John Ruskin (1819-1900), Study of an Oak Leaf. Pen and brown ink with watercolor over graphite, heightened with gouache and gum on paper. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
Yale Center for British Art
Britishart.yale.edu
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of 19th-century artist and critic John Ruskin. In celebration, an exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art draws on the center’s rich collection of Ruskin’s drawings and publications, with significant loans from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other institutions. Running through December 8, the exhibition seeks to position Ruskin as a pioneering ecological thinker, social reformer, educator and preservationist, showcasing an array of diverse materials including paintings, drawings, literary manuscripts, mineral samples and memorabilia.
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John Singleton Copley (1738-1815), Portrait of Mrs. John Stevens, (Judith Sargent, later Mrs. John Murray), 1770-72. Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in. Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Endowment Fund. Photography © Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago.
Cape Ann Museum
www.capeannmuseum.org
Judith Sargent Murray was an icon for women’s rights in colonial America and for the city of Gloucester, Massachusetts. A major portrait of Murray by John Singleton Copley is the highlight of an exhibition at the Cape Ann Museum, which examines the legacy of this impactful social, political and historical figure. In addition to the portrait by Copley, the show also includes examples of Murray’s letter books on loan from the Mississippi State Archives, correspondence between Murray and President Washington on loan from the Library of Congress as well as examples of her published works. Our Souls Are by Nature Equal to Yours: The Legacy of Judith Sargent Murray will be on view through March 31, 2020.
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John Rubens Smith (1775-1848), View at Catskill Falls, 1841. Watercolor on paper, 13¼ x 19 in. John Driscoll American Drawings Collection.
Palmer Museum of Art
www.palmermuseum.psu.edu
Beginning January 21, the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State presents an exhibition of the recently acquired John Driscoll American Drawings Collection. Included are rare and magnificent works from a range of artists from the 18th to early 20th century in such mediums as charcoal, ink, graphite and watercolor. Seeing between the Lines: Highlights from the John Driscoll American Drawings Collection runs through June 7.
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Lewis Hine (1874-1940), Powerhouse Mechanic, 1924. Photograph, gelatin silver print. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Howard Greenberg Collection. Museum purchase with funds donated by the Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Charitable Trust. Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
www.mfa.org
Rare prints from some of the 20th century’s most influential photographers will be on view at an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Highlighting 150 standout photographs from the museum’s massive Howard Greenberg Collection of Photographs, the exhibition will show the works of such noteworthy figures as Henri-Cartier Bresson, Gordon Parks and Robert Frank. Viewpoints: Photographs from the Howard Greenberg Collection will be on view through December 15.
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Thomas Handforth (1897-1948), Untitled, ca. 1950. Conté Crayon. Collection of the Tacoma Public Library.
Cascadia Art Museum
www.cascadiaartmuseum.org
A groundbreaking first study of regional gay culture in the United States, The Lavender Palette: Gay Culture and the Art of Washington State documents works by lesbian and gay activists with works spanning from 1910 to 1970. Works by notable LGBT artists such as Guy Anderson, Morris Graves and Virginia Weisel will be on display, and the show will be accompanied by a catalog written by curator David F. Martin with a special chapter written by David L. Chapman concentrating on depictions of Northwest male physical culture through 20th-century illustrations and photography. The exhibition will be held at the Cascadia Art Museum from October 24 to January 26.
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Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985) Girl at Gee’s Bend, Alabama, 1937. Gelatin silver print, 27 8/10 x 35½ in. Gift of Elizabeth and Frederick Myers. 1983.1542.
Art Institute Chicago
www.artic.edu
Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s explores the convergence of folk art and major documentary photographic projects during the era of the Great Depression. The show, held at the Art Institute Chicago through January 19, 2020, is the first to connect these two ideas, examining the roots of documentary photography and folk art and revealing how the fields were shaped in the early 20th century. Highly regarded American photographers whose work can be observed in the exhibition include Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee and Arthur Rothstein.
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Grace Hartigan (1922-2008), Red Bowl, 1953. The Baltimore Museum of Art. Gift of Herman Jervis, New York, in memory of Dorothy B. Jervis, BMA 1986.194. © Estate of Grace Hartigan.
Baltimore Museum of Art
www.artbma.org
By Their Creative Force: American Women Modernists celebrates the contributions women have made to the development of American modernism. Showcasing paintings, sculptures and decorative arts, the exhibition includes the work of such noteworthy artists as Elizabeth Catlett and Georgia O’Keeffe, among others, as well as often under-recognized artists like Maria Martinez and Marguerite Zorach. By Their Creative Force will be on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art through July 5, 2020.
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David Hume Kennerly (b. 1947), President Ford meets with Secretary Kissinger and Vice President Rockefeller in the Oval Office to discuss the American evacuation of Saigon, 1975. Courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library.
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov
A prominent exhibit at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has been extended to November 3. The exhibition, Extraordinary Circumstances: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford, showcases the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential photographer David Hume Kennerly, who was President Ford’s personal White House photographer. The first time these photographs have been on display to the public, Kennerly’s collection provides viewers with a glimpse into the world of the White House behind closed doors, as well as a closer look at the Ford family and the end of Ford’s presidency.
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Gordon Parks (1912-2006), Catacumba Favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Negative printed 1961, printed later gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum. Purchased with funds provided by the Photographs Council. © The Gordon Parks Foundation.
J. Paul Getty Museum
www.getty.edu
Held at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Gordon Parks: The Flávio Story explores one of the most significant projects of the American photographer’s career and traces the extraordinary sequence of events that it generated. In addition to his work as a filmmaker, composer and writer, Parks is regarded as a talented photographer, best remembered for his two decades working for Life magazine. In 1961, the artist was sent on assignment to Brazil to document the working-class neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, where he encountered a persevering and tenacious 12-year-old boy named Flávio da Silva, who became the central figure in his large-scale photo essay “Freedom’s Fearful Foe: Poverty.” Parks would go on to photograph Flávio over several decades and considered these photographs to be among his most important achievements. The exhibition includes more than 100 photographs, including outtakes from the original assignment and remains on view through November 10.
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Will Barnet (1911-2012), Yellow Eyed Cat: Danbury Series, 1947. Watercolor on paper, 22 x 30 in.
Museum of Art DeLand
www.moartdeland.org
Trained at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and the Art Students League New York, Will Barnet’s artwork will be on view at the Museum of Art DeLand in DeLand, Florida, through December 22. Barnet was known for his paintings of both humans and animals in normal and dream-like settings, created in oils, gouache, watercolors and other mediums. This exhibition features the early works of the artist in the first half of the 20th century, known for his distinctively flat aesthetic.
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George Bellows (1882-1925), The Life Class, First Stone, 1917. Lithograph, 187/8 x 25 13/16 in., Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin. Gift of the Still Water Foundation, 1992.
The Blanton Museum
www.blantonmuseum.org
The Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas Austin examines the artist at work, looking at the ways in which art is used to enhance social status and establish cultural importance, through grand self-portraits, views of artists’ studios and art academies, or through depictions of outdoor sketching expeditions. The Artist at Work, which runs December 14 to June 28, showcases works in which artists have cast themselves as their main subject.
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Robert Gilbert (1907-1988), Industrial Composition, 932. Oil on canvas, 47 x 34 in. Shogren-Meyer Collection.
Hillstrom Museum of Art
www.gustavus.edu
The 90th anniversary of Black Tuesday, the infamous day in American history marking the major stock market crash that sent the country in a downward economic spiral, is observed this fall. The Hillstrom Museum of Art at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota, observes this major time period through the showcasing of nearly 100 works of art, coming from definitive photographers like Dorothea Lange and Gordon Parks, as well as painters like John Steuart Curry and Robert Gilbert.
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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), The Cup of Tea, ca. 1880-81. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. From the Collection of James Stillman. Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, 1922 (22.16.17). © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo courtesy Art Resource, NY.
McNay Art Museum
www.mcnayart.org
Mary Cassatt’s masterful impressionism will be explored in Mary Cassatt’s Women held by the McNay Art Museum starting October 31. Cassatt’s masterpiece The Cup of Tea will be shown along with other works on paper, delving into the life of the average upper middle class woman like herself. The otherwise mundane tasks of everyday life are done in an undeniably captivating way through the use of color and skillful composition.
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Herbert Ferber (1906-1991), Untitled, (detail), 1953. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Edith Ferber. Courtesy Waqas Wajahat, New York, 2019-46-3.
Philadelphia Art Museum
www.philamuseum.org
Running through January 5, the Philadelphia Art Museum presents Herbert Ferber: Form into Space, featuring the artwork of abstract expressionist sculptor and painter Herbert Ferber. Allowing visitors the chance to step into the artist’s mind, the exhibition displays sculptures and related drawings by Ferber from the mid-20th century.
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Granville Redmond (1871-1935), Carmel Coast (Carmel Sand Dunes and Cypress). Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in. Collection of Paula & Terry Trotter.
Crocker Art Museum
www.crockerart.org
Granville Redmond: The Eloquent Palette held at the Crocker Art Museum features works that capture the essence of California as seen through Redmond’s eyes. Known for his vibrant landscapes, Redmond quickly became known as one of California’s most impactful artists. His works range from tranquil to dramatic, created through an impressionistic touch and inspiring scenery. The exhibition is the largest of its kind in over 30 years, and includes more than 85 signature paintings of flora and fauna. Redmond’s works will be on view from January 26 through May 17. —
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