous Impressionist from Bucks County, Walter Emerson Baum. Benner graduated from Dartmouth College, served in the US Navy during World War II and trained as a painter at the Baum School of Art in Allentown and at the Tyler School of Art of Temple University in Philadelphia. His style parallels that of the New Hope Impressionists and Bucks County landscape artists. Nolan P. Benner, Jr.
George Bramhall Traditionally, the Pennsylvania Impressionists painted landscape vistas of Bucks County. An artist colony since the late 19th century, New Hope is famous for its natural beauty and for artistic depictions of the four seasons. Like autumn itself, George Bramhall's palette is ablaze with color. This popular New Hope painter uses color like local Impressionist painters, Edward Redfield and Fern I. Coppedge. Bramhall's palette and brushstrokes show his relationship to the style of the New Hope School.
Frank Lind
A major figure in the New York art scene today, Frank Lind serves as a model for young artists via his paintings and his position as Dean of the prestigious Pratt Institute. A Rhode Island native, Lind is best known for his striking compositions and intuitive brushwork in seascape. Pacific Cove is charged with gorgeous forms of rocks, waves, and sea foam yet the subtle color transitions within the painting and the color tonalities are most impressive. Frank Lind Frank Lind
A longtime student of the great American seascape painters, Lind credits Winslow Homer, William M. Chase, and J. A. M. Whistler for inspiring him to paint the sea. In this work, Lind conveys the joy of sailing and uses the boat's sail to direct the viewer's eye from the blue green ocean to the cloud-filled sky.
Gregg Smith
The active, gestural brushstrokes of the Abstract Expressionists are revived in Smith's painting. His use of paint reminds viewers of the post-war Americans, Jackson Pollock and Willem De Kooning. While capturing the power of the ocean, Smith reflects upon the art produced by the major American artists who transformed New York City into the center of the art world after 1945. Mark Wonsidler
Mark Wonsidler The dramatic and delicate forms of Mark Wonsidler demonstrate a multitude of references from art, literature, and beauty. Working with leaves, feathers, and flower petals, Wonsidler sparks a dialogue about nature's beauty, that is, at once, both visual and tactile. Mark Wonsidler Wonsidler poses questions and suggests the unexpected through his sculpture. He conveys a delicate balance between material and message through his work. Emerson's Teacup allows nature's materials to recall the literary masterpieces of the Romantic era. Mark Wonsidler
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Mark Wonsidler Curated by Dr. Lori, Director Please contact me with questions or comments about the exhibition and its artists. |
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