Newsletter

May 2010 - 05/15/2010

Jamie Young’s Last Snow Series was feaatured in Yankee Magazine’s most recent issue. Copies are available upon request. (Sneak Preview: We are planning a very exciting show for Jamie Young in May 2011, entitled 4 Seasons. One major painting and studies will be presented in the spirit of each season and its corresponding color palette.)

Stephen Hannock with mentor, Williams Professor Lane Faison

A new painting from Stephen Hannock just arrived – a beautiful and very unusual interpretation of the nuances of color at dawn. “Green Water, Red Light at Dawn” is part of the envelope series, painted on an envelope from the National Gallery of Art, in Washington DC.

“Looking for the Magic”, a new signature bronze by Susan Read Cronin, has already been added to FOUR Cronin collections! Susie just brought us a smaller, desktop companion sculpture called “Missing You” … that thoughtful rabbitJ This is Susie’s 35th Reunion at Williams College, for which we planned a special exhibit “Class of ‘75”, June 5 – 30, featuring artworks from her fellow talented classmates who chose art as their profession: Joining Susie are Mike Glier, Channing Lowe, Walter Matia, and Ned Reade. Look for the show on our website, posted by May 24th.

The Clark Art Institute continues to meet and exceed our expectations for a summer block-buster show, this year  “Picasso looks at Degas”. The juxtapositions of paintings and drawings by the two artists, contemporary but from different circles in Paris, lead the viewer to many open questions, just where Did Picasso …  and look at the way he ... ?. The show is certain to bring international tourism to our beautiful valley in Williamstown.

Nick Patten has reached “Masters” status (no, Nick’s not a golfer).  The quality of his painting is exceptional, as he continues to be recognized as such both inside and outside the Harrison Gallery. Patten’s solo show at the Cape Cod Museum was a tremendous success. Most recently, his works were published in the Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center . Patten will join Hale Johnson, Evan Wilson, and Brother Thomas Bezanson in our July exhibition, Contemporary American Masters.

Congratulations goes to Anda Styler, whose painting was chosen for the cover of the 2010 Old Framer's Almanac Engagement Calendar!

The Fuller Craft Museum has approved an exhibition for Mark Davis. In March 2011, Davis’ innovative and colorful mobile sculptures will adorn the walls, gardens, and courtyard of the museum.  This is a wonderful opportunity for and in recognition of Mark’s evolution and growth. The Harrison Gallery is excited about the new sculptures we have received, especially this wall-mounted peice, reminescent of the Matisse cut-outs, entitled “Through the Trees”.

The Monuments Men, by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. An informal book review by one of our favorite friends, Dottie Rudolph.

The Monuments Men is a fascinating book and a good read. It tells of the men (all with art backgrounds) who saved and recovered the great art of northern Erope including works from churches and statues as well as work stolen from museums and Jewish art collectors by the Nazis in WWII for Hitler’s dream museum. At the beginning most of the men were Americans, with two Brits and they worked for the American forces but ultimately for General Eisenhower.

There is a French heroine who leads James Romimer (of the Cloisters and later the Metropolitan Museum of Art) to a hiding place where most of the works stolen from the Jeu de Paume were found. There are saltmines to find and paintings to retrieve before the Russians take over. The book has mystery, intrique and suspense. And our own Lane Faison is mentioned at some length. Lane was not a Monuments Man until after the war. He was one of the group who got the artwork back to the rightful owners.