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SVA TO EXHIBIT ROBERT FRANKENBERG â
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NEW YORK CITY â The School of Visual Arts presents a retrospective exhibition of the work of Robert Frankenberg, illustrator, painter and longtime instructor at the School of Visual Arts, from February 5 to March 19.
The retrospective, which includes more than 60 paintings, drawings and watercolors, is drawn from the personal collection of Frankenbergâs widow, Celestine Frankenberg. For her, the exhibition âshows how Robert would open a door, thinking he was going in one direction, but actually it would take him somewhere else.â
Frankenberg was not interested in proclaiming a personal style, and his facility as a draftsman allowed him to apply a variety of styles and techniques ranging from realistic to expressive to verging on the abstract. According to Francis Di Tommaso, director of exhibitions, âRobert Frankenberg never evinced any interest in being a star. For him, art was a serious profession, and he devotedly practiced it throughout his entire adult life with discipline and without fanfare. This exhibition is a tribute to him and a life in the arts well lived.â
The Visual Arts Museum at 209 East 23 Street is open 9 am to 6:30 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; 9 am to 8 pm on Thursday, and 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday; admission is free. For information, 212-592-2010 or www.SchoolofVisualArts.edu.
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NEW YORK SOCIETY OF ETCHERS FIRST CONNECTICUT EXHIBITION AT HOUSATONIC
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BRIDGEPORT, CONN. â The Housatonic Museum of Art will present âInnovations in Contemporary Print Making,â January 29âMarch 20.
The exhibit was organized in conjunction with The New York Society of Etchers. An opening reception will be held Saturday afternoon, January 29, 2 to 4.
Printmaker and painter Ann Chernow initiated the exhibitions with the society and the museum. It is a continuation in the series of major printmaking exhibitions aimed at exposing the general public to the best in contemporary intaglio printmaking in the world today.
The museum is at 900 Lafayette Boulevard. For information, 203-332-5052.
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THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART TO CELEBRATE ART OF THE MIDWEST â
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KANSAS CITY, MO. â The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will celebrate the art of the Midwest with the exhibition âBingham to Benton: The Midwest as Museâ February 5 to July 31.
The Midwest has inspired artists for two centuries, and its landscape and ways of life have played an important role in shaping the image of America.
âBingham to Benton: The Midwest as Museâ pays homage to the artistic accomplishments of Missouriâs best-know painters, George Caleb Bingham and Thomas Hart Benton. The body of works on view attests to the regionâs imprint on a spectrum of artists who worked in the nationâs heartland through World War II.
George Caleb Bingham was among the first American artists to live west of the Mississippi River, and with his scenes of frontier life, he earned the distinction of âthe Missouri artistâ by the mid Nineteenth Century, and representing this phase of Binghamâs career is âThe Jolly Flatboatmen,â on loan from the Richard and Jane Manoogian Collection.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is at 4525 Oak Street. For information, 816-751-1278 or www.nelson-atkins.org.
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AMERICAN ANTHEM! TRAVELS TO FRIST CENTER
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NASHVILLE, TENN. â âAmerican Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum,â will be presented at the Frist Center January 21âMay 1.
Featured will be paintings, sculptures and quilts, decorated tree roots, carved games of chance, wood bultos (religious carvings indigenous to New Mexico), weathervanes and whirligigs.
In total, this exhibition features more than 130 objects from the permanent collection of the American Folk Art Museum in New York. These works reflect the cultural priorities and regional influences, the national and personal experiences of Americans from the Seventeenth Century to the present.
âAmerican Anthemâ has been organized by the American Folk Art Museum, New York.
The Frist Center will offer many programs and lectures in conjunction with the exhibit.
The center is at 919 Broadway. Admission is $8.50. Hours are MondayâSaturday, 10 am to 5:30 pm and Sunday, 1 to 5 pm. For information, www.FristCenter.org or 615-244-3340.