The 2024 edition of The Winter Show brings together more than 65 internationally renowned dealers from the Americas and Europe exhibiting museum-quality works from around the world. Now in its 70th year, the annual event transforms New York City’s Park Avenue Armory into a hub for fine art collectors and connoisseurs, offering fine art spanning 5,000 years from antiquity to today. “The Winter Show is thrilled to be celebrating this milestone,” says Helen Allen, executive director. “It’s been 70 years since East Side House began The Winter Show, [and] not only are we the longest-running art and design fair, but we are also the only fair to be owned by its beneficiary. In the end, The Winter Show is unique due to its continued dedication to the mission of East Side House, helping New Yorkers in need through professional, educational, supportive care opportunities from cradle to cane. As the first major art world event each year and through our community commitment, no other show can claim to be as uniquely inspired by New York City as we are!” Allen adds that while the show is rooted in tradition, it also continuously looks to the future of art. And with its position within the art calendar as a January event, The Winter Show “helps guide the collecting interests and cultural zeitgeist of the times.”
Thomas Cole (1801-1848), View of Featherstonhaugh Estate Near Duanesburg, New York, 1826. Oil on canvas, 34 x 48 in. Courtesy Hirschl & Adler Galleries.
Every piece of artwork exhibited in The Winter Show is carefully vetted by a panel of experts. In the realm of historic American art, Allen says a special exhibition of works presented by leading Americana dealers titled Celebrating Americana will be on display. “One highlight that has caught my attention is an early work by the celebrated 19th-century Hudson River School painter Thomas Cole presented by Hirschl & Adler Galleries. In addition, there will be works by William Sergeant Kendall, William Trost Richards, Eliza Cecelia Beaux, and a number of folk paintings,” she says.
Robert Henri (1865-1929), Dorita, 1924. Oil on canvas, 52 x 40 in. Courtesy Debra Force Fine Art.
William Trost Richards (1833-1905), Seascape, 1904. Oil on canvas, 22 x 36 in., signed and dated lower left: ‘Wm T. Richards. 04’. Courtesy Avery Galleries.
Books and prints will also be a major highlight at this year’s show, with Daniel Crouch Rare Books exhibiting a number of prints from the Petros G. Pelos Collection, which highlights late 19th-century accounts of the developing American West.
Dealers at the 2024 show include such prestigious galleries as Thomas Colville Fine Art, Avery Galleries, Debra Force Fine Art, Arader Galleries, Hirschl & Adler Galleries and many others.
Eliza Cecelia Beaux (1855-1942), Portrait of Frederick C. Havemeyer, IV. Oil on canvas, 50 x 33 in., signed: ‘Cecelia Beaux’. Courtesy Red Fox Fine Art.
The 70th anniversary of The Winter Show takes place January 19 to 28. The Opening Night Party will be held Thursday, January 18, with Young Collectors Night a week later on January 25. All proceeds from the show’s benefit events and ticket sales fund the East Side House Settlement.
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